| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Agitato | 0:06:49 - Henriette leaves the classroom | agitated | appoggiatura | chromatic scale | distressed | establish character | hurrying | leading lady | leaving | minister | Neapolitan | principal | school | teacher | walking |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Molto Agitato | 0:07:21 - Henriette talks to Miss Haines | agitated | conversing | dissonant bass | distressed | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | minister | principal | school | suspension | teacher |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henry | 0:07:41 - Henriette looks at Henry Field | establish character | gentle | hymn-like | leading lady | minister | noble | principal | reassuring | school | secondary dominant | teacher |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Agitated) | 0:07:52 - Henriette talks to Henry Field | agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | conversing | distressed | establish character | leading lady | minister | principal | school | teacher |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Moderato) | 0:08:03 - Henriette talks to Henry Field | agitated | conversing | distressed | establish character | leading lady | minister | principal | school | secondary dominant | teacher |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Proud) | 0:08:21 - Mr. Field encourages Henriette | added-note chord | deceptive resolution | establish character | hopeful | leading lady | minister | mode mixture | mysterious | pedal tone | principal | reassuring | reverse picardy | school | student | teacher |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Agitato) | 0:22:02 - The Duchess argues with the Duke | agitated | arguing | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Agitated) | 0:22:23 - The Duke rebukes the Duchess | agitated | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | distressed | dominant 7th chord | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Rushing | 0:22:31 - The Duchess rushes after the Duke | agitated | arguing | augmented triad | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | rising | room | rushing | turn figure |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Pleading | 0:22:41 - The Duchess pleads with the Duke to stay | acceleration | agitated | arguing | chromatic sequence | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pleading | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Desperation (Furioso) | 0:22:53 - The Duchess curses the Duke | agitated | arguing | dissonant bass | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pleading | priest | room | tense |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Fairy Tale | 0:23:13 - Henriette reads a fairy tale | added-note chord | book | calm | child | delicate | establish character | fairy tale | governess | leading lady | pentatonic | pleasant | room | storytelling |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Fairy Godmother | 0:23:28 - Henriette reads a fairy tale | 9th chord | altered dominant | book | calm | child | delicate | establish character | fairy tale | foreign key modulation | governess | leading lady | magical | pleasant | room | storytelling |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Fairy Tale) | 0:23:50 - Henriette reads a fairy tale | book | calm | child | countermelody | delicate | duke | establish character | fairy tale | governess | leading lady | leading man | magical | pleasant | room | storytelling |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Reformatory) | 0:05:04 - Sign: "Society for Juvenile Delinquents" | establish character | main title | Neapolitan | prisoner | reformatory | serious | sign | somber | teenager |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Fingerprints) | 0:06:17 - Montage of juvenile detention and prison life | digging | dramatic | establish character | fingerprints | foreign key modulation | headline | leading man | main title | marching | montage | mug shot | newspaper | prison | prisoner | reformatory | sequence | serious | working |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Bootlegging | 0:06:46 - Bootlegging liquor | alcohol | boat | dock | establish character | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | sneaking | sneaky |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Running and shooting | 0:06:52 - Police chase gangsters and Rocky shoots | agent | augmented triad | chasing | dissonant bass | dominant 7th chord | dramatic | establish character | gangster | gun | gunshot | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | newspaper | quartal chord | running | shooting | street | zoom out |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Roulette | 0:07:01 - Roulette wheel spins | club | double exposure | establish character | frantic | gambling | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | parallelism | pedal tone | sequence | spinning |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Night Club Music | 0:07:05 - Rocky gambles in a nightclub | altered dominant | club | dancing | double exposure | drinking | establish character | frantic | gambling | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | pouring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Explosion | 0:07:16 - Building explodes after car drives by | bomb | chromatic scale | dissonant bass | dramatic | driving | establish character | explosion | gangster | mickey-mousing | montage | polychord | street | throwing |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Headlines) | 0:07:21 - Newspaper headline | dark | establish character | headline | main title | montage | mysterious | newspaper | octatonic scale | pedal tone | street |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Rocky and Laury (Not In Film 1) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | common-chord modulation | conversing | cut from film | establish character | following | gangster | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | street | walking |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Rocky and Laury (Not In Film 2) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | chromatic scale | conversing | cut from film | establish character | following | gangster | leading lady | leading man | street | walking |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams B | 0:01:33 - Two young people in love | common-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | lovers | love scene | snuggling | street |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams | 0:02:11 - Eddie and Mary talk | 11th chord | AABA structure | conductor score | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | leaving | lovers | love scene | mode mixture | street | waiting |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Whistling) | 0:03:29 - Eddie walks home | cheerful | establish character | gentle | leading man | love scene | on-screen music | score to source | source and scoring overlap | source music | street | transcribed by ear | walking | whistling |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Marriage License Bureau) | 0:01:59 - "Marriage License Bureau" sign | 64 chord | arriving | calm | conversing | crowd | direct modulation | establish character | familiar tune | marriage | office | parallelism | reporter | romantic | sequence | spouse |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Comical) | 0:02:20 - Mortimer hides from the reporters | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | comical | disguise | establish character | hiding | leading lady | leading man | looking | marriage | office | reporter | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Wow Wow Trumpet) | 0:02:42 - Reporters talk | 64 chord | chromatic mediant | comical | conversing | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | marriage | office | reporter |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Two by Two | 0:02:51 - The marriage clerk sings | clerk | establish character | marriage | office | on-screen music | singing | source music | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:03:34 - Hiding in a telephone booth | added-note chord | arguing | bystander | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | pump-up modulation | running | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Hanging up | 0:03:53 - Mortimer hangs up the phone | bystander | diminished 7th chord | establish character | hanging up | leading lady | leading man | marriage | mickey-mousing | office | rushed |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Old Maid | 0:04:17 - Mortimer talks to Elaine | added-note chord | arguing | conversing | enharmonic modulation | establish character | kissing | leading lady | leading man | marriage | mode mixture | office | parallel period | pedal tone | romantic | self-borrowing |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:04:54 - Mortimer and Elaine rush off | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Chinese) | 0:05:00 - Chinese girl turns around | Chinese | establish character | exotic | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | open fifth | smiling | stereotype | winking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Comical) | 0:05:05 - Goofy man turns around | 9th chord | comical | common-tone diminished 7th | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | smiling | winking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Rondo Alla Turca | 0:06:25 - Teddy plays the harpsichord | aunt | brother | classical music | conversing | crazy person | establish character | harpsichord | leading lady | old man | on-screen music | playing | room | source music | upbeat | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:09:05 - Aunt Abby scurries across the room | aunt | crazy person | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | room | scurrying |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Lento) | 0:09:11 - Reverend talks about the Brewster sisters | added-note