City for Conquest (1940) | Train | 0:01:09 - An elevated train approaches | added-note chord | bridge | busy | city | hurried | mickey-mousing | old man | ostinato | police | pump-up modulation | train | transition | traveling |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem B + Train | 0:01:19 - Sign for the Williamsburg Bridge | 9th chord | added-note chord | bridge | busy | chromatic parallelism | city | combination of themes | countermelody | hurried | Mixolydian mode | old man | police | train | transition | traveling |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Boldon City | 0:01:13 - Boldon City sign | busy | common-tone diminished 7th | dominant pedal | establish setting | light | pentatonic | street | townsfolk | voice-over | working |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Communist (Pittsburgh) | 0:03:38 - Aerial view of Pittsburgh | augmented triad | bridge | busy | chromatic parallelism | city | establish setting | factory | frantic | machinery effect | oscillation | ostinato | panning shot | sequential modulation | tense | tone cluster | train | voice-over | whistle |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | T'Ain't No Good | 0:57:37 - Mildred at the opening of her restaurant | advance plot | antagonist | busy | conversing | daughter | dining | friend | guest | heroine | leading lady | popular music | restaurant | serving | source music | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | While You're Away | 0:59:47 - Monte arrives at the restaurant | ABAC structure | advance plot | antagonist | busy | conversing | daughter | dining | friend | guest | heroine | leading lady | love interest | parallel double period | popular music | restaurant | serving | source music | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Success) | 1:01:42 - People work in Mildred's restaurant | 9th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | busy | cook | foreign key modulation | restaurant | secondary dominant | self-borrowing | server | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Order wheel spins | 1:01:45 - Restaurant order wheel spins | advance plot | busy | cook | mickey-mousing | restaurant | server | spinning | upbeat |