| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Serious) | 2:11:50 - Henriette arrives upstairs | arriving | detective | hearing voices | leading lady | palace | prisoner | serious | soldier | solemn | somber | suspect | transition |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Crying | 2:12:15 - Pierre looks at Henriette | caretaker | crying | detective | devastated | leading lady | looking | palace | prisoner | soldier | somber | suspect | transition |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Noble) | 2:13:19 - Henriette comes into the Duke's room | arriving | dark | death scene | detective | duke | dying | hopeful | leading lady | leading man | noble | prisoner | room | soldier | suspect |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Dying | 2:13:46 - The Duke in his death bed | conversing | death bed | death scene | detective | duke | dying | leading lady | leading man | prisoner | questioning | room | sad | soldier | suspect |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Duet) | 2:14:06 - A close-up on Henriette | conversing | death bed | death scene | detective | duke | dying | leading lady | leading man | prisoner | questioning | room | sad | soldier | suspect | tender |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Funereal) | 2:14:27 - Henriette leaves the Duke | conversing | death bed | death scene | detective | duke | dying | funeral march | leading lady | leading man | prisoner | questioning | room | sad | soldier | suspect |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Risoluto 2) | 0:53:55 - Newspaper headlines | advance plot | arresting | dark | detective | double exposure | fragmentation | friend | headline | leading man | love interest | murderer | newspaper | ominous | room | sequential modulation | spinning | thematic transformation | underscoring |
| His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Waltz (The End) | 1:10:18 - Philip leaves | detective | end title sequence | fugitive | leading man | leaving | mode mixture | secondary dominant | transcribed by ear | triumphant | waltz |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Arena | 1:01:22 - A fight poster | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | dark | detective | fanfare | leading man | light | polytonality | poster | street | thinking |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:02:14 - Johnnie overhears the detective | advance plot | chromatic scale | detective | dissonant bass | 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 | pedal tone | room | suspenseful | tense |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy (Waiting) | 1:24:39 - The detective talks to Johnnie | chromatic scale | climax | dark | detective | diminished 7th chord | dissonant | dissonant bass | 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 | added-note chord | augmented sixth chord | climax | common-chord modulation | detective | dissonant bass | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | lying | minor-major 7th chord | room | turbulent |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (Appassionato) | 1:25:51 - Peggy wants to go with Johnnie | 9th chord | altered dominant | climax | detective | embracing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | leaving | linear chromaticism | mode mixture | pedal tone | romantic | room | sentimental | sigh gesture | tender |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Ending) | 1:30:23 - A train rushes away | detective | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | optimistic | passionate | plagal cadence | resolution | resolution | running | teenager | train station | triumphant |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 whistles | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | major scale | 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 |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | Swing it Sister | 0:10:50 - Clay talks with Jim | AABA structure | blackmail | blackmailing | conversing | criminal | detective | establish character | leading man | radio | room | source music | threatening | upbeat |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Pop Goes the Weasel | 0:29:44 - Detective sits | advance plot | cheerful | conversing | detective | inspector | leading man | music box | room | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Pop Goes the Weasel | 0:33:40 - Clay talks with Tim | advance plot | cheerful | conversing | detective | leading man | music box | room | source music | suspect |
Star of Midnight (1935) | What a Night | 0:37:08 - Clay in a restaurant | ABAC structure | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | producer | restaurant | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | If This Isn’t Love | 0:46:25 - Clay talks with Donna | ABAC structure | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | restaurant | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Westminster Quarters | 0:53:50 - Clay waits | advance plot | calm | detective | detective | leading man | source music | street | waiting |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Rushing | 0:54:02 - Clay rushes to catch the bus | bus | detective | hurried | leading man | montage | parallelism | rushing | street | transcribed by ear |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Walking | 0:54:55 - Detective walking | detective | mickey-mousing | montage | street | tired | transcribed by ear | walking |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Restaurant) | 0:55:00 - Detective talks on the phone | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | restaurant | score to source | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan B | 0:55:55 - Clay and Donna talk in a restaurant | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | restaurant | sentimental | source music | suspension |
Star of Midnight (1935) | I’m in Love All Over Again | 0:58:13 - Clay and Donna talk with Mr. Classon | AABA structure | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | restaurant | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Improvisation | 1:00:53 - Clay plays the piano | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | piano | playing | room | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Phonograph) | 1:14:27 - Clay plays a record on the phonograph | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | phonograph | room | score to source | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Phonograph) | 1:19:18 - Clay goes to answer the door | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | phonograph | room | score to source | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Phonograph) | 1:20:25 - Clay goes to answer the door | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | phonograph | room | score to source | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Phonograph) | 1:21:40 - Clay enters the room | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | murderer | phonograph | room | score to source | sentimental | source music |
