Are These Our Children? (1931)

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Film Music Structure for Are These Our Children?

Number Scene Type Time Theme Variant Gesture On-screen 1 opening title sequence 0:00:00 RKO Tower RKO logo 2 0:00:15 Dreams Title of the film and opening credits 3 establish character 0:01:33 Dreams B Two young people in love 4 0:02:11 Dreams Eddie and Mary talk 5 0:03:29 Dreams Whistling Eddie walks home 6 advance plot 0:03:59 Dreams Whistling 2 Eddie walks home 7 montage 0:08:58 Dreams Marcia Maestoso Eddie dreams 8 0:09:17 Dreams Comical Eddie's dream ends abruptly 9 NIF Dreams Coney Island 10 advance plot 0:13:15 Hold That Tiger Young people dancing 11 0:17:20 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Flo Sings Flo sings 12 0:17:38 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Young people talking at a dance 13 NIF Makes You Forget Your Troubles Alternate Version 14 transition 0:18:46 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Whistling Eddie whistles on his way home 15 0:19:13 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Eddie Sings Eddie sings to himself 16 advance plot 0:19:30 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Eddie Sings Eddie arrives home 17 0:20:44 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Eddie Sings Eddie eats 18 0:20:51 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Dream Sequence Eddie dreams 19 montage 0:21:11 Dreams Whole Tone A view of the city 20 NIF Dreams + Makes You Forget Your Troubles Allegro 21 advance plot 0:23:11 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Whistling Eddie walks away 22 0:24:14 Introduction Boys in the washroom 23 0:24:25 Dreams Washroom Sequence Eddie talks with his friends 24 NIF Dreams Washroom Sequence Bridge 25 NIF Dreams Washroom Sequence Coda 26 NIF Flapper and Eddie Waltz 27 dance scene 0:25:39 Moonbeams Eddie dances with Flo 28 advance plot 0:27:23 Moonbeams Dream Sequence Eddie takes Flo home 29 montage 0:27:44 Dreams Dream Sequence Time passes 30 0:27:51 Dreams Dream Sequence 2 Time passes 31 NIF Dreams Con Espressione 32 transition 0:27:59 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Moderato Eddie walks outside 33 NIF Makes You Forget Your Troubles Moderato 2 34 transition 0:28:36 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Whistling Eddie arrives home 35 montage 0:29:57 Dreams Montage Eddie drinks 36 0:30:13 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Listesso Tempo Eddie commits a crime 37 0:30:18 Moonbeams Flashback Eddie dances with Flo 38 0:30:25 Underscoring (Dark) Eddie attacks boy 39 advance plot 0:31:57 Humming Heinie hums 40 0:32:32 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Flo Sings Flo sings 41 murder scene 0:40:40 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Eddie Sings The boys leave the scene of the crime 42 advance plot 0:41:24 St. James Infirmary Young people lounging around 43 0:42:08 St. James Infirmary Young people talking 44 montage 0:45:04 Dreams Newspaper Montage Newspaper headlines 45 NIF Dreams Newspaper Montage 2 46 NIF Dreams Andante 47 montage 0:48:55 Dreams Risoluto Newspaper headlines 48 NIF Dreams Transition 8B 49 dance scene 0:50:14 Hey! Hey! Eddie and Flo dance 53 advance plot 0:53:55 Dreams Risoluto 2 Newspaper headlines 52 0:53:07 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Drunken young people 50 dance scene 0:50:55 Makes You Forget Your Troubles Young people dancing 51 advance plot 0:52:14 Stars and Stripes Forever Young people cavorting in the street 54 NIF Dreams Transition 9 55 NIF Lascia ch’io pianga 56 montage 1:15:33 Dreams Allegro Newspaper headlines 57 1:15:51 Dreams + Makes You Forget Your Troubles Minor + Minor Newspaper headlines 58 NIF Dreams + Makes You Forget Your Troubles Transition 13 + Transition 13 59 climax 1:22:14 Dreams Eddie’s Prayer Eddie behind bars 60 NIF Dreams End Title 61 NIF Dreams Meno 62 NIF Dreams Dark Introduction 63 NIF Foxtrot 64 NIF Incidental Music 65 NIF Dance Tune