Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Molto Agitato | 1:29:57 - Jonathan ties Mortimer to a chair | 9th chord | brother | captive | chromatic parallelism | conflict | crazy person | diminished 7th chord | doctor | dramatic | fear | gagging | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | room | stinger | tying | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Victim | 1:30:11 - Mortimer tied up in a chair | brother | captive | conflict | crazy person | doctor | fear | leading man | murderer | ominous | parallel fifths | quartal chord | room | tense | tone cluster | torturing | tritone | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Knives | 1:31:05 - Mortimer looks at the knives | acceleration | brother | captive | chromatic parallelism | close-up | conflict | crazy person | diminution | doctor | fear | layering | leading man | murderer | ominous | oscillation | ostinato | pc set | polychord | room | tense | tone cluster | torturing | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Panic | 1:31:48 - Einstein agrees to do the torture | alcohol | brother | captive | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | crazy person | doctor | dramatic | fear | leading man | murderer | oscillation | panicked | panicking | polychord | room | sequence | split-third chord | tense | torturing | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar (Fast) | 1:32:11 - Einstein finds some wine | alcohol | brother | captive | conflict | crazy person | doctor | dramatic | fear | hurrying | leading man | murderer | panicking | polychord | room | tense | torturing | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | How Dry I Am (Mysterious) | 1:32:25 - Einstein and Jonathan start to drink the wine | alcohol | brother | captive | conflict | crazy person | doctor | drinking | familiar tune | fear | leading man | murderer | mysterious | polychord | room | victim | whole-tone chord |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:32:35 - They toast to Mortimer | alcohol | brother | captive | clinking | conflict | crazy person | doctor | fear | glass effect | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | polychord | room | tense | toasting | underscoring | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Bugle Call | 1:32:56 - Teddy plays the bugle | brother | bugle | bugle call | captive | conflict | crazy person | doctor | dramatic | fear | leading man | murderer | on-screen music | playing | room | source music | victim |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Whole Tone) | 1:39:25 - Marlowe talks to Vivian | captive | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | mysterious | private eye | room | tense | whole-tone | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Phone Call) | 1:39:39 - Marlowe talks to Vivian | captive | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | mysterious | private eye | room | sequence | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen | 1:39:52 - Marlowe talks to Vivian | captive | conversing | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | musical clue | music reveals thoughts | mysterious | private eye | room | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Vivian | 1:40:03 - Marlowe and Vivian kiss | 9th chord | 13th chord | AABA structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | captive | chromatic mediant | chromatic parallelism | common-tone dominant 7th | foreign key modulation | freeing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | Neapolitan | private eye | romantic | room | suspension |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Questions | 1:40:44 - Vivian tries to free Marlowe | captive | chromatic parallelism | freeing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | private eye | room | tense |