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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Carmen
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 75
Measure #: 14
Scene: Reel 7 Part 2
Key: WT
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 72
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: celeste
Description
On-screen: Marlowe burns Carmen's pictures
Description: Carmen's theme is heard as Marlowe burns up her blackmail photos; tremolo strings might represent the burning; this scene was removed from the final version; in the pre-release version this cue occurs at 1:10:20
Music annotations: [m. 14] come sopra reel 2 part 3, 1/2 tone lower / pp
Film annotations: [m. 14] Burns papers / burns paper; [m. 16] Mr. Mars?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 14] fix cymbal roll (soft stick) / tmp; [m. 15] Novachd
Analysis: Carmen's oscillating theme uses a c#/o7 sonority, harmonized with a whole-tone chord
Tags

advance plot | burning | calling | cut from film | deleted scene | deleted scene | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mysterious | phone | private eye | room | tense | whole-tone chord

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