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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:30:01
End time: 1:30:12
Total duration: 0:00:11
Page #: 103
Measure #: 4
Scene: Reel 10 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 54
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Marlowe investigates the crime scene
Description: Tense chromatic underscoring as Marlowe looks at Harry's body
Music annotations: [m. 5] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 4] He moves; [m. 5] Takes piece of glass
Orchestration annotations: [m. 4] add piano mp / celli / basses / bassoons / brass etc morendo; [m. 5] trbs etc out / timp / add ??
Tags

dark | death | death scene | dying | leading man | murder | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | victim

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