| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Invitation from the King | 1:03:46 - Invitation from the King | 11th chord | ballroom | bold | double exposure | duchess | duke | fanfare | leading lady | leading man | montage | pedal tone | walking |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tender) | 1:26:48 - The Duke talks with the servants | 11th chord | 13th chord | 64 chord | added-note chord | advance plot | arriving | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | duke | gentle | governess | leading lady | leading man | light | pentatonic | room | servant |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Appassionato 2) | 1:46:00 - Henriette descends the staircase | 9th chord | 11th chord | added-note chord | anxious | chromatic sequence | common-tone diminished 7th | descending | excited | foreign key modulation | hurrying | leading lady | not mickey-moused | room | stairs | transition | walking |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Dolce | 2:05:51 - Henriette talks to Henry | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | calm | common-chord modulation | conversing | gentle | leading lady | minister | pleasant | prison | prisoner | suspect |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams | 0:00:15 - Title of the film and opening credits | 11th chord | AABA structure | card | cast list | conductor score | gentle | mode mixture | opening title sequence | title of film |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams | 0:02:11 - Eddie and Mary talk | 11th chord | AABA structure | comment on score | conductor score | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | leaving | lovers | love scene | mode mixture | street | waiting |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Allegretto) | 0:00:13 - Main title | 11th chord | cast list | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence | sequence | starring list | title of film |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe 2 (Blood Stain) | 0:27:54 - Marlowe discovers that the body is missing | 11th chord | chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | room | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Not in Film) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | conversing | cut from film | femme fatale | leading man | private eye | room |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Thinking) | 1:20:49 - Marlowe sits in a diner | 11th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | café | chromatic parallelism | fragmentation | leading man | mysterious | private eye | tense | thinking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Phone dialing | 1:21:07 - Marlowe dials a phone number | 11th chord | advance plot | café | dialing | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | ostinato | phone call | private eye | telephone | tense |
| The Breaking Point (1950) | Leona | 1:36:26 - Leona watches | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | augmented sixth chord | child | chromatic parallelism | climax | crowd | crying | doctor | harbor | leading lady | leading man | sailor | somber | watching | wife |
The Breaking Point (1950) | Sad Boy | 1:36:44 - Sad orphaned boy looks on | 9th chord | 11th chord | blue note | child | climax | crowd | crying | harbor | leaving | somber | spiritual | triumphant | watching |
| Caged (1950) | June | 0:37:27 - June and Marie talk | 11th chord | 13th chord | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | friend | hopeful | leading lady | melancholy | prison | prisoner | sequence | somber |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:13:03 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | I'm Just Wild About Harry (Delicato) | 0:25:06 - Peggy calls Murray | 11th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | altered dominant | calling | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | leading lady | mode mixture | pleasant | room | source to score | telephone | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Dolce) | 0:30:28 - Peggy talks to Danny | 9th chord | 11th chord | arguing | chromatic parallelism | common-chord modulation | conversing | flirting | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love scene | playful | room | shaving |
City for Conquest (1940) | Peggy pokes Danny | 0:30:47 - Peggy pokes Danny | 11th chord | flirting | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mickey-mousing | playful | room | shaving | teasing |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:42:10 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | advance plot | boxer | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | conversing | crowd | deceptive resolution | leading man | musician | on-screen music | party | piano | playing | romantic | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Stride Piano) | 0:43:27 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | boxer | brother | chord substitution | common-tone diminished 7th | composer | conversing | crowd | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | musician | on-screen music | parallelism | party | piano | playing | ragtime | source music | syncopation | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Walking) | 0:48:32 - Danny and Peggy walk down the street | 11th chord | boxer | chromatic sequence | conversing | dancer | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | street | walking |
