The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Motor (Rescue) | 0:52:29 - Dr. Clitterhouse escapes from safe | anxious | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | criminal | dramatic | escaping | gangster | hero | motor | ostinato | rescuing | robbery | store | tense | thief |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Chase | 0:04:21 - Cops chase boys through the train yard | chase scene | chasing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | escaping | half-diminished 7th chord | mickey-mousing | police | polychord | running | street | teenager | whole-tone chord |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:16:29 - Rocky shoots Mac and Frazier | agitated | attacking | casino | chaos | chasing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | climbing | conflict | crowd | death | dissonant bass | dramatic | dying | escaping | falling | fighting | gangster | gun | gunshot | half-diminished 7th chord | hurrying | jumping | landing | lawyer | leading man | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | police | rooftop | room | running | sequence | shooting | sneaking | sneaky | street | tone cluster | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Going down a ladder | 1:17:32 - Rocky goes down an escape ladder | agitated | chromatic scale | climbing | conflict | descending | down | dramatic | escaping | gangster | hurrying | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | street |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:19:00 - Rocky is trapped in a building | 42 chord | agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | escaping | fleeing | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | major 7th chord | police | running | sequence | stairwell | tone cluster | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe 2 | 1:41:18 - Marlowe goes outside | action scene | escaping | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | private eye | room | screaming | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:43:35 - Marlowe gets the keys to the handcuffs | action scene | criminal | death | escaping | gun | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | outside | private eye | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Escaping) | 1:43:48 - Vivian takes off the handcuffs | action scene | escaping | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | outside | private eye | tense |
Caged (1950) | Hysteria | 1:00:55 - Marie runs down the hall and outside to try and climb over the barbed wire fence | escaping | hysteria | mickey-mousing | prison | running |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | The Chase 1 | 0:29:26 - Philip escapes from prison | augmented triad | dark | escaping | frantic | leading man | montage | montage | prisoner | sequence | train | transcribed by ear | traveling | whole-tone scale |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:28:01 - Frankie escapes from the warden's office | 9th chord | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | escape | escaping | half-diminished 7th chord | hiding | mickey-mousing | ostinato | reformatory | running | teenager | tense | throwing | tone cluster | warden | whole-tone scale |
Crime School (1938) | Escaping | 0:28:32 - Frankie runs and hides | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | dramatic | escape | escaping | hiding | mickey-mousing | police | reformatory | running | sequence | sneaking | teenager | tense | tone cluster |
Crime School (1938) | Searchlights (Sneaking) | 0:28:47 - Frankies hides from the searchlight | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | escape | escaping | hiding | jumping | mickey-mousing | police | reformatory | running | searchlight | sneaking | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:29:09 - Frankie hides then runs | barbed wire fence | battle call | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | escape | escaping | gang | hiding | jumping | mickey-mousing | reformatory | running | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (Explosion) | 0:56:04 - The boiler explodes | 13th chord | action scene | added-note chord | boiler room | collapsing | escaping | exploding | explosion | foreign key modulation | frantic | gang | mechanical | reformatory | running | sequence | teenager | tense | worker | yelling |
Crime School (1938) | Window opening | 1:11:57 - Boys open the window | diminished 7th chord | escape | escaping | gang | mickey-mousing | mysterious | opening | reformatory | teenager | up | window |
Crime School (1938) | The Escape | 1:12:03 - Boys escape | down | escape | escaping | gang | half-diminished 7th chord | jumping | mickey-mousing | mysterious | reformatory | sneaking | teenager | whole-tone chord |
Crime School (1938) | Jumping down | 1:12:03 - Boys jump out of the window | diminished 7th chord | down | escape | escaping | gang | half-diminished 7th chord | jumping | mickey-mousing | mysterious | reformatory | sneaking | teenager |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Jumps off train | 0:24:21 - Johnnie jumps off the moving train | advance plot | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | escaping | jumping | leading man | mickey-mousing | train | train |
Deep Valley (1947) | Barry | 1:07:25 - Barry climbs out of a hole | action scene | cabin | climbing | convict | dramatic | escaping | fugitive | leading man | love interest | manhunt | police | tense |