chord | aunt | brother | calm | conversing | crazy person | establish character | familiar tune | gentle | kindness | leading lady | old man | room | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:39:58 - The aunts see shadows at the door | augmentation | aunt | conversing | crazy person | dark | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | knocking | leading lady | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | shadow | whispering |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:40:30 - Jonathan enters the house | arriving | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | close-up | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | leading man | observing | ominous | pc set | room | walking | zoom in |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:40:54 - The scar on Jonathan's face | close-up | criminal | dark | establish character | horn flare | leading man | observing | ominous | pc set | polychord | room | scar |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Ominous) | 0:41:03 - Jonathan looks around the house | added-note chord | augmented triad | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading man | observing | ominous | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar (Misterioso) | 0:41:31 - They see the food | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | leading man | mysterious | observing | pc set | polychord | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Expressivo) + Scar | 0:41:42 - Abby talks to Jonathan | altered dominant | augmented triad | aunt | brother | combination of themes | conversing | convincing | crazy person | criminal | distortion | doctor | establish character | expressive | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | ominous | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:08 - Jonathan talks to the aunts | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallelism | room | tense | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar (Face) | 0:42:29 - Jonathan talks about his scar | augmented triad | aunt | brother | chromatic parallelism | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | polychord | room | scar | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Mysterioso Pizzicato | 0:42:41 - Martha talks about scary movies | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | scar | silent film music |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:56 - Jonathan glares at Dr. Einstein | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | diminished 7th chord | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | oscillation | room | scar | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:43:08 - Jonathan talks about the operation | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | grabbing | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | struggling | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:43:20 - Dr. Einstein talks to the aunts | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | polychord | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Ominous) | 0:43:28 - Dr. Einstein talks to the aunts | added-note chord | altered dominant | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | split-fifth chord | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Home Sweet Home (Tranquillo) | 0:43:40 - Jonathan sits down | augmented triad | aunt | brother | calm | chromatic parallelism | conversing | crazy person | criminal | direct modulation | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | pedal tone | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:44:00 - The aunts go into the kitchen | augmentation | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | walking | watching |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Frightened) | 0:45:22 - The aunts peek through the kitchen window | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | face | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | snooping | watching |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:45:29 - Dr. Einstein describes how he will fix Jonathan's face | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | face | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | planning | polychord | room | wipe |
| Beyond the Forest (1949) | Lewis (Moderato Expressivo) | 0:06:23 - Fishing in a stream | calm | canoe | doctor | establish character | friend | lake | leading lady | leading man | rowing | wife |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Lewis | 0:10:42 - The doctor in a canoe | calm | canoe | departing | doctor | establish character | friend | lake | leading lady | leading man | noble | rowing | wife |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Moose | 0:11:22 - Moose enters the house | cabin | conversing | establish character | exotic | friend | leading lady | liquor | wife | working |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Liquor | 0:11:52 - Moose finds some alcohol | cabin | drunk | establish character | friend | liquor | pouring |
Beyond the Forest (1949) | Porcupine | 0:11:59 - A porcupine in a tree | cabin | climbing | comical | dying | establish character | falling | leading lady | porcupine | shooting | wife |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:01:01 - Sign for the Sternwood mansion | arriving | butler | establish character | leading man | mansion | private eye | room | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking | 0:01:26 - Carmen walks down the stairs | arriving | daughter | deceptive resolution | descending | establish character | femme fatale | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Flirtation | 0:01:42 - Carmen flirts with Marlowe | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | comical | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | flirting | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | private eye | room |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe | 0:02:01 - Marlowe gives Carmen a fake name | added-note chord | comical | common-tone dominant 7th | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | flirting | leading man | private eye | room |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Sly) | 0:02:12 - Marlowe and Carmen talk | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | flirting | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen falls | 0:02:20 - Carmen falls into Marlowe's arms | daughter | diminished 7th chord | establish character | falling | femme fatale | flirting | leading man | mickey-mousing | playful | private eye | room | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen | 0:02:21 - Carmen in Marlowe's arms | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | flirting | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mysterious | oscillation | private eye | room | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Sternwood | 0:02:31 - Carmen walks away | 9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | bluesy | daughter | establish character | femme fatale | leading man | Neapolitan | private eye | retardation | room | seductive | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:02:45 - Marlowe goes to meet Sternwood | 9th chord | altered dominant | butler | chromatic scale | establish character | leading man | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | walking |
| Caged (1950) | Marie | 0:08:04 - Marie poses for mugshot | augmented sixth chord | camera | dissonant bass | establish character | guard | leading lady | mug shot | photographer | photographing | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture | somber |
Caged (1950) | Isolation Ward | 0:08:54 - Edna lying in a bed | 9th chord | conversing | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | illness | isolation | leading lady | mysterious | ominous | oscillation | prison | prisoner | rain | uneasy |
Caged (1950) | Mrs. Benton (Not in Film) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | comforting | common-tone modulation | crying | cut from film | disbelief | establish character | gentle | leading lady | mode mixture | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | realization | warden |
Caged (1950) | Crying | NIF - not in film | comforting | crying | cut from film | deceptive resolution | dramatic | establish character | leading lady | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | sequential modulation | warden |
Caged (1950) | Mrs. Benton (Not in Film 2) | NIF - not in film | comforting | crying | cut from film | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | mode mixture | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | warden |
Caged (1950) | Marie 2 (Not in Film) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | conversing | cut from film | establish character | gentle | leading lady | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | warden |
Caged (1950) | Lullaby | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | added-note chord | conversing | cut from film | establish character | gentle | leading lady | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | sequential modulation | warden |
Caged (1950) | Mrs. Benton (Not in Film 3) | NIF - not in film | altered dominant | chromatic mediant | conversing | cut from film | establish character | gentle | guard | leading lady | mode mixture | office | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | reading | room | sigh gesture | warden |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:36:52 - June gets dressed for her parole board hearing | dressing | establish character | excited | friend | leading lady | prison | prisoner | sequential modulation | tense | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | June and Marie | 0:37:06 - June and Marie talk | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | friend | hopeful | leading lady | noble | prison | prisoner |
Caged (1950) | June | 0:37:27 - June and Marie talk | 11th chord | 13th chord | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | friend | hopeful | leading lady | melancholy | prison | prisoner | sequence | somber |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:37:58 - June and Marie argue | arguing | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | friend | leading lady | prison | prisoner | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | June (Triste) | 0:38:14 - June and Marie talk | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | cut from film | establish character | friend | leading lady | melancholy | prison | prisoner | somber |
Caged (1950) | June (Slowly) | 0:38:39 - Marie looks for June | arriving | chromatic mediant | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | friend | guard | leading lady | melancholy | minor-major 7th chord | prison | prisoner | somber |
Caged (1950) | June (Adagio) | 0:39:34 - Inmates play cards | cards | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | close-up | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | friend | leading lady | melancholy | playing | prison | prisoner | somber | underscoring | uneasy |
Caged (1950) | June and Marie (Very Slow) | 0:39:59 - Marie helps June | 9th chord | consoling | dark | despair | establish character | friend | guard | helping | leading lady | prison | prisoner | somber | whole-tone chord |
Caged (1950) | Harper | 0:40:20 - Harper walks | dark | establish character | friend | guard | leading lady | mickey-mousing | prison | prisoner | tritone oscillation | walking | whole-tone chord |
| His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Bavardage | 0:01:10 - The beach | AABA structure | beach | casino | establish character | establish place | establish setting | gambler | gambling | leading man | luggage | pleasant | roulette wheel | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Waltz (Tender) | 0:02:35 - Philip in the casino | casino | child | conversing | establish character | gentle | leading man | leaving | transcribed by ear | waltz |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Home Sweet Home | 0:03:14 - Philip and Alice go home | child | establish character | gentle | humming | leading man | on-screen music | room | sleeping | source music |
| City for Conquest (1940) | The Bowery | 0:05:00 - People on a New York street | child | conversing | crowd | establish character | on-screen music | playing | pleasant | source music | street | street organ | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Sidewalks of New York (Soliloquy 2) | 0:05:44 - Old-timer talks to a stone carver | 9th chord | 13th chord | bluesy | child | chromatic parallelism | conversing | establish character | fragmentation | love | old man | romantic | sentimental | soliloquy | street | worker |
City for Conquest (1940) | Sidewalks of New York (Waltz Grazioso) | 0:06:09 - Two children playing | 9th chord | child | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | love | Neapolitan | old man | romantic | sentimental | soliloquy | street | waltz |
City for Conquest (1940) | Scales | 0:09:16 - Danny and Peggy go upstairs | arguing | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mother | on-screen music | piano | room | source music | tedious | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:10:50 - Eddie plays the piano | brother | composer | conversing | establish character | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | score to source | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Very Broad) | 0:12:16 - Eddie plays the piano | 13th chord | brother | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | composer | conversing | describing | dissonant bass | establish character | explaining | leading man | musician | name of film | pentatonic | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Unattainable Stars) | 0:12:37 - Eddie plays the piano | brother | chromatic parallelism | composer | conversing | describing | establish character | explaining | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | somber | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:13:03 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
| Crime School (1938) | Elephant Walk | 0:04:57 - Kids whistle as cop walks away | comical | establish character | gang | on-screen music | source music | street | teenager | whistling |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:09:53 - Frankie sneaks in the house | concern | conversing | dissonant bass | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mysterious | pedal tone | room | sister | sneaking | sneaky | teenager | underscoring | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Quasi Blues) | 0:11:08 - Sue talks to Frankie | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | common-chord modulation | conversing | crying | establish character | foreign key modulation | Gershwinesque | heroine | leading lady | room | somber |
Crime School (1938) | The Warden | 0:23:15 - Warden stands up to face the boys | antagonist | arguing | augmented triad | authority | chromatic parallelism | establish character | falling | gang | lightning | ominous | police | reformatory | slapping | stinger | teenager | warden | whole-tone chord |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | M-O-T-H-E-R | 0:05:01 - Drunken man sings | comical | drunk | establish character | on-screen music | room | singing | source music |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Cowboy From Brooklyn | 0:25:04 - A young man whistles | establish character | jaunty | on-screen music | ranch | source music | teenager | whistling | working |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Looking Around) | 0:25:11 - The young man sees Johnnie | 9th chord | deceptive resolution | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | ranch | teenager | tired | walking |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Date picking | 0:25:21 - Boys picking dates | 9th chord | establish character | light | ranch | sequence | step modulation | teenager | working |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Throws date | 0:25:34 - Boy throws date | comical | establish character | mickey-mousing | ranch | teenager | throwing |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Arriving) | 0:25:42 - Johnnie arrives at the ranch | 9th chord | arriving | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | ranch | teenager | tired |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Fainting) | 0:26:32 - Johnnie stumbles and faints | 9th chord | dark | deceptive resolution | dissonant bass | establish character | fainting | falling | foreign key modulation | leading man | ranch | tired | tragic | walking |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:26:48 - Peggy rushes to help Johnnie | 64 chord | dramatic | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | ranch | running | rushing | underscoring |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Homestead (Grazioso) | 0:01:02 - A rooster crowing | barnyard | calm | establish character | establish place | farmhouse |
Deep Valley (1947) | Joe | 0:01:29 - A dog | cheerful | dog | establish character | friendly | leading lady | mother | opening | porch | room | running | upbeat | waking |
Deep Valley (1947) | Libby 2 | NIF - not in film | cut from film | establish character |
Deep Valley (1947) | Joe (Not in Film) | NIF - not in film | cut from film | establish character |
Deep Valley (1947) | Joe (Poco Meno Expressivo) | 0:01:59 - Libby gets up | dog | dressing | establish character | leading lady | mother | room | scolding | upbeat | waking |
Deep Valley (1947) | Drudge | 0:03:59 - Libby goes downstairs | descending | establish character | leading lady | room | somber | stairs | upset | walking |
Deep Valley (1947) | Drudge (Kitchen) | 0:04:12 - Libby works in kitchen | cooking | dog | establish character | kitchen | leading lady | somber | upset |
Deep Valley (1947) | Joe (Very Light) | 0:04:29 - Joe watches Libby work | cheerful | cooking | dog | establish character | kitchen | leading lady | upbeat |
Deep Valley (1947) | Drudge (Sentimentale) | 0:04:49 - Libby feeds Joe | cooking | dog | establish character | kitchen | leading lady | somber |
Deep Valley (1947) | Libby | 0:06:09 - Libby returns to her work | establish character | father | kitchen | leading lady | serving | somber |
Deep Valley (1947) | Homestead (Morendo) | 0:06:44 - Cliff makes his bed | cleaning | establish character | father | room | somber |
Deep Valley (1947) | Libby (Rubato) | 0:08:13 - Libby at the kitchen table | establish character | kitchen | leading lady | leaving | somber | tense |
Deep Valley (1947) | Woods | 0:08:25 - Libby leaves the house | cheerful | dog | establish character | forest | leading lady | playing | running | upbeat |
Deep Valley (1947) | Squirrel | 0:09:26 - Libby feeds a squirrel | cheerful | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | squirrel | upbeat |
Deep Valley (1947) | Woods | 0:09:57 - Libby walks in the woods | cheerful | cut from film | dog | establish character | forest | leading lady | upbeat | walking |