City for Conquest (1940) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:55:19 - A taxi approaches | 11th chord | appoggiatura | arriving | farewell scene | gentle | leading lady | leading man | source and scoring overlap | street | taxi | underscoring |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem D (Dolce) | 1:28:33 - Gladys talks to Peggy | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | blue note | chromatic sequence | comforting | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | crying | friend | gentle | leading lady | mode mixture | newspaper | parallel fifths | room | sweet |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 1:32:32 - Violins playing | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | audience | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | deceptive resolution | dramatic | Gershwinesque | leading lady | listening | musician | on-screen music | orchestra | playing | romantic | sentimental | sequence | source music | watching | zoom in |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Tutti) | 1:33:02 - Peggy watches from the audience | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | audience | bold | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | deceptive resolution | dramatic | fragmentation | Gershwinesque | leading lady | listening | musician | on-screen music | orchestra | playing | point-of-view shot | romantic | source music | watching | zoom in |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Beoootiful) | 1:40:11 - Danny working at his newsstand | 9th chord | 11th chord | blur | conversing | dissonant bass | ethereal | gentle | into focus | leading lady | leading man | love scene | reunion | reuniting | shimmery | squinting | street | tone cluster | victim | whole-tone chord |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Chorus) | 1:41:14 - Danny talks with Peggy | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | chromatic sequence | conversing | crying | ethereal | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | optimistic | reunion | reuniting | romantic | shimmery | street | suspension | victim |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy | 0:00:25 - Director credit | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | bold | cast list | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | heroic | main title | opening title sequence | tritone substitution |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy (Dolce) | 0:28:20 - Peggy talks to Johnnie | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | heroine | kissing | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | nursing | recovering | romance | room | sweet | tender |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy (Delicatissimo) | 0:49:16 - Johnnie and Peggy kiss | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | hero | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | room |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (Crying) | 1:06:29 - Peggy cries after Johnnie leaves | 11th chord | conflict | crying | leading lady | leading man | room | somber |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Pensive) | 0:23:08 - Joe tells Mabel about his dreams | 11th chord | barn | chromatic mediant | dreaming | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | pensive |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Worried) | 0:46:02 - Mabel talks to the police | 11th chord | create suspense | leading lady | police | room | somber |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Leaving Hospital) | 1:11:57 - Mabel and Joe start to leave | 11th chord | advance plot | hero | hospital | leading lady | leading man | peaceful | pedal tone | photographer | reporter |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Religioso) | 1:22:41 - Mabel testifies for Joe | 11th chord | chromatic parallelism | common-tone diminished 7th | courtroom | crowd | diminished 7th chord | gentle | judge | jury | leading lady | leading man | loving | mode mixture | parallel double period | plagal cadence | sincere | suspect | tender | trial |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Train) | 1:26:17 - Joe and Mabel on the train | 11th chord | added-note chord | happy | leading lady | leading man | resolution | sequence | train | train | traveling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Hanging Hats) | 1:26:31 - Joe and Mabel toss their hats | 11th chord | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | happy | hat | hook | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | resolution | throwing | train | traveling | whistle effect |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | On the Make | 1:31:02 - Closing credits | 9th chord | 11th chord | ABAB structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | closing credits | end title sequence | jaunty | linear chromaticism | self-borrowing |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Lane (Molto Expressivo) | NIF - not in film | 11th chord | conversing | cut from film | cut from film | falling in love scene | leading lady | leading man | police |
Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Tenderly) | 0:29:32 - Lane and Field prepare to leave | 11th chord | 13th chord | altered dominant | common-tone diminished 7th | kissing | lake | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | romance | romantic | secondary dominant | source to score |
Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Somber) | 0:40:31 - Field talks to Lane's co-worker | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | café | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | coworker | deceptive resolution | diminished 7th chord | leading man | linear chromaticism | politician | reverse picardy | sigh gesture | somber |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Flamingo Road (Expressivo) | 1:02:07 - The gate to 32 Flamingo Road | 11th chord | added-note chord | arriving | gentle | husband | leading man | self-borrowing | sign | street | transition |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Here Comes the Bride (A Little Shimmer) | 0:31:40 - A convertible | 9th chord | 11th chord | 64 chord | car | courthouse | deceptive resolution | happy | leading lady | leading man | leaving | pump-up modulation | sequential modulation | street | wedding | wedding |
In This Our Life (1942) | Minerva and Parry | 1:13:29 - Minerva talks with Roy | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | blue note | calm | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | foreign key modulation | leading lady | maid | mellow | mother | questioning | room | sentimental | solemn | spiritual |
In This Our Life (1942) | Minerva and Parry | 1:21:28 - Parry in his jail cell | 9th chord | 11th chord | blue note | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | conflict | conversing | criminal | foreign key modulation | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | prison | prisoner | somber | suspect | tender | testifying | victim |
