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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Hurrying
Start time: 0:38:45
End time: 0:39:05
Total duration: 0:00:20
Page #: 48
Measure #: 7
Scene: Reel 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: strings, brass
Description
On-screen: Marlowe walks to a cab
Description: The Hurrying theme is played on pizzicato strings with brass accents as Marlowe gets into a cab to follow after a suspect
Music annotations: [m. 7] ritenuto / accell / sfz; [m. 8] sfz / mf; [m. 12] come sopra reel 2 part 3 (but reorchestrate according to foregoing bars!!); [m. 18] mf
Film annotations: [m. 7] Door slam; [m. 8] He walks; [m. 18] Car starts; [m. 19] It wouldn't be bad!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 7] add trp / timp; [m. 8] oboes / clrts + piano / vibra / 2 horns (muted) / strgs arco + bassoons / b. cl and 2 horns open; [m. 9] timp; [m. 18] celli / bassoons / basses / timp with s. dr sticks
Analysis: Features parallel seventh chords in a five-chord pattern; fragmented into a three-note gesture
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car | car | driver | hurrying | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | taxi | tense | walking

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