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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Waiting
Start time: 0:18:15
End time: 0:18:57
Total duration: 0:00:42
Page #: 13
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 2 Part 3
Key: Eb
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Molto expressivo
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe talks to lady in bookstore
Description: A lush, romantic-sounding theme as Marlowe talks to the lady in the bookstore; this gives way to a sinister neighbor tone figure as a man gets out of Geiger's car outside
Music annotations: [m. 1] molto modto (rubato) / mf; [m. 8] rall / pp; [m. 9] a tempo; [m. 16] mf / accell
Film annotations: [m. 9] Well; [m. 15] Door shuts; [m. 17] Geiger appears
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] 16 violins / celli; [m. 4] harp; [m. 8] add horns (muted) / timp; [m. 16] add W.W.; [m. 17] horns / timp p
Analysis: Features a chromatic rising melodic line and rich altered chords; mode mixture is added when Marlowe observes the car across the street
Tags

added-note chord | altered dominant | book shop | chromatic scale | conversing | leading man | love interest | love scene | mode mixture | mysterious | oscillation | private eye | romantic

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