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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme names: Driving 2 + Vivian
Start time: 1:45:21
End time: 1:45:44
Total duration: 0:00:23
Page #: 145
Measure #: 57
Scene: Reel 12 Part 2
Key: Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 160
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe tells Vivian he loves her
Description: Vivian's theme is heard over the driving music once again, when Marlowe says "I guess I'm in love with you"; the driving ostinato comes to an end with a loud stinger and a pause (over a drone)
Music annotations: [m. 57] orig key; [m. 70] f / (quite heavy, Bob); [m. 72] poco cresc
Film annotations: [m. 61] Why are you; [m. 63] I guess I'm in love; [m. 65] Grips his shoulder; [m. 68] Dissolve; [m. 70] Car stops / They get out
Orchestration annotations: [m. 58] violin
Analysis: The ostinato continues in the middle voices, with a bass line added below; the cue ends with parallel 13th chords and a Bb triad
Tags

9th chord | 13th chord | arriving | car | chromatic parallelism | conversing | driving | leading lady | leading man | love | love interest | love scene | ostinato | private eye | romantic | suspension | tense

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