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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Walking
Start time: 0:13:39
End time: 0:13:46
Total duration: 0:00:07
Page #: 9
Measure #: 13
Scene: Reel 2 Part 1
Key: f#
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Marlowe walks down the street
Description: The walking theme returns as Marlowe approaches the rare book store; played by pizzicato strings
Music annotations: [m. 13] mp / pizz; [m. 16] rall
Film annotations: [m. 13] He walks; [m. 17] He stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 13] piano + harp (let it ring) / bassoons / celli pizz; [m. 16] add W.W.
Analysis: Features parallel triads over a pedal tone
Tags

advance plot | calm | investigating | leading man | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | street | walking

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