| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dance Tune | NIF - not in film | augmented triad | bluesy | common-tone diminished 7th | cut from film | mode mixture |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Sternwood | 0:02:31 - Carmen walks away | 9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | bluesy | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | leading man | Neapolitan | private eye | retardation | room | seductive | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Girl Driver | 0:39:53 - Marlowe pays the lady cab driver | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | flirting | investigation scene | leading man | love interest | private eye | seductive | street |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Wotta Life | 1:08:09 - Marlowe talks to Mars | 12-bar blues | advance plot | club | criminal | investigating | leading man | private eye | source music | suspect | upbeat |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem D (Main Title) | 0:01:00 - Credits over a city skyline | 9th chord | 64 chord | added-note chord | blue note | bluesy | cast list | city | countermelody | mode mixture | opening title sequence | sentimental | skyline |
City for Conquest (1940) | Sidewalks of New York (Soliloquy) | 0:02:50 - Old-timer talks with cop | 9th chord | 13th chord | arguing | bluesy | bridge | chromatic parallelism | city | establish setting | old man | police | sentimental | soliloquy |
City for Conquest (1940) | Sidewalks of New York (Soliloquy 2) | 0:05:44 - Old-timer talks to a stone carver | 9th chord | 13th chord | bluesy | child | chromatic parallelism | conversing | establish character | fragmentation | love | old man | romantic | sentimental | soliloquy | street | worker |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem C | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | bluesy | concert scene | countermelody | cut from film | enharmonic modulation | enharmonic respelling | mode mixture | sus chord |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem D | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | AABA structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | blue note | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | concert scene | countermelody | cut from film | mode mixture | parallelism |
| Crime School (1938) | Sue | 0:00:37 - Mugshots of main characters | blues | bluesy | main title | mode mixture | mug shot | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues | 0:01:16 - New York City streets | 13th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | blues | cut from film | establish setting | fun | Gershwinesque | main title | setting | street | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Quasi Blues) | 0:11:08 - Sue talks to Frankie | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | common-chord modulation | conversing | crying | establish character | foreign key modulation | Gershwinesque | heroine | leading lady | room | somber |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (End Title) | 1:24:33 - Cast list | bluesy | closing credits | end title sequence | not by Steiner | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (End Credits) | 1:24:49 - Cast list | added-note chord | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | closing credits | end title sequence | Gershwinesque | mode mixture | not by Steiner | upbeat |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Opening B) | 0:00:49 - Cast list | 9th chord | augmented sixth chord | blues | bluesy | cast list | dust | main title | mode mixture | opening title sequence |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Flamingo Road | 0:00:18 - Book cover for Flamingo Road | blues | bluesy | book cover | cast list | establish setting | Gershwinesque | mode mixture | parallelism | self-borrowing | title of film |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Lute Mae | 0:01:26 - Lute Mae's Roadhouse | 13th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | bluesy | club | countermelody | dancing | eating | establish setting | musician | on-screen music | playing | self-borrowing | simulated source music | voice-over |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Lute Mae (A Reminiscence) | 0:42:04 - A female prisoner talks about Lute Mae's | 13th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | altered dominant | bluesy | conversing | countermelody | Gershwinesque | leading lady | prison | prisoner | self-borrowing |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Flamingo Road (Bluesy) | 0:55:00 - Dan buys some cold drinks | 9th chord | altered dominant | bluesy | flirting | foreshadowing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | mode mixture | parallelism | politician | porch | self-borrowing |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Lute Mae (Tenderly) | 1:07:55 - Dan kisses Lane | 13th chord | added-note chord | bluesy | husband | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | self-borrowing | tender | wife |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | It Had to Be You (Jazz Trumpet) | 0:00:44 - Music by Franz Waxman | 9th chord | bluesy | cast list | gambling | jazz | mode mixture | opening title sequence | roulette |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Scrapbook | 0:00:59 - A busy newsroom | bluesy | journalist | pedal tone | room | transition | voice-over | working |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Night Clubs | 0:01:12 - Montage of night clubs | bar | bluesy | club | crowd | dancer | dancing | double exposure | eating | journalist | montage | montage | performer | performing | simulated source music | street | voice-over |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Bulletin Board | 0:32:45 - Don leaves | bluesy | conversing | crew | departing | gambler | leading man | reporter | room | source and scoring overlap | stage | transition | upbeat |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Blues in the Night | 0:42:47 - Stanley puts a record on the phonograph | arguing | blue note | blues | conflict | leading lady | leading man | record player | room | source music | upbeat |
In This Our Life (1942) | Blues in the Night | 0:54:51 - Stanley dresses | advance plot | blues | dressing | leading lady | record player | room | source music | upbeat | widow |
| Key Largo (1948) | Gaye | 0:52:06 - Gaye awkwardly walks past Rocco | awkward | bluesy | boss | develop character | gangster | hotel | jazz | moll | sultry | walking |
Key Largo (1948) | Gaye Pours a Drink | 0:52:16 - Gaye pours herself a drink | alcohol | bluesy | boss | develop character | gangster | hotel | jazzy | moll | obsessive | pouring | shaking | sultry |
Key Largo (1948) | Moanin’ Low | 0:56:55 - Gaye sings "Moanin' Low" | awkward | blues | bluesy | boss | develop character | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | nervous | on-screen music | singer | singing | source music |
Key Largo (1948) | Moanin’ Low (Quasi Appassionato) | 0:58:38 - McCloud gets a drink for Gaye | alcohol | bluesy | boss | crying | develop character | familiar tune | father | gangster | helping | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | somber | source to score |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Gangster | 0:39:07 - Stella and Goff at the harbor | AABA structure | blue note | bluesy | conversing | criminal | dock | leading lady | leading man | love scene | sultry |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Gangster | 0:40:37 - Goff calls after Stella | blue note | bluesy | conversing | criminal | dock | leading lady | leading man | love scene | sultry |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Gangster (Tense) | 0:41:05 - Stella kisses Goff | bluesy | criminal | dock | embracing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | tense |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 1 | 0:08:50 - People at a party | blues scale | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| White Heat (1949) | Verna | 0:06:56 - Verna gets up | arguing | bluesy | complaining | dark | establish character | gangster | leading lady | leading man | moll | mother | murderer | rising | room | victim | waking |
White Heat (1949) | Verna (Molto Expressivo) | 0:11:38 - Verna embraces Cody | bluesy | conversing | dark | embracing | flirting | gangster | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | moll | money | mother | murderer | room | victim | waltz |
White Heat (1949) | Verna (Glance) | 0:14:04 - Verna looks at Big Ed | bluesy | car | dark | female | looking | murder scene | smiling |
White Heat (1949) | Verna (Slowly) | 0:43:41 - Verna kisses Big Ed | betrayal | bluesy | gangster | kissing | leading lady | love interest | love scene | moll | mother | porch | romantic | spying | sultry |
| Is My Face Red? (1932) | Cute! | 0:01:58 - Gossip column about a gambler | altered dominant | bluesy | conversing | establish setting | gossip | newspaper | parallelism | sultry | transcribed by ear | whole-tone |
| State’s Attorney (1932) | Transition | 0:00:20 - Title and starring list | blues | bluesy | fanfare | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues | 0:00:29 - Title and starring list, cast list | altered dominant | blue note | blues | bluesy | cast list | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues (Double Time) | 0:01:04 - Cast list | blue note | blues | bluesy | cast list | diminution | exciting | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Bluesy Transition | 0:01:15 - Black screen | blues | bluesy | exciting | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | pedal tone | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues (The End) | 1:18:41 - The End | blue note | blues | bluesy | end title sequence | Gershwinesque | The End | transcribed by ear |
| Caged (1950) | Molto Expressivo (Quasi Blues) | 1:35:01 - Marie leaves the prison | added-note chord | bluesy | bluesy | car | climax | ex-convict | freedom | leading lady | leaving | prison | smoking | street | warden | watching |
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