Deep Valley (1947) | Woods (Misterioso) | NIF - not in film | cut from film | establish character |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Mysterioso | 0:02:00 - Warden talks to Joe | conversing | drone | establish character | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | polytonality | prison | prisoner | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Injustice) | 0:02:29 - Joe reacts to the warden | 9th chord | 64 chord | agitated | chromatic parallelism | conversing | dramatic | establish character | injustice | leading man | prison | prisoner | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Charlie | 0:10:58 - Charlie talks to inmates | conversing | dark | drunk | establish character | leading man | polychord | prison | prisoner | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Hiccough | 0:11:35 - Charlie hiccups | comical | drunk | establish character | hiccuping | leading man | mickey-mousing | prison | prisoner | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Cow | 0:11:39 - Man calls Charlie a cow | comical | cow | drunk | establish character | leading man | mickey-mousing | mooing | prison | prisoner | stinger | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Charlie (Extended) | 0:11:41 - Charlie talks to inmates | chromatic parallelism | dark | drunk | establish character | leading man | prison | prisoner | sequence | slapping | stinger | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Marching | 0:12:27 - Inmates marching | establish character | march | marching | pedal tone | prison | prisoner | somber |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | My Wild Irish Rose | 0:40:51 - Joe and Mabel in Nick's Diner | accompanied source music | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | diner | establish character | familiar tune | friend | happy | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | parallel double period | popular song | radio | shopkeeper | singing | source music | ternary form |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Irish Rose) | 0:42:25 - They go to work in the kitchen | diner | establish character | friend | happy | leading lady | leading man | score to source | shopkeeper |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You | 0:07:53 - Field hears music playing | carny | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | parallel period | police | radio | room | sentimental | singer | singing | source music |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Prison Gate | 0:01:25 - Steve exits the prison gate | conductor score | establish character | friend | gate | leading lady | leading man | leaving | prison | serious | walking |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 0:02:01 - Marcia embraces Steve | conductor score | embracing | establish character | friend | gentle | leading lady | leading man | street |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:02:12 - Steve mentions a divorce and leaves | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | friend | investigator | leading man | street | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 0:14:48 - Mario runs to talk to Amato | conductor score | establish character | fearful | hurried | office |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Spring Song | 0:14:56 - Amato talks to Mario | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | gangster | menacing | office | tritone |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:15:33 - Amato talks to Lye | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | mysterious | office | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 0:15:44 - Amato talks to Lye | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | harsh | office |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Lye | 0:16:52 - Amato talks to Lye | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | gentle | office |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Face twitching | 0:16:59 - Lye's face twitches | antagonist | comical | conductor score | establish character | gangster | mickey-mousing | office | twitching |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:17:13 - Gangsters talk | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | office | ominous |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 0:17:47 - Gangsters talk | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | harsh | office |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:19:33 - Amato slaps old man | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | gangster | office | slapping | stinger | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:19:43 - Amato talks to old man | antagonist | conductor score | dark | establish character | gangster | office | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:20:30 - Amato talks to Lye | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | gangster | office |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 0:20:40 - Amato leaves | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | office | ominous |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Kay | 0:20:48 - Lye goes to see Kay | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | kissing | love interest | lyrical | romantic | street |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 0:21:37 - Marcia on a poster | club | conductor score | establish character | investigator | leading man | romantic | walking |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | The Very Thought of You | 0:21:51 - Marcia singing at a club | club | conductor score | establish character | familiar tune | investigator | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | pianist | popular music | romantic | singer | singing | source music |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 0:23:26 - Marcia talks to Steve | club | conductor score | conversing | establish character | investigator | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | pianist | playing | popular music | sentimental | source music | source score |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Anna | 0:46:05 - Anna talks with Amato | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | gentle | leading man | room | sentimental | warning | wife | worrying |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | You Do Something to Me | 0:02:52 - A night club | AABA structure | celebrating | club | conversing | dancing | establish character | flashback | mickey-mousing | on-screen music | playing | popular music | ripple effect | source music | upbeat | working |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | It Had to Be You | 0:12:33 - Steve whistles | establish character | gambler | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | on-screen music | room | sentimental | singer | source music | whistling |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | April in Paris | 0:12:48 - Steve enters Georgia's dressing room | AABA structure | conversing | establish character | gambler | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | popular music | room | sentimental | singer | source music |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Asa | 0:02:02 - The Timberlake crest | 64 chord | added-note chord | common-chord modulation | establish character | noble | plagal cadence | street | worker | working |
In This Our Life (1942) | Asa (Expressivo) | 0:02:33 - Asa walks | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | gentle | mode mixture | noble | pedal tone | street | walking | worker |
In This Our Life (1942) | Roy | 0:02:59 - Roy descends a staircase | 64 chord | conversing | daughter | delicate | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | gentle | greeting | leading lady | maid | room |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley Introduction | 0:06:35 - A car arrives | 9th chord | arriving | car | chromatic scale | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | stinger | tense |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley | 0:06:56 - Stanley talks with Peter | 9th chord | appoggiatura | car | circle of fifths | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | sultry |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley B | 0:07:06 - Stanley talks with Peter | car | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | conversing | dissonant bass | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | sultry |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley | 0:07:23 - Stanley drives away | 9th chord | appoggiatura | car | circle of fifths | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | sultry |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (She Runs) | 0:07:32 - Stanley runs inside | arriving | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | diminution | establish character | hurried | leading lady | mickey-mousing | room | running | sequence | street |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Rubato) | 0:11:58 - Stanley talks with Roy | conversing | establish character | leading lady | mysterious | pc set | room | sister | stinger |
In This Our Life (1942) | Roy (Dolce) | 0:12:06 - Roy talks with Stanley | added-note chord | altered dominant | conversing | establish character | gentle | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | room | sequence | sister | sweet |
In This Our Life (1942) | Expressivo | 0:12:28 - Stanley talks with Roy | chromatic scale | conversing | establish character | expressive | leading lady | plagal cadence | retardation | room | sister |
In This Our Life (1942) | Big Sweep | 0:12:41 - Stanley leaves | altered dominant | dramatic | establish character | leading lady | pc set | room | sister | stinger | tense | watching |
In This Our Life (1942) | Roy (Triste) | 0:12:54 - Roy walks up the stairs | 9th chord | altered dominant | countermelody | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | room | somber | walking |
| The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Walking) | 0:01:44 - Gypo walks down the street | countermelody | establish character | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | poster | Scotch snap | street | walking |
The Informer (1935) | Poster | 0:02:01 - Gypo looks at the reward poster for Frankie McPhillip | establish character | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | poster | stepping | stinger | street |
The Informer (1935) | Drinking Song | 0:02:15 - Gypo and Frankie sing at a pub | cheerful | drinking | establish character | flashback | leading man | on-screen music | pub | remembering | singing | somber | source music | street |
The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:02:23 - Gypo stares at the poster, thinking | 64 chord | establish character | leading man | muttering | mysterious | street | thinking | underscoring |
