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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: 1:21:19
End time: 1:21:42
Total duration: 0:00:23
Page #: 92
Measure #: 12
Scene: Reel 9 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 100
Marking: Molto misterioso
Solo Instrument: Hammond organ
Description
On-screen: Marlowe speaks on the phone
Description: Mysterious underscoring using tremolo organ (as in a radio mystery)
Music annotations: [m. 12] sfz-p; [m. 14] sfz; [m. 16] a tempo
Film annotations: [m. 12] Say Morris [Norris]; [m. 16] Puts down Phone
Orchestration annotations: [m. 12] Hammond organ (tremolo) (screwy); [m. 16] oboe + flt
Analysis: Uses dissonant pitch class sets (0126) and (0148); ends with a descending chromatic scale
Tags

advance plot | café | chromatic scale | conversing | leading man | mysterious | pc set | phone call | private eye | tense | underscoring

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