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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: 0:23:44
End time: 0:23:56
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 24
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 160
Instrumentation: woodwinds, orchestra
Solo Instrument: bassoon
Description
On-screen: Marlowe investigates the crime scene
Description: Sweeping gesture in the bass clarinet, followed by accented attacks
Music annotations: [m. 1] ticks / mf; [m. 4] sfz-p / tremolo; [m. 6] sfz-p
Film annotations: [m. 1] He looks / Walks; [m. 3] Stops; [m. 4] Takes camera; [m. 6] Opens it
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] b. cl solo; [m. 4] flt + bassoon / + 3 horns stopped; [m. 5] pizz and harp
Tags

chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | underscoring

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