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
50
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
52
0:53:07
Makes You Forget Your Troubles
Drunken young people
53
0:53:55
Dreams
Risoluto 2
Newspaper headlines
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