Deep Valley (1947) | Law | 1:07:34 - Lawmen pursue after Barry | action scene | chasing | convict | dramatic | escaping | fanfare | forest | fugitive | leading man | love interest | manhunt | police | running | tense |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:46:42 - Mabel yells to Joe | chromatic scale | create suspense | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | escaping | gun | gunshot | leading lady | leading man | police | room | runaway | running | street | underscoring | yelling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (The Escape) | 0:50:26 - Joe and Mabel leave the jail | 64 chord | chromatic parallelism | dark | escaping | foreign key modulation | friend | hopeful | jail | jail break | leading lady | leading man | shopkeeper |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Grandioso) | 0:50:50 - Joe and Mabel outside | 42 chord | 64 chord | deceptive resolution | escaping | friend | heroic | jail break | leading lady | leading man | pedal tone | shopkeeper | street | triumphant |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Appassionatissimo) | 1:13:14 - Joe makes a run for it | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | climax | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | escaping | hospital | intervallic expansion | leading lady | leading man | runaway | sequence | tense |
The FBI Story (1959) | Running downhill | 1:57:13 - Men run downhill | down | downhill | escaping | flashback | mickey-mousing | running |
The FBI Story (1959) | Running uphill | 1:57:24 - Men run up the hill | escaping | flashback | mickey-mousing | running | up | uphill |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:57:40 - Men keep running | dramatic | escaping | flashback | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | The Bureau (Running) | 1:57:49 - Men rush across the bridge | bridge | escaping | flashback | hurrying | running | rushing |
The FBI Story (1959) | Escape (Descending) | 1:58:03 - Mario turns around on the bridge and goes back | bridge | escaping | flashback | hurrying | running | rushing |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:53:30 - Hammy tries to escape | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | escaping | fleeing | gangster | hurried | investigator | leading man | murderer | running | shooting | street | tense |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | The Escape | 1:03:50 - Steve tries to escape | action scene | car | chasing | club | crowd | dramatic | driving | escaping | gambler | husband | jumping | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | police | running | sister | street | victim |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Misterioso) | 0:59:50 - Matt and Eve escape and drive away | agent | alley | escaping | main title |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:28:57 - Stanley escapes | climax | criminal | dramatic | driving | escaping | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | room | underscoring | watching |
In This Our Life (1942) | Driving | 1:29:17 - Stanley driving her car | criminal | driving | escaping | leading lady | street | tense | transition |
The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (Ostinato) | 1:17:10 - Gypo waits in his cell while the rebels draw straws | advance plot | antagonist | dripping | escaping | gun | headquarters | leading man | mysterious | ostinato | prison | rebel | room | shooting | tense | traitor | whispering | worrying |
The Informer (1935) | The Escape | 1:19:46 - Gypo escapes and a chase ensues | advance plot | antagonist | chromatic scale | dramatic | escaping | headquarters | hurrying | leading man | mickey-mousing | prison | rebel | room | running | traitor | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Informer (1935) | The Escape (The Fight) | 1:28:25 - Rebels shoot through the door | antagonist | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | climax | down | dramatic | escaping | falling | fighting | leading man | linear chromaticism | mickey-mousing | rebel | room | running | tense | traitor | whole-tone |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Escape | 1:26:51 - Liza tries to escape | chasing | escaping |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Escape (Getaway) | 1:27:08 - Liza escapes | chasing | escaping |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Menace (Chase 1) | 1:27:42 - Liza and String are chased by a motorcycle cop | car | chasing | cop | driving | escaping | motorcycle |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Menace (Chase 2) | 1:28:18 - They speed down a dangerous winding mountain road | car | chasing | driving | escaping |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:10:21 - Wally reacts to the situation | action scene | breaking | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | death | dramatic | escaping | friend | half-diminished 7th chord | hurrying | mickey-mousing | murder | room | running | smashing | sneaking | telephone | underscoring | victim | walking | whole-tone chord | worrying |
White Heat (1949) | Ma's Escape | 0:21:34 - Trailer pulls out in front of agent's car and Ma escapes | car | driving | escaping |
White Heat (1949) | Ma (Dramatic) | 0:21:50 - Ma smiles when the agents are stopped by the trailer | car | chasing | escaping | mother | pursuing |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:23:32 - They leave the motel quickly and get in the car | dramatic | escaping | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | The Break | 1:07:19 - Cody and men go outside | dramatic | escaping | prison | prison break |
White Heat (1949) | The Break 2 | 1:07:29 - Cody and men get in the car | dramatic | escaping | prison | prison break |
White Heat (1949) | Danger (Dramatic) | 1:07:49 - Cody and men leave in the car | dramatic | escaping | prison | prison break |
White Heat (1949) | Guard Tower | 1:08:06 - Cody and men arrive at guard tower | authority | escaping | fanfare | prison | prison break |
