The Woman with the Unfathomable Eyes
Composer: Jenni Brandon
Publisher: Jenni Brandon Music
$35.00
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From the composer:
"Mystery. Intrigue. Murder…Welcome to the gritty world of a 1940s detective, where shadows run long and motives run deep.
A woman with unfathomable eyes walks into his office. Her sister has been kidnapped. Her husband? Gone—along with the ransom money. The detective takes the case, drawn in by her beauty and tangled in her lies. As he chases the husband and the cash from the streets of Southern California to the dust and danger of Baja, Mexico, the truth unspools like smoke from a cigarette—and by the time he uncovers her real motives, it might be too late.
Inspired by the hardboiled fiction of Raymond Chandler and his iconic detective Philip Marlowe, I envisioned a piece for narrator and ensemble that would immerse listeners in this noir world. I turned to Timothy Decker—acclaimed author and illustrator of The Letter Home, Run Far, Run Fast, and For Liberty—to craft an original story in that same gritty style.
Told in the detective’s own words, the story is underscored by music that paints his world: a solitary clarinet theme introduces our hero, sultry motifs hint at the woman’s dangerous allure, barroom brawls erupt with cacophonous shouting, and ranchero-inspired melodies score his southbound journey into the unknown."
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Pages: 5
Pages (score): 27
Publisher Code: JB129
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Length: 28 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Thickness: 0.886 cm
Weight: 366 g
