Over the weekend I heard a wonderfully eerie, mysterious John Williams piece while watching the fantastic film
Catch Me If You Can, and I just had to transcribe it to figure out what was going on harmonically and functionally. Although it's not terribly complex (a second-inverted triad in parallel motion, opposite in motion to a singular bass note), it sounded so when I first heard it -- what a great effect. Enjoy this short transcription: