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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Walking
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 28
Measure #: 38
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: e
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Marlowe leaves the kitchen
Description: The walking theme is used as Marlowe walks; this begins at 24:51 in the pre-release version
Music annotations: [m. 38] pp / p
Film annotations: [m. 38] He walks; [m. 42] He stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 38] W.W. + vibra (piano soft pedal) / celli / sustain 2 basses / 2 basses pizz / harp; [m. 41] flt / oboe + celeste; [m. 42] pp violas
Analysis: Features parallel triads over a pedal tone
Tags

deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | searching | tense

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