The Informer (1935) | Rule, Britannia! | 0:02:32 - Close-up on the 20 pound reward on the poster | British | dark | establish character | familiar tune | leading man | linear chromaticism | looking | mode change | patriotic tune | poster | source music | street | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Tearing down poster | 0:02:47 - Gypo tears the reward poster off of the wall | dissonant bass | down | establish character | leading man | linear chromaticism | mickey-mousing | poster | removing | street | tearing | upset |
The Informer (1935) | The Rose of Tralee | 0:02:54 - Man sings an Irish folk song by a lamp post | calm | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | Irish | leading man | on-screen music | poster | singing | source music | street | walking |
The Informer (1935) | Poster blowing 1 | 0:03:05 - Torn poster blows down the street onto Gypo's leg | augmented sixth chord | blowing | establish character | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | parallelism | poster | street | wind |
The Informer (1935) | Poster blowing 2 | 0:03:26 - Torn poster blows down the street onto Gypo's leg again | blowing | clinging | diminished 7th chord | establish character | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | parallelism | poster | street | wind |
The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:04:22 - Close-up on Katie | establish character | leading lady | linear chromaticism | mysterious | staring | street | underscoring |
The Informer (1935) | Katie | 0:04:31 - Katie walks down the street | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | parallelism | seductive | staring | street | sultry | walking |
The Informer (1935) | Match strike | 0:05:03 - Man strikes a match on the lamp post | establish character | leading lady | lighting | match | mickey-mousing | playful | street |
The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:05:04 - Gypo sees the man and walks towards him | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | street | tense | underscoring | walking | whole-tone |
The Informer (1935) | Blowing smoke | 0:05:16 - Man blows smoke into Katie's face | blowing | establish character | leading lady | mickey-mousing | mysterious | smoke | street | whole-tone |
The Informer (1935) | Throwing man down | 0:05:31 - Gypo picks the man up and throws him in the street | angry | down | establish character | falling | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | throwing | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Informer (1935) | Katie Calls Gypo | 0:05:38 - Katie says Gypo's name | conversing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | somber | staring | street |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Tired and Sad) | 0:05:49 - Katie talks to Gypo | conversing | crying | diminished 7th chord | establish character | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | Scotch snap | sobbing gesture | somber | street |
The Informer (1935) | Yankee Doodle (Octatonic) | 0:06:21 - Katie looks at the poster about a trip to America | American | comical | conversing | dark | diminished 7th chord | establish character | leading lady | leading man | octatonic | parallelism | patriotic tune | source music | street |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Hurt) | 0:06:58 - Katie is upset with Gypo and walks away upset | agitated | chromatic scale | crying | establish character | leading lady | leading man | leaving | street | tritone | upset |
The Informer (1935) | Footsteps | 0:07:16 - Close-up on walking feet | establish character | footsteps | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | street | tritone | walking |
The Informer (1935) | The Wearin' o' the Green | 0:07:32 - Frankie looks at reward poster with his picture on it | 64 chord | dark | establish character | folk song | hero | Irish | marching | mickey-mousing | mysterious | source music | street | thinking |
The Informer (1935) | Running and hiding | 0:07:54 - Frankie runs and hides in the shadows | chromatic scale | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | hero | hiding | mickey-mousing | running | soldier | street | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Running (Not in Film) | NIF - not in film | chromatic scale | establish character | hero | mickey-mousing | running | street |
The Informer (1935) | The Wearin' o' the Green (Mysterious) | 0:08:57 - Frankie enters the Dunboy house to join the rebels | arriving | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | hero | Irish | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | room | street | tense |
| Key Largo (1948) | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 0:04:21 - Frank speaks with people in the bar | conversing | establish character | gangster | hotel | jazz | leading man | moll | radio | sentimental | source music |
Key Largo (1948) | Largo Hotel (Quasi Misterioso) | 0:11:00 - Frank and Nora talk in the hotel | conversing | establish character | hotel | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | tense |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 | 0:11:30 - Frank and Nora talk about Rocco | conversing | establish character | harsh | hotel | leading lady | leading man |
Key Largo (1948) | McCloud | 0:11:41 - Nora talks about her husband George | conversing | establish character | heroic | hotel | leading lady | leading man | memorializing | noble |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Subito) | 0:12:07 - Nora sees Curly | dangerous | establish character | gangster | hotel | leading lady | mysterious | watching |
Key Largo (1948) | McCloud (Misterioso) | 0:12:13 - Nora walks downstairs | establish character | gangster | hotel | leading lady | mysterious | walking | watching |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Molto Misterioso) | 0:12:22 - Curly walks down the hall | dangerous | establish character | gangster | hotel | mysterious | walking | watching |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 | 0:25:37 - Curly pushes Nora | dangerous | establish character | gangster | gun | hotel | leading man | mysterious | stinger | threatening | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco | 0:25:46 - Rocco in the bathtub | bathing | boss | establish character | gangster | hotel | menacing | sinister | tremolo |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Tense) | 0:26:13 - Curly talks with Rocco | boss | conversing | dressing | establish character | gangster | hotel | tense | tremolo |
Key Largo (1948) | Tension | 0:26:48 - Rocco slaps bleeding man | boss | establish character | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | police | sinister | slapping | violence |
| The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond | 0:23:27 - Mrs. Hammond appears | Aeolian mode | Chinese | Chinese | death | delicate | dissonant bass | establish character | grieving | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pentatonic | plantation | stinger | widow |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Appassionato) | 0:24:12 - Mrs. Hammond looks at her husband | Aeolian mode | Chinese | Chinese | death | delicate | establish character | grieving | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | passionate | pedal tone | pentatonic | plantation | widow |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Menace | 0:01:23 - Priest in a prison | arriving | conversing | dark | establish character | funeral march | funereal | guard | leading man | priest | prison | prisoner | solemn | somber | walking | warden |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Liza | 0:02:55 - Trev is released from death row | calm | conversing | establish character | guard | hopeful | leading man | priest | prison | prisoner | relief | reprieve | walking | warden |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Trev | 0:07:18 - Myra talks about finding Trev | actor | conversing | establish character | father | gentle | hotel | leading lady | mother | owner |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly | 0:07:42 - Shelly wakes up | actor | calm | establish character | leading lady | owner | room | waking |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Menace (Ominous) | 0:17:50 - Newspaper headline about Trev | actor | conversing | dark | establish character | headline | leading lady | leading man | newspaper | ominous | room | suspect |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Trev (Screwy) | 0:18:19 - Trev hands a candle to Shelly | actor | candle | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | room | suspect | tense | uneasy |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly (Concerned) | 0:18:30 - Shelly looks at Trev | actor | candle | concerned | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room | suspect | tense | thinking |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly 2 (Worried) | 0:18:41 - Shelly walks to her room | actor | candle | concerned | establish character | leading lady | room | walking | worried |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly 3 | 0:18:52 - Shelly puts down her candle | actor | candle | concerned | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room | suspect | unpacking | walking | worried |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly 2 (Misterioso) | 0:19:14 - Shelly gets ready for bed | actor | candle | concerned | establish character | leading lady | leading man | preparing | room | suspect | thinking | thoughtful | worried |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Blows out candle | 0:19:35 - Shelly blows out a candle | actor | blowing | candle | establish character | leading lady | light | mickey-mousing | mysterious | room | turning off |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Fear | 0:19:42 - Shelly lies down in the dark | actor | darkness | establish character | fear | leading lady | leading man | listening | room | suspect | tense | thinking |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly and Trev | NIF - not in film | actor | blowing | candle | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | light | room | suspect | tense | turning off |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly