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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: 0:24:05
End time: 0:24:09
Total duration: 0:00:04
Page #: 25
Measure #: 13
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: woodwinds, strings
Description
On-screen: Marlowe advances
Description: Chromatic descending gesture as Marlowe moves forward
Music annotations: [m. 13] mp; [m. 15] p / sfz-p
Film annotations: [m. 13] He walks; [m. 15] He stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 13] W.W. soli; [m. 15] strgs / violins / violas
Analysis: Ends with a whole-tone chord
Tags

chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | whole-tone chord

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