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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Carmen
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 41
Measure #: 64
Scene: Reel 3 Part 3
Key: C
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 138
Solo Instrument: horn
Description
On-screen: Marlowe arrives at Carmen's house
Description: A simple statement of Carmen's theme as Marlowe arrives at her home; this cue begins at 27:28 of the pre-release version
Music annotations: [m. 64] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 64] Dissolve; [m. 65] Opens door; [m. 66] Good evening! / Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 64] horns a 4 (1/2 stopped)
Analysis: A high F# clashes with the C major harmony (with neighboring motion to Ab)
Tags

arriving | butler | chromatic mediant | deleted scene | femme fatale | leading man | private eye | room | tense | transition

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