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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 0:52:02
End time: 0:52:18
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 60
Measure #: 9
Scene: Reel 6 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Molto agitato
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marlowe pushes Agnes
Description: Dramatic underscoring for the action on-screen (pushing, tripping, etc.); the action is over very quickly
Music annotations: [m. 12] molto rit; [m. 13] sfz / sfz-p; [m. 14] listesso
Film annotations: [m. 10] Carmen down; [m. 11] Kicks gun; [m. 12] Get up angel; [m. 13] Yanks gun; [m. 14] Joe puts hand down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 9] 2 trbs felt / 2 harps gliss; [m. 10] W.W. + strgs / b.d. + cymbal; [m. 11] timp; [m. 12] viol / W.W.; [m. 13] celli basses timp remain
Analysis: Features parallel diminished seventh chords over a chromatic bass line
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blackmailer | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | criminal | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | falling | femme fatale | gun | leading lady | leading man | private eye | room | suspect | tense | tripping | underscoring

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