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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Wotta Life
Composer: Tom Pierce
Start time: 1:08:09
End time: 1:10:43
Total duration: 0:02:34
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: not in score
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 138
Instrumentation: jazz combo
Description
On-screen: Marlowe talks to Mars
Description: Music played in a gambling joint, played off-screen by a guitar, piano, and bass trio (no singing this time); solos by guitar and clarinet
Analysis: This tune has a 12-bar blues structure
Tags

12-bar blues | advance plot | club | criminal | investigating | leading man | private eye | source music | suspect | upbeat