Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Rondo Alla Turca | 0:06:25 - Teddy plays the harpsichord | aunt | brother | classical music | conversing | crazy person | establish character | harpsichord | leading lady | old man | on-screen music | playing | room | source music | upbeat | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:09:05 - Aunt Abby scurries across the room | aunt | crazy person | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | room | scurrying |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Lento) | 0:09:11 - Reverend talks about the Brewster sisters | added-note chord | aunt | brother | calm | conversing | crazy person | establish character | familiar tune | gentle | kindness | leading lady | old man | room | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:12:26 - Reverend leaves | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | street |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Lento) | 0:12:31 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | mysterious | plotting | room | sequence | tender | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto) | 0:13:16 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | brother | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | plotting | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Grazioso) | 0:13:34 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | conversing | leading lady | magical | plotting | room | whole-tone chord |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Wind blowing | 0:13:48 - Wind blows the curtains at the window | advance plot | aunt | blowing | chromatic parallelism | leading lady | looking | mysterious | room | wind | wind effect |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Allegretto) | 0:13:52 - The aunts run to the window | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | harmonic sequence | leading lady | mode mixture | pedal tone | room | running |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Opens window | 0:13:59 - The aunts open the window | advance plot | aunt | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | mickey-mousing | opening | raising | room | upbeat | window |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Full) | 0:14:00 - Elaine appears in the window | aunt | bride | cheerful | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | greeting | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | on-screen music | pleasant | room | score to source | source music | street | whistling |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:14:10 - Mortimer calls to Elaine | added-note chord | aunt | bride | cemetery | conversing | deceptive resolution | driver | familiar tune | flirting | fragmentation | groom | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | pump-up modulation | rushed | rushing | sequence | source to score | street |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Appassionato) | 0:15:02 - The aunts peek out of the window | 64 chord | aunt | bride | cemetery | chromatic mediant | conversing | familiar tune | flirting | groom | inversion | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | peeking | romantic |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride | 0:17:02 - Mortimer whistles | aunt | cheerful | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | on-screen music | room | source music | whistling |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Break the News to Mother | 0:18:44 - Teddy sings | advance plot | aunt | brother | cheerful | crazy person | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | room | singing | source music | war song |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan | 0:18:54 - Jonathan Brewster's picture is shown | advance plot | aunt | conversing | diminished 7th chord | groom | leading lady | leading man | ominous | pc set | picture | room | sinister | stinger |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land | 0:20:06 - Abby sings | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | room | score to source | sequence | singing | source music |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Running) | 0:23:58 - Mortimer runs to the door | 9th chord | 13th chord | aunt | bride | child | chromatic scale | crazy person | dark | familiar tune | groom | Halloween | intervallic expansion | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | running | rushing | source music | source to score | trick-or-treating | turning point |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land | 0:24:16 - Abby, Martha, and Mortimer in the kitchen | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | child | crazy person | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | murderer | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:39:01 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | room | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Screwyoso) | 0:39:06 - The aunts talk | added-note chord | advance plot | altered dominant | aunt | calm | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | hat | leading lady | murderer | ominous | room | stinger | suspension |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (String Quartet) | 0:39:28 - The aunts set the table | advance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | direct modulation | evaded cadence | familiar tune | hymn-like | leading lady | murderer | peaceful | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:39:58 - The aunts see shadows at the door | augmentation | aunt | conversing | crazy person | dark | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | knocking | leading lady | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | shadow | whispering |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Expressivo) + Scar | 0:41:42 - Abby talks to Jonathan | altered dominant | augmented triad | aunt | brother | combination of themes | conversing | convincing | crazy person | criminal | distortion | doctor | establish character | expressive | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | ominous | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:08 - Jonathan talks to the aunts | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallelism | room | tense | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar (Face) | 0:42:29 - Jonathan talks about his scar | augmented triad | aunt | brother | chromatic parallelism | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | polychord | room | scar | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Mysterioso Pizzicato | 0:42:41 - Martha talks about scary movies | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | scar | silent film music |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:56 - Jonathan glares at Dr. Einstein | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | diminished 7th chord | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | oscillation | room | scar | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:43:08 - Jonathan talks about the operation | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | grabbing | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | struggling | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:43:20 - Dr. Einstein talks to the aunts | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | polychord | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Ominous) | 0:43:28 - Dr. Einstein talks to the aunts | added-note chord | altered dominant | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | split-fifth chord | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Tranquillo) | 0:43:40 - Jonathan sits down | augmented triad | aunt | brother | calm | chromatic parallelism | conversing | crazy person | criminal | direct modulation | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | pedal tone | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:44:00 - The aunts go into the kitchen | augmentation | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | walking | watching |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:45:22 - The aunts peek through the kitchen window | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | face | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | snooping | watching |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:45:29 - Dr. Einstein describes how he will fix Jonathan's face | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | face | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | planning | polychord | room | wipe |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:49:12 - Jonathan threatens the aunts | advance plot | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:49:36 - Dr. Einstein calls to Jonathan | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | polychord | room | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto) | 0:52:20 - The aunts move through the kitchen | advance plot | aunt | calm | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | pleasant | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Wind blowing 2 | 0:52:32 - The aunts walk to the window | advance plot | aunt | blowing | chromatic parallelism | crazy person | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | looking | murderer | mysterious | room | wind | wind effect | window |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Stinger | 0:52:41 - Jonathan suddenly appears at the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | dramatic | harsh | leading lady | leading man | murderer | opening | room | stinger | surprise | whole-tone chord | window |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:52:48 - Jonathan comes in the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | dark | darkness | dissonant bass | doctor | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | staring | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan (Fragmented) | 0:53:35 - Jonathan and the doctor go up the stairs | advance plot | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | dark | darkness | doctor | fragmentation | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:53:55 - Aunt Abby goes to the front door | advance plot | aunt | brother | calm | crazy person | darkness | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | silhouette | staring | upbeat | walking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:54:01 - Aunt Abby goes up the stairs | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | darkness | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | silhouette | staring | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Molto Misterioso) | 0:54:12 - Aunt Abby faces Jonathan | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | darkness | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | staring | walking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:01:21 - They take Elaine into the cellar | 9th chord | aunt | bride | brother | chromatic scale | conflict | crazy person | darkness | diminished 7th chord | doctor | dramatic | fear | fighting | gagging | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | metric dissonance | murderer | oscillation | room | running | self-borrowing | struggling | suspenseful | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Organ Stinger | 1:01:40 - Aunts emerge in black upstairs | arguing | aunt | brother | conflict | crazy person | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | room | stinger |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 1:01:49 - Aunts talk to Jonathan | arguing | aunt | brother | conflict | crazy person | fear | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | Neapolitan | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land | 1:19:56 - Mortimer with the taxi driver | aunt | brother | calm | conversing | crazy person | doctor | driver | funeral | groom | hymn | leading lady | leading man | murderer | on-screen music | score to source | singing | source music | street |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land | 1:22:17 - Mortimer talks with Elaine through her window | aunt | bride | calm | conversing | crazy person | doctor | funeral | groom | hymn | leading lady | leading man | murderer | singing | street |
Another Face (1935) | I Never Saw a Better Night | 0:39:50 - Sheila talks with her aunt | AABA structure | actress | advance plot | aunt | conversing | criminal | fiancé | gangster | maid | mellow | mother | room | source music |
Another Face (1935) | Boys Will Be Boys | 0:41:15 - The maid bakes a cake | AABA structure | actress | advance plot | aunt | conversing | criminal | diving | fiancée | gangster | maid | manager | mellow | mother | room | source music | swimming |