| Description |
| On-screen: |
Jones helps Marlowe up |
| Description: |
We hear a mysterious clarinet idea as Jones takes Marlowe to his office; this theme is derived from an earlier Steiner cue called "Suicide Transition" that dates back at least as far as Lucky Devils (1933) at RKO |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 14] a tempo; [m. 15] simile; [m. 17] simile; [m. 18] enharmonic |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 14] solo 2nd clart / 3 open horns (and violas pizz); [m. 15] viol div; [m. 17] celli + E. h; [m. 18] violas / 2 bassoons / basses (arco); [m. 19] harps / violas |
| Analysis: |
This impressionistic cue features a melody based on the whole-tone scale, harmonized with parallel whole-tone sonorities (026) and (048) |
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| Tags |
advance plot | augmented triad | conversing | impressionism | leading man | mysterious | pain | private eye | street | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale
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