| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Arena | 1:01:22 - The detective looks at a fight poster | advance plot | dark | detective | fanfare | leading man | light | poster | street | thinking |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:02:14 - Johnnie overhears the detective | advance plot | detective | hiding | leading man | ominous | room | tense | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Hiding) | 1:02:31 - Detective buys tickets to Johnnie's match | advance plot | detective | hiding | leading man | room | suspenseful | tense |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy (Waiting) | 1:24:19 - Johnnie talks to Peggy | climax | dark | detective | dissonant | leading lady | leading man | lying | ominous | room | waiting |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Lying | 1:25:16 - Johnnie lies to Peggy about where he's going | climax | detective | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | turbulent |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi A (Dark) | 1:39:50 - Clementi speaks to the police about Zina's death, and they read her final note | death | detective | flashback | note |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:40:02 - Detectives tell Clementi of Zina's death, note, and phone call | dark | detective | flashback | murder | note | poison | suicide | underscoring |
| Illegal (1955) | The Detective | 0:58:36 - Detective stands up to follow Ellen | detective | mystery |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Ominous) | 0:12:43 - The detectives talk to Mildred | advance plot | conversing | dark | detective | heroine | leading lady | ominous | room |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:13:03 - Mildred leaves with the detectives | advance plot | conversing | detective | heroine | leading lady | murder | street | tense | underscoring |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Hall of Justice | 0:13:35 - The Los Angeles Hall of Justice | advance plot | arriving | bold | detective | entering | heroine | justice | leading lady | police | police station | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes | 0:16:07 - Cop whistles to himself | advance plot | detective | familiar tune | heroine | leading lady | on-screen music | police | police station | source music | tense | ticking | whistling |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Coy 2) | 1:44:37 - Veda is brought in by the police | antagonist | daughter | deceiving | deception | detective | entering | interrogating | interrogation | police station | questioning | tense |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Waltz Fantasy) | 1:44:53 - Mildred tells Veda not to confess | detective | harsh | heroine | interrogating | interrogation | leading lady | pleading | police station |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Triste) | 1:49:37 - Veda is led out by the police | antagonist | conversing | daughter | defeat | detective | heroine | leading lady | leaving | mother | murderer | police station | resigned | resolution | somber |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (Appassionato) | 1:25:51 - Johnnie says goodbye to Peggy | appoggiatura | climax | detective | embracing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | leaving | romantic | room | sentimental | tender |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Ending) | 1:30:23 - Johnnie leaves the rail yard with Tommy | detective | leading man | optimistic | passionate | resolution | resolution | running | teenager | train station | triumphant |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Newspaper Montage 2 (Dark) | 0:53:55 - Newspaper headlines | advance plot | arresting | dark | detective | friend | headline | leading man | murderer | newspaper | ominous | room | spinning | underscoring |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:31:38 - Steve talks with the detective | advance plot | conductor score | conversing | dark | detective | investigator | leading man | ominous | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace 2 | 0:32:00 - Steve talks with the detective | advance plot | conductor score | conversing | dark | detective | investigator | leading man | ominous | room |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:24:38 - Amato talks to detective | advance plot | detective | gangster | leading man | mysterious | plotting | police station | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:24:53 - Amato talks to detective | advance plot | detective | gangster | leading man | plotting | police station | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:25:21 - Amato sets up Lye and Kay | advance plot | betraying | detective | gangster | harsh | leading man | plotting | police station | tense |
| Before Dawn (1933) | Wedding March | 0:59:55 - Two lovers kissing and The End | detective | familiar tune | fanfare | kissing | leading lady | leading man | plagal cadence | resolution | romantic | secondary dominant | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Scale | 0:28:06 - HIldegarde sings | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | music notes | neutral | on-screen music | school | singing | sleuth | source music |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | The Clue | 0:28:13 - Hildegarde whistles | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | music notes | neutral | on-screen music | school | sleuth | source music | whistling |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | The Clue | 0:56:42 - Hildegarde whistles | advance plot | detective | hospital | leading lady | neutral | on-screen music | professor | sleuth | source music | victim | whistling |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | The Clue | 1:08:29 - Hildegarde whistles | advance plot | café | detective | leading lady | leading man | neutral | on-screen music | sleuth | source music | whistling |
