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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 25
Measure #: 16
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe goes to the back room
Description: This scene was deleted from the final version of the film, but the pre-release version (which is available on DVD) includes this scene (it begins at 24:08 in that version); Marlowe continues his investigation by looking in the back rooms of the house, finding a broken window in the kitchen; the underscoring catches some of the action during his investigation
Music annotations: [m. 16] pp; [m. 22] sfz; [m. 23] mp / sfz?; [m. 27] sfz; [m. 30] mp / legato / tremolo; [m. 32] mf; [m. 35] mp
Film annotations: [m. 16] He walks; [m. 18] Stops; [m. 19] He walks; [m. 21] Opens door; [m. 22] Light switch; [m. 23] Comes out; [m. 25] Opens door; [m. 27] Turns switch; [m. 31] Turns faucet on; [m. 33] Broken window / Looks; [m. 35] Closes door; [m. 37] Turns off faucet
Orchestration annotations: [m. 16] celli; [m. 19] soli clart + piano / basses / celli; [m. 20] 2 flts; [m. 22] celeste / oboe; [m. 23] strgs / celli; [m. 27] flt + celeste / oboe / clart / piano / celli / basses; [m. 30] violins tremolo / add piano (pedal) / strgs tremolo; [m. 31] oboe / flt + vibra / celeste; [m. 32] basses / trb in felt / tuba etc / timp
Analysis: Harmonized with unstable whole-tone and half-diminished 7th chords
Tags

added-note chord | alternation | deleted scene | deleted scene | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | underscoring | whole-tone chord

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