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On Sun, 25 Jun 1995, Donald Larsson wrote:
 
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> I suspect that this kind of motif is actually pretty common--especially with
> diegetic music eventually melding into a nondiegetic background.   If I
> remember correctly, some of the music from car radios in A BRONX TALE does
> this and there are many more lurking in my mind without being more specific.
> A borderline case that is also fairly common is when the source of the music
> is apparently diegetic, but its loudness and timbre cause it to function as
> a kind of rhythmic background or verbal commentary on the action that is
> "overdetermined" in meaning.  AMERICAN GRAFITTI is probably the best-known
 
Another interesting example of this, I noticed in Blade Runner, when The
Ford character taps on the piano, and it blends into the soundtrack then
back out when what's her name starts playing., "I dreamt music."
 
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