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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 0:24:57
End time: 0:25:05
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 38
Measure #: 36
Scene: Reel 3 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 116
Marking: Expressivo
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Dead body on the floor
Description: There is a stinger as we see Geiger's dead body on the floor
Music annotations: [m. 36] f; [m. 38] sfz p / sfz
Film annotations: [m. 36] Dead man; [m. 38] Come on! We're going!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 36] gong / sfz trb tuba etc / timp; [m. 38] flts / marimba?
Analysis: Harmonized with a stark BbM7 chord
Tags

corpse | death | dramatic | femme fatale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | room | searching | stinger | tense | underscoring

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