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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: The Library
Start time: 0:13:06
End time: 0:13:14
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 8
Measure #: 4
Scene: Reel 2 Part 1
Key: bb - G - F
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Marking: Slower
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Sign for the library
Description: Transitional music to help in the scene change; on-screen we see a sign that reads "Hollywood Public Library" and the music for strings is calm and broad
Music annotations: [m. 4] f
Film annotations: [m. 4] Library
Orchestration annotations: [m. 4] horns
Analysis: Moves through bb minor and G major to an unexpected arrival on F major
Tags

calm | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | library | on-screen text | transition

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