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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Hurrying
Start time: 0:27:25
End time: 0:27:44
Total duration: 0:00:19
Page #: 42
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 3 Part 4
Key: unstable - A
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Molto misterioso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe goes back to Geiger's house
Description: The hurrying theme returns as Marlowe walks towards Geiger's house; Marlowe follows the same path to the house as when this theme was used previously
Music annotations: [m. 1] con moto / mf / sfz; [m. 3] sfz; [m. 5] sfz; [m. 8] poco rall; [m. 9] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 9] He stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] W.W. / 2 harps + celeste / strgs 1/2 pizz - 1/2 arco piano / cue in brass; [m. 2] timp; [m. 6] timp; [m. 8] add brass (in felts)
Analysis: Features parallel seventh chords in a five-chord pattern; ends on a strong A triad
Tags

chromatic sequence | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | private eye | street | walking

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