and Trev (Smile) | 0:20:20 - Shelly looks at Trev | actor | calm | establish character | leading lady | leading man | looking | morning | peaceful | room | sleeping | smiling | staring | suspect | thinking | waking |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Pier) | 0:02:15 - Santa Monica pier at night | chromatic parallelism | dock | establish character | fragmentation | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | pondering | sequence | somber | walking | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Tragic) | 0:02:42 - Mildred walks out onto the dock | altered dominant | dock | establish character | half-diminished 7th chord | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | pondering | sequence | somber | suicide | tragic | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Waves rumbling | 0:03:15 - Policeman convinces Mildred not to jump | conversing | dock | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | police | somber | suicide | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby | 0:03:59 - Wally sees Mildred from the window | conversing | establish character | familiar tune | friend | heroine | jazz | leading lady | on-screen music | restaurant | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Flashback starts | 0:20:16 - Flashback to the past | double exposure | establish character | flashback | gentle | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | street |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert | 0:20:18 - Bert comes home | 9th chord | added-note chord | arriving | common-chord modulation | cooking | establish character | flashback | gentle | heroine | husband | leading lady | mode mixture | room | self-borrowing | street |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert (Triste) | 0:24:26 - Bert and Mildred separate | augmented sixth chord | breaking up | crying | establish character | fragmentation | heroine | husband | leading lady | leaving | Neapolitan | pedal tone | room | somber |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda | 0:25:03 - Kay plays football in the street | 11th chord | added-note chord | child | establish character | football | mickey-mousing | playing | street | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay falls | 0:25:12 - Kay falls to the ground | child | establish character | falling | football | mickey-mousing | playing | street | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Going Home) | 0:25:13 - Veda leads Kay home | child | establish character | graceful | oscillation | street | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Skipping) | 0:25:25 - Kay skips on her way home | added-note chord | child | establish character | graceful | playing | skipping | street |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Sentimental) | 0:25:37 - Veda and Kay see their father leaving | child | establish character | interrupting | leaving | mode mixture | packing | sentimental | somber | stopping | street |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Slowly) | 0:04:07 - Vergie working in a shop window | 64 chord | establish character | leading lady | peaceful | plagal cadence | shop | working |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Harbor Front | 0:01:11 - Goff descends a ladder | boat | criminal | establish character | fire | harbor | leading man | sneaking | tense |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Concert in the Park | 0:01:57 - Goff walks along the dock | arriving | conversing | criminal | dock | establish character | gambling | leading man | popular music | restaurant | source and scoring overlap | source music | upbeat | worker |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Dark) | 0:06:06 - Goff looks around the restaurant | chef | criminal | dark | establish character | leading man | restaurant | sneaking | transcribed by ear |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Stella Runs | 0:11:35 - Stella runs out of the restaurant | boyfriend | criminal | departing | dock | emotional | establish character | evaded cadence | leading lady | leading man | restaurant | running | transcribed by ear | watching |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Stella and George | 0:11:54 - George talks to Stella | AABA structure | arguing | boyfriend | conversing | dock | establish character | leading lady | romantic | transcribed by ear |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:13:05 - A boy runs in | arguing | boyfriend | conversing | dock | establish character | leading lady | underscoring | uneasy |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Stella and George (Tender) | 0:13:24 - George talks to Stella | boyfriend | conversing | crying | departing | dock | establish character | evaded cadence | leading lady | tender | transcribed by ear |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Boxing poster | 0:00:41 - Boxing poster | 64 chord | augmentation | chromatic sequence | diminution | establish character | jaunty | poster | street | zoom in |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Swing for Sale | 0:04:26 - Dancing at a party | AABA structure | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Ring | 0:06:38 - People at a party | AABA structure | crowd | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 1 | 0:08:50 - People at a party | blues scale | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Prizefighter and the Lady | 0:09:36 - Ward helps Louise | AABA structure | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 2 | 0:13:24 - People dance at a party | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| Traveling Husbands (1931) | There's a Sob in My Heart (Whistling) | 0:01:25 - A man whistles on a train | cheerful | establish character | on-screen music | popular song | salesman | source music | train | train | transcribed by ear | whistling |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There's a Sob in My Heart (Singing) | 0:01:44 - A man sings on a train | cheerful | establish character | on-screen music | popular song | salesman | singing | source music | train | train | transcribed by ear |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Chris | 0:01:26 - Chris arrives at home | 9th chord | arriving | Beverly Hills | calm | establish character | foreign key modulation | house | leading lady |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Chris 2 | 0:01:40 - Chris runs through the house | establish character | graceful | joyful | leading lady | room | running |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Chris) | 0:01:46 - Chris answers the phone | establish character | foreshadowing | leading lady | mode change | peaceful | room |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Stride Piano | 0:03:20 - Larry arrives at the party | establish character | jazz | lawyer | leading lady | on-screen music | party | sister | source music | upbeat |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Deep Night | 0:05:47 - Roger argues with Paula | AABA structure | antagonist | arguing | establish character | lawyer | leading lady | on-screen music | party | sister | somber | source music |
| We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Glissando) | 0:02:20 - David rides his bike home | bicycle | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | glissando | Haydn | hero | playful | quotation | score to source | sequence | source music | street |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Theme and Variations) | 0:02:37 - David enters his home | augmented triad | classical music | deceptive resolution | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | home | playful | quotation | scored source music | source music | street | whistling |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Boy runs downstairs | 0:03:07 - Gerald runs down the stairs | 9th chord | altered dominant | antagonist | boy | child | chromatic mediant | down | downstairs | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | home | mickey-mousing | mother | pedal tone | playful | running |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Appassionato | 0:03:13 - Gerald is scolded by his mother | antagonist | boy | child | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | deceptive resolution | dominant 7th chord | establish character | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | hero | home | linear chromaticism | mother | passionate | scolding | sequence | telling a story | tense |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Imagination) | 0:03:55 - David talks to his son | boy | child | chromatic parallelism | establish character | father | gentle | hero | home | playful | sweet | telling a story |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Playful | 0:04:39 - David asks his son to find a cat | boy | child | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hero | home | playful | sequence | step modulation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Boy runs back and forth | 0:04:52 - Gerald runs to the door and back | back and forth | boy | child | establish character | father | hero | home | mickey-mousing | playful | running |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Hushed) | 0:04:59 - David talks to his son | boy | child | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | father | half-diminished 7th chord | Haydn | hero | home | hushed | quotation | subtle |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Hug) | 0:05:14 - David hugs his son | boy | child | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | father | gentle | Haydn | hero | home | mode mixture | quotation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Innocent) | 0:06:36 - Gerald runs inside | 9th chord | boy | child | classical music | comforting | common-tone diminished 7th | establish character | familiar tune | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | hero | home | innocent | mode mixture | nagging | parallel fifths | playful | quotation | step modulation | tritone | Wagner |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Doctor | 0:08:10 - David sees Tommy (his patient) | augmented sixth chord | boy | cat | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | office |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tommy | 0:08:41 - David and Tommy talk about cats | 64 chord | boy | cat | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | hero | mode mixture | office | parallelism | playful |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Allergic Reaction | 0:09:04 - Tommy has an allergic reaction to the cat | 9th chord | 64 chord | allergies | boy | cat | doctor | dramatic | establish character | hero | office |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tommy (Recovering) | 0:09:17 - David tells Tommy he is allergic to cats | 11th chord | boy | cat | cheerful | doctor | establish character | fragmentation | hero | office | playful | sequence |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tommy (Lyrical) | 0:09:34 - David gets some medicine for Tommy | 9th chord | boy | cat | doctor | establish character | gentle | hero | lyrical | Mozart | office | peaceful |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Chromatic Shift) | 0:09:49 - David puts the cat outside | cat | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | Haydn | hero | office | playful | quotation | step modulation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Jessica | 0:10:01 - Jessica enters the room | 9th chord | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | establish character | half-diminished 7th chord | office | sour | wife |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Imagination) | 0:10:16 - Jessica rushes David away | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | office | playful | quotation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside | 0:10:56 - David visits an injured Leni | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | heroine | mode mixture | quotation | room | step modulation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Not Afraid) | 0:11:24 - David sets Leni's wrist | chromatic scale | classical music | delicate | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | hero | heroine | quotation | room | somber |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Calm) | 0:12:01 - David's treatment is successful | calm | classical music | countermelody | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | heroine | quotation | room |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Not in film) | NIF - not in film | classical music | cut from film | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | heroine | pedal tone | quotation | room |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (Peaceful) | 0:12:13 - David's treatment is successful | calm | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | hero | heroine | mode mixture | quotation | room |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Quasi Rubato) | 0:12:46 - David treats Leni's leg | classical music | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | gentle | Haydn | hero | heroine | parallelism | playful | quotation | room |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Humbly) | 0:13:10 - David treats Leni's leg | classical music | common-tone diminished 7th | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | gentle | Haydn | hero | heroine | hymn-like | quotation | room | sweet |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tenderness | 0:13:40 - David talks to Leni | 64 chord | doctor | establish character | friendly | hero | heroine | mode mixture | room | sequence | tender |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (Tragico) | 0:14:05 - Leni talks with David | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | hero | heroine | minor-major 7th chord | quotation | room | tragic |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Tenderly) | 0:14:22 - Leni takes off her wig | 64 chord | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | German | hero | heroine | pedal tone | quotation | room | tender |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Blue Danube | 0:14:52 - Leni says she is from Austria | classical music | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | hero | heroine | mode mixture | peaceful | quotation | room | Strauss |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Gute Nacht) | 0:15:00 - David says goodnight in German to Leni | classical music | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | heroine | peaceful | perfect authentic cadence | quotation | room |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony | 0:17:34 - David whistles while helping a patient | classical music | comical | diminution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | heroine | office | on-screen music | quotation | source music | whistling |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (At the Piano) | 0:34:49 - Leni plays and sings | boy | cheerful | child | establish character | familiar tune | father | folk song | foreign key modulation | German | hero | heroine | home | on-screen music | piano | playing | score to source | singing | source music | transcribed by ear |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft | 0:36:41 - Leni plays the piano | boy | child | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | German | heroine | home | on-screen music | piano | playing | source music | warm |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Piano Banging | 0:37:12 - Gerald bangs on the piano | antagonist | boy | chaotic | child | dissonant | establish character | heroine | home | mother | on-screen music | piano | playing | tone cluster |
| White Heat (1949) | Steam | 0:04:54 - Man gets burned by steam from train | burning | bursting | countryside | dramatic | establish character | falling | gangster | leading man | murderer | pain | robbery | steam | steam effect | stinger | tense | train | train engineer | victim | writhing |
White Heat (1949) | Danger | 0:05:02 - Gangsters leap from the train | announcer | countryside | dramatic | escaping | establish character | gangster | jumping | leading man | murderer | pain | radio | robbery | tense | train | train engineer | victim | writhing |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:05:27 - Gangsters listen to the radio | announcer | car | establish character | gangster | listening | mysterious | radio | street | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Cody | 0:05:35 - Gangsters listen to the radio | announcer | car | conversing | establish character | gangster | radio | street | tense |
White Heat (1949) | Agitato | 0:05:43 - Big Ed plots against Cody | agitated | conversing | establish character | gangster | plotting | street | tense | walking |
White Heat (1949) | Big Ed | 0:06:00 - Big Ed talks to Cody | arriving | dark | establish character | gangster | leading man | murderer | room | tense | victim |
White Heat (1949) | Thinking | 0:06:23 - Cody walks across the room | establish character | gangster | leading man | mother | murderer | room | tense | thinking | victim | walking |
White Heat (1949) | Stirring the pot | 0:06:29 - Ma stirs food in a pot | cooking | establish character | gangster | leading man | mother | murderer | room | stirring | uneasy | victim |
White Heat (1949) | Ma | 0:06:34 - Ma cooks dinner | cooking | establish character | gangster | leading man | mother | murderer | room | uneasy | victim |
White Heat (1949) | Moll | 0:06:40 - Verna sleeps | calm | establish character | gangster | leading lady | leading man | moll | murderer | room | sleeping | snoring | waking |
White Heat (1949) | Verna | 0:06:56 - Verna gets up | arguing | bluesy | complaining | dark | establish character | gangster | leading lady | leading man | moll | mother | murderer | rising | room | victim | waking |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Appearing | 0:02:54 - The woman in white appears | appearing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man | magical | magical effect | mickey-mousing | mysterious |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann | 0:03:00 - The woman in white talks to Walter | calling | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man | mysterious |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann 2 | 0:03:15 - The woman in white talks to Walter | calm | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle (Rubato) | 0:03:23 - Walter talks to the woman in white | calm | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle (Accompaniment) | 0:03:29 - Walter talks to the woman in white | calm | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Quasi Misterioso) | 0:03:36 - Walter talks to the woman in white | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man | mysterious |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Poco Agitato) | 0:03:55 - The woman in white talks to Walter | agitated | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann 2 | 0:04:13 - The woman in white talks to Walter | conversing | establish character | forest | gentle | leading lady | leading man | warm |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle (Accompaniment) | 0:04:26 - The woman in white talks to Walter | conversing | establish character | forest | leading lady | leading man | mysterious |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco | 0:04:40 - Walter hears a carriage approaching | arriving | bold | carriage | conversing | establish character | fanfare | forest | leading man | tense |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle (Accompaniment) | 0:05:23 - Walter talks to a man in the carriage | carriage | conversing | establish character | forest | leading man | tense |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Molto Misterioso) | 0:05:30 - Closeup on Count Fosco | carriage | conversing | establish character | forest | leading man | mysterious |
