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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Start time: 1:29:49
End time: 1:29:50
Total duration: 0:00:01
Page #: 103
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 10 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: special group
Description
On-screen: Jones drops his glass
Description: We hear a stinger as Jones drops his glass on the floor (a sharp glassy accent using celeste, piano, and harp)
Music annotations: [m. 1] ticks / tremolo / sfz
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] strgs + W.W. / vibra / glockenspiel / harp, celeste, piano, let it ring
Analysis: Uses a dissonant eight-note sonority (i-18, or [01235689])
Tags

breaking | death | death scene | dropping | glass | leading man | mickey-mousing | murder | mysterious | pc set | poison | private eye | room | victim | violent

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