The Letter (1940) | Leslie | 0:00:11 - The Letter | 9th chord | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | suspension | tense | title of film |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B | 0:00:25 - Cast list | cast list | changing meter | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | harmonic sequence | main title | opening title sequence | romantic |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rubato) | 0:00:44 - Cast list | 9th chord | cast list | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Revolver) | 0:03:43 - A pistol lies on the steps | changing meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gun | harmonic sequence | home | leading lady | murderer | murder scene | oscillation | sequential modulation | servant | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Lacework) | 0:04:55 - Worker picks up Leslie's lacework | changing meter | crying | foreign key modulation | home | leading lady | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Maestoso) | 0:06:11 - Robert arrives at the plantation | bold | brassy | changing meter | dark | driving | home | husband | oscillation | transition | tritone |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (The Story) | 0:13:14 - Leslie gives her story | advance plot | changing meter | home | leading lady | lying | oscillation | recounting | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:14:31 - The scene of the crime | advance plot | changing meter | composer reference | dramatic | home | leading lady | oscillation | point of view | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Dark) | 0:16:09 - Men look at dead body | advance plot | augmented major 7th chord | changing meter | chromatic parallelism | creeping | dark | death | dissonant bass | investigating | murder | pc set | plantation | servant | shadow | sinister |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Shimmery 2) | 0:18:55 - Leslie stares at the full moon | changing meter | home | leading lady | love scene | moon | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | staring | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Appassionato) | 0:19:26 - Leslie closes the blinds | changing meter | dramatic | emotional | home | leading lady | linear chromaticism | love scene | sequence | walking |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Delicato) | 0:21:46 - Men admire needlepoint | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | minor-major 7th chord | oscillation | polychord | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (The Story) | 0:22:26 - Leslie speaks with Howard | advance plot | changing meter | home | lawyer | leading lady | lying | oscillation | recounting | tense | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (The Story) | 0:36:42 - Leslie lies to Howard | changing meter | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:37:21 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | changing meter | climax | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Plotting) | 0:39:32 - Howard and Leslie plot their next move | 9th chord | advance plot | buildup | changing meter | chromatic sequence | fragmentation | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | minor-major 7th chord | ominous | oscillation | plotting | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Despair) | 0:40:33 - Leslie despairs | advance plot | anxious | changing meter | conversing | despair | dissonant bass | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Lacework 2) | 0:52:07 - Leslie does her lacework | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | oscillation | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:52:55 - Howard and Leslie talk | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | home | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 1:17:59 - Leslie confesses to Robert | changing meter | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Very Slow) | 1:29:01 - Leslie rejects Robert | augmented sixth chord | changing meter | climax | enharmonic respelling | home | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | somber | stern | weeping |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Deliberate) | 1:32:48 - Mrs. Hammond approaches Leslie with a knife | antagonist | changing meter | Chinese | climax | dagger | leading lady | oscillation | plantation | somber | walking |
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 |
The Letter (1940) | Letter | 1:34:41 - End credits | changing meter | closing credits | dramatic | end title sequence | minor-major 7th chord | oscillation | plagal cadence |