White Heat (1949) | Prison Gate | 1:08:17 - Cody and men escape through the prison gate in the car | dramatic | escaping | gate | mickey-mousing | prison | prison break |
White Heat (1949) | T-Men (Escaping) | 1:46:36 - Hank escapes | agent | escaping |
White Heat (1949) | Danger (Dramatic) | 1:47:06 - Cody sends men out and they are shot by agents | death | escaping | gangster | gunshot |
The Woman in White (1948) | Appearing | 1:34:51 - Laura emerges from her room | asylum | escape | escaping | hiding | leading lady | magical | mickey-mousing | mysterious | patient | sneaking | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann | 1:34:57 - Laura sneaks down the hallway | asylum | escape | escaping | hiding | leading lady | mysterious | patient | sneaking | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Balmy Porter | 1:35:10 - The porter returns to lock the door | asylum | comical | escape | escaping | hiding | hurrying | key | locking | shuffling | sneaking | walking | worker |
The Woman in White (1948) | Appearing | 1:35:26 - Laura takes a key | asylum | escape | escaping | hiding | key | leading lady | mickey-mousing | mysterious | patient | sneaking | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann | 1:35:32 - Laura heads for the exit | asylum | escape | escaping | hiding | key | leading lady | mysterious | patient | sneaking | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Appearing | 1:35:44 - Laura appears outside | asylum | escape | escaping | leading lady | mickey-mousing | mysterious | patient | sneaking | street | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann | 1:35:51 - Laura exits the asylum gate | asylum | escape | escaping | leading lady | mysterious | patient | sneaking | street | victim | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Jerks hand | 0:23:41 - Jane jerks her arm away | antagonist | brother | conflict | dramatic | escaping | kitchen | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | reacting | stinger |
Without Honor (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:37:33 - Jane climbs out the window | action scene | escaping | hiding | leading lady | running | tense | underscoring | window | yard |
Without Honor (1949) | Good Humor Truck + Underscoring (Tense) | 0:37:46 - Jane runs to the road | | action scene | combination of themes | escaping | hiding | ice cream truck | leading lady | running | scored source music | source music | street | tense | underscoring |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Swimming | 0:07:56 - Bob swims away | action scene | beach | dramatic | escaping | leading man | mickey-mousing | ocean | ship wreck | swimming | tense |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Deliberate) | 0:47:51 - Bob and Eve scramble away | action scene | count | dark | escaping | gun | hiding | hunting | jungle | leading lady | leading man | pursuing | running | scrambling | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | The Fog | 0:48:02 - Bob and Eve in the fog | action scene | count | dark | escaping | gun | hunting | jungle | leading lady | leading man | pursuing | running | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | The Chase (Accelerando) + The Iron Door | 0:53:02 - The dogs bark up the tree | agitated | barking | chase scene | chasing | combination of themes | count | dark | dog | escaping | hiding | jumping | jungle | leading lady | leading man | lifting | log | mickey-mousing | running | servant | tense | tree | victim | villain | vine |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Emotions (Agitato) | 1:00:32 - Bob is almost hit by a knife | castle | count | death | dodging | dramatic | escaping | gun | knife | leading lady | leading man | preparing | running | servant | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Emotions 2 (Agitato) | 1:00:45 - Bob and Eve escaping | arrow | castle | count | death | dramatic | escaping | gun | leading lady | leading man | rising | running | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (Meno) + The Iron Door | 1:00:50 - The Count rises | castle | combination of themes | dark | death | escaping | gun | knife | leading lady | leading man | rising | running | servant | victim |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:01:01 - Tartar throws a knife | castle | death | escaping | gun | gunshot | knife | leading lady | leading man | servant | shooting | tense | throwing | victim |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:01:05 - Tartar falls dead to the ground | castle | corpse | death | dramatic | dying | escaping | falling | gun | gunshot | knife | leading lady | leading man | servant | underscoring | victim |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Risoluto) | 1:01:10 - Zaroff at the window | arrow | boat | castle | count | dramatic | escaping | leading lady | leading man | rising | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (The Window) | 1:01:15 - Zaroff at the window | arrow | boat | castle | count | dramatic | escaping | fanfare | leading lady | leading man | rising | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Courage (Allegro con Fuoco) + The Iron Door | 1:01:23 - The boat leaves the dock | arrow | boat | castle | count | death | dramatic | dying | escaping | leading lady | leading man | motor effect | preparing | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Falling out of window | 1:01:53 - Zaroff falls out of the window | boat | castle | count | death | dramatic | dying | escaping | falling | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | tense | victim | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (Climax) | 1:01:55 - The boat speeding away | boat | castle | dark | death | escaping | fanfare | leading lady | leading man | victim |