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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 34
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 3 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 126
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe finds a lockbox
Description: Dramatic underscoring as Marlowe finds and opens a lockbox
Music annotations: [m. 1] risoluto / ticks / f / risoluto; [m. 3] sfz; [m. 4] sfz; [m. 5] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 6] Sets it down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] W.W. / strgs; [m. 5] trbs?; [m. 6] timp (quasi solo)
Analysis: Arpeggiates f#o7 before ending on a B major triad
Tags

deleted scene | deleted scene | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | investigating | investigation | leading man | private eye | room | searching | tense

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