Four from the movies (1): Waxman, "Hotel Lobby Waltz"

Franz Waxman wrote the underscore for Rebecca (1940; produced by Selznick, directed by Hitchcock). Early in the film we hear the "Hotel Lobby Waltz." A reduced version of the tune in transcription, along with chord symbols, is given below. Some bars of the reduction have all the notes, others have a principal note only. As the transcription shows, the final cadence rises.

Here is a formal Schenkerian sketch, with annotations that mark action in the film. "Exterior" refers to the exterior of the hotel; "interior" is the cut to the hotel lobby. "He" of course is Laurence Olivier in character as Maxim de Winter. "On reprise" refers to the reprise following a trio: the overall design is waltz (AABA)-trio-waltz.  (The "Hotel Lobby Waltz," by the way, segues directly into the waltzes by Lanner and Strauss used in the breakfast scene.)

The waltz has a trio, which is sketched below.

A middleground/background sketch of the entire cue is here. The striking thing about the piece is certainly the "naturalization" of add6, so that the Urlinie is not ^5-^6-^7-^8 but only ^6-^7-^8.