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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Walking
Start time: 0:25:22
End time: 0:25:28
Total duration: 0:00:06
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: not in score
Key: f#
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Vivian walks down the hall
Description: The walking theme is used as Vivian walks down the hall; the music is taken from an earlier scene in the film (at 13:39), rather than newly recorded for this scene
Analysis: Features parallel triads over a pedal tone
Tags

advance plot | butler | calm | inserted scene | leading lady | leading man | not in score | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | reused recording | room | walking

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