In This Our Life (1942) | Big Sweep | 1:28:57 - Stanley escapes | 11th chord | altered dominant | climax | criminal | dramatic | driving | escaping | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | pc set | room | underscoring | watching |
| The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Dublin) | 0:01:03 - Title card establishes the setting in Dublin, Ireland | 9th chord | 11th chord | establish setting | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | nun | opening title sequence | religious symbolism | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | street | title card | tritone substitution |
The Informer (1935) | Dan and Mary (Dolce) | 0:57:51 - Dan tells Mary: "I'll come back for you" | 11th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | crying | dissonant bass | embracing | hero | love interest | love scene | love theme | mode mixture | romantic | room |
The Informer (1935) | Dan and Mary (Adagio) | 1:23:36 - Dan and Mary talk | 11th chord | dissonant bass | love | love interest | love scene | rebel | romantic | room | yearning |
| The Letter (1940) | Mr. Hammond Has Been Shot | 0:05:45 - Worker runs in | 11th chord | action scene | altered dominant | dark | death | husband | ominous | reacting | servant | warehouse |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Bitter) | 1:08:54 - Leslie sees Mrs. Hammond in the courtroom | 11th chord | antagonist | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic parallelism | confronting | courtroom | dark | husband | leading lady | trial |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Reckoning) | 1:33:42 - Mrs. Hammond walks away | 11th chord | antagonist | augmentation | body | changing meter | Chinese | climax | death | leading lady | moon | oscillation | plantation | policeman | somber | suspension |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Murder) | 0:01:59 - Bullet holes in the mirror | 11th chord | augmented sixth chord | dark | death | dying | leaving | murder | murder scene | room | somber |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda | 0:25:03 - Kay plays football in the street | 11th chord | added-note chord | child | establish character | football | mickey-mousing | playing | street | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Ballet Lesson | 0:37:25 - Kay dances | 9th chord | 11th chord | ballet | child | dancing | double exposure | graceful | heroine | leading lady | montage | pleasant | room | voice-over |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred B (Angry) | 0:39:30 - Mildred argues with Veda | 11th chord | angry | arguing | child | conflict | fragmentation | heroine | leading lady | room | slapping | tense |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Dying) | 0:55:05 - Kay's family waits and watches | 11th chord | child | dark | death scene | doctor | dying | ex-husband | heroine | illness | leading lady | nurse | patient | room | sick person | somber | tense | treating | turning point | waiting | watching |
| We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tommy (Recovering) | 0:09:17 - David tells Tommy he is allergic to cats | 11th chord | boy | cat | cheerful | doctor | establish character | fragmentation | hero | office | playful | sequence |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Fixing the Lights) | 0:23:27 - David tries to fix the lights | 11th chord | advance plot | boy | child | classical music | familiar tune | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | helping | hero | home | mysterious | playful | quotation | working |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Viennese) | 0:32:51 - Gerald rushes in to see Leni | 11th chord | advance plot | boy | child | familiar tune | folk song | foreign key modulation | German | greeting | heroine | home | hugging | joyful | lifting | mickey-mousing | quotation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Turbulent) | 0:50:14 - Jessica reacts to David's departure | 11th chord | angry | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | classical music | conflict | crying | dark | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | home | husband | leaving | quotation | room | sad | tragic | wife |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Agitato | 1:02:31 - Crowd presses forward | 11th chord | chaotic | classical music | conflict | conversing | crowd | dissonant bass | dissonant bass | dramatic | familiar tune | riot | Rubinstein | street |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:03:40 - Jessica takes Gerald outside | 11th chord | antagonist | boy | child | conflict | dramatic | street | tense | underscoring | walking |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Singing) | 1:50:32 - Gerald sings in the tub | 9th chord | 11th chord | boy | child | conclusion | death | familiar tune | folk song | German | home | peaceful | quotation | room |
| Sing and Like It (1934) | King Kong March | 0:58:31 - Annie's name in lights | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | arriving | binary form | boss | common-tone diminished 7th | critic | crowd | dressing room | fanfare | fanfare | gangster | leading lady | lobby | mode mixture | neon lights | parallelism | self-borrowing | singer | street | theater | worker |
| Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) | Wonderful | 0:39:29 - Robert tells Dorothea goodbye | 11th chord | ABAC structure | added-note chord | advance plot | calm | club | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | meeting | self-borrowing | source music | transcribed by ear |
| We're Only Human (1935) | Dan and Mary (Adagio) | 0:30:44 - Pete says goodbye to Danny | 11th chord | action scene | bank | conversing | death | detective | dying | gangster | leading man | solemn | victim |
| Caged (1950) | Water Dripping + Foxtrot | NIF - not in film | 11th chord | combination of themes | cut from film | deceptive resolution | eerie | foxtrot | hysteria | isolation | mad scene | mickey-mousing | mysterious | prison | uneasy | water effect |
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