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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:16:43
End time: 1:17:00
Total duration: 0:00:17
Page #: 83
Measure #: 62
Scene: Reel 9 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 160
Instrumentation: brass
Solo Instrument: timpani
Description
On-screen: Marlowe and Vivian argue
Description: Tense underscoring as Marlowe and Vivian continue to have an argument; Vivian is upset that he wants to know about Eddie Mars
Music annotations: [m. 70] f
Film annotations: [m. 66] Take me home!; [m. 70] Car starts
Orchestration annotations: [m. 62] horns muted? / flt / bassoons?; [m. 70] gong
Analysis: Features parallel half-diminished 7th chords over a C pedal tone
Tags

accusing | car | chromatic parallelism | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | pedal tone | private eye | tense | underscoring

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