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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Vivian
Start time: 1:40:03
End time: 1:40:44
Total duration: 0:00:41
Page #: 118
Measure #: 11
Scene: Reel 11 Part 3
Key: Eb - Bb - G - Eb
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Slowly (Molto expressivo)
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Marlowe and Vivian kiss
Description: Vivian's theme (the love theme) returns as they kiss; Vivian frees Marlowe
Music annotations: [m. 11] from reel 9 part 2 orig key; [m. 16] Bob! Reorchestrate as discussed!!; [m. 17] poco accel; [m. 19] agitato / in one / arpeggio / tremolo / etc; [m. 27] tremolo; [m. 31] strong; [m. 35] sfz; [m. 37] no [caesura] this time
Film annotations: [m. 11] She leans over; [m. 19] She walks
Orchestration annotations: [m. 22] trb ??; [m. 26] violas / celli; [m. 27] W.W. / horn?
Analysis: Full of yearning, unresolved progressions, with some of the keys related by chromatic mediants (Bb - G - Eb); the cue features a connecting passage of parallel dominant 13th chords
Tags

9th chord | 13th chord | AABA structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | captive | chromatic mediant | chromatic parallelism | common-tone dominant 7th | foreign key modulation | freeing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | Neapolitan | private eye | romantic | room | suspension

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