The Woman in White (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:05:38 - Walter talks to a man in the carriage | carriage | conversing | establish character | forest | leading man | stinger | tense | underscoring |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco | 0:05:43 - The carriage rolls away | carriage | departing | establish character | fanfare | forest | leading man | tense |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle | 0:06:09 - Walter walks away | arriving | calm | establish character | garden | leading man | mansion | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle (Arriving) + Ann | 0:06:22 - The woman in white appears | arriving | calm | combination of themes | establish character | garden | leading lady | leading man | mansion | sneaking | tense | tremolo | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Limmeridge | 0:06:41 - Walter arrives at the mansion | arriving | bold | butler | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mansion |
The Woman in White (1948) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:06:56 - Walter meets Marian | arriving | butler | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | mansion | underscoring |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fairlie | 0:11:53 - The butler takes Walter to see Mr. Fairlie | butler | conversing | establish character | grand | leading man | mansion | noble |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fairlie (Poco Meno) | 0:12:33 - They arrive at Mr. Fairlie's room | arriving | butler | establish character | gentle | leading man | mansion |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fairlie (Gentle) | 0:12:57 - Walter enters Mr. Fairlie's room | arriving | butler | establish character | gentle | leading man | mansion |
The Woman in White (1948) | Limmeridge 2 | 0:19:36 - Walter walks outside | establish character | garden | leading lady | leading man | mansion | noble | walking | watching |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Poco Agitato) | 0:20:03 - Walter sees Laura | conversing | establish character | garden | leading lady | leading man | mansion | tense | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Laura | 0:21:27 - Walter talks with Laura | butler | conversing | establish character | family | gentle | leading lady | leading man | refined | room | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Laura (Harp Countermelody) | 0:22:03 - The Fairlies sit at the table | butler | conversing | establish character | family | gentle | leading lady | leading man | refined | room | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Poco Agitato) | 0:22:39 - Laura talks about a mysterious woman | butler | conversing | establish character | family | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | room | tense | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco | 0:22:53 - Closeup on Fosco's face | butler | conversing | establish character | family | leading lady | leading man | room | tense | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | The Carman's Whistle | 0:23:04 - Walter talks about the woman in white | butler | conversing | establish character | family | leading lady | leading man | room | tense | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:23:16 - Fosco gets up to leave | butler | conversing | establish character | family | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | room | walking |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco | 0:23:42 - Fosco walks up the stairs | butler | establish character | leading man | pushing | room | rushing | tense | walking |
| High Stakes (1931) | Close to Me | 0:01:09 - People at a party | conversing | establish character | friend | on-screen music | playing | source music | upbeat | waiting | wedding |
| Transgression (1931) | Dance | 0:08:10 - Elsie and Don Arturo at a club | AB structure | calm | club | conversing | establish character | leading lady | love interest | sophisticated | source music | tango |
| Men of America (1932) | Cimarron C | 0:01:08 - Smokey Joe fights the Indians | ambush | common-chord modulation | cowboy | establish character | establish setting | fanfare | gun | gunshot | horse | Indian | leading man | noble | parallel double period | prairie | riding | self-borrowing | shooting | stagecoach | title card | transcribed by ear |
Men of America (1932) | Cimarron B (Transition) | 0:02:19 - Smokey Joe fights the Indians | ambush | chromatic mediant | cowboy | dramatic | establish character | establish setting | fragmentation | gun | gunshot | horse | Indian | leading man | prairie | riding | self-borrowing | shooting | stagecoach | tense | title card | transcribed by ear |
| State’s Attorney (1932) | Na Moku Eha | 0:01:19 - Hula dancer | cheerful | club | conversing | dancer | dancing | drinking | establish character | gambling | Hawaiian | leading man | on-screen music | playing | politician | singing | source music |
| Thirteen Women (1932) | Blue Streak | 0:01:54 - A circus poster | ABA structure | circus | circus music | conversing | cousin | establish character | establish place | horoscope | letter | performer | reading | source music | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Circus Music | 0:03:44 - June talks to Hazel | AB structure | circus | circus music | conversing | cousin | establish character | performer | source music | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Swami | 0:07:16 - The swami | Aeolian mode | antagonist | conversing | establish character | fortune | fortune teller | leading lady | parallelism | predicting | room | somber | swami | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Thirteen Women (Destiny) | 0:07:52 - Ursula talks to the swami | antagonist | common-chord modulation | conversing | destiny | establish character | fortune teller | harmonic sequence | leading lady | predicting | relative key | room | somber | swami | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Swami (Past Life) | 0:08:18 - The swami talks to Ursula | antagonist | chromaticism | chromatic parallelism | conversing | establish character | fortune teller | leading lady | room | somber | swami | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Romance) | 0:08:37 - The swami kisses Ursula | antagonist | embracing | establish character | fortune teller | kissing | leading lady | romantic | room | secondary dominant | swami | transcribed by ear | waltz |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Horoscope) | 0:08:56 - The swami talks to Ursula | antagonist | conversing | establish character | fate | fortune teller | leading lady | mysterious | predicting | quintal chord | room | somber | swami | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Fate) | 0:09:11 - The swami predicts Ursula's fate | antagonist | conversing | dark | establish character | fate | fortune teller | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | mickey-mousing | mysterious | predicting | room | somber | stinger | swami | train whistle | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Swami (Rising Tension) | 0:09:53 - The swami shrinks from Ursula's gaze | antagonist | conversing | establish character | fate | fortune teller | leading lady | mysterious | parallelism | room | swami | tense | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Ursula (Hypnotic) | 0:10:05 - Ursula hypnotizes the swami | antagonist | diminished 7th chord | establish character | fortune teller | hypnotic | hypnotizing | leading lady | mysterious | room | seductive | sleeping | swami | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Swami (Sleeping) | 0:10:46 - Ursula leaves the swami | antagonist | establish character | fortune teller | leading lady | mysterious | room | sleeping | swami | transcribed by ear | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
| Headline Shooter (1933) | He's Not the Marrying Kind | 0:02:32 - Radio announcer talking | announcing | beauty contestant | conversing | establish character | filming | film staff | leading man | modeling | on-screen music | pageant | parallel period | photographer | pleasant | radio announcer | source music |
Headline Shooter (1933) | Ensemble Tuning | 0:04:41 - Bill talks to business man | business man | calm | conversing | establish character | leading man | pageant | source music | tuning |
Headline Shooter (1933) | You Can Depend on Me | 0:05:21 - Bathing beauties walk past | AABA structure | announcing | beauty contestant | conversing | drunk | establish character | filming | film staff | leading lady | leading man | modeling | on-screen music | pageant | photographer | pleasant | radio announcer | source music |
| Sing and Like It (1934) | Indiana | 0:01:30 - Ruby changes the radio station | ABAC structure | boss | conversing | establish character | gangster | jazz | leading lady | leading man | listening | moll | radio | room | source music | upbeat |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Dinah | 0:02:34 - Ruby and Fenny listen to the radio | AABA structure | arguing | boss | conversing | establish character | gangster | gum | jazz | leading lady | leading man | listening | moll | radio | room | source music | upbeat |
Sing and Like It (1934) | It's Sunday Down in Caroline | 0:04:11 - Fenny prepares for a meeting | AABA structure | boss | conversing | establish character | gangster | jazz | laughing | leading lady | leading man | moll | plotting | radio | room | source music | upbeat |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | The Janitor | 0:01:30 - A janitor gets out of bed | diminished 7th chord | dressing | establish character | janitor | mysterious | parallelism | school | transcribed by ear | waking | walking |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Blackboard Murder (Mysterious) | 0:01:52 - A janitor goes about his work | establish character | janitor | mysterious | school | transcribed by ear | walking |
| 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 |
| Another Face (1935) | Russian Waltz (Meno) + The Iron Door | 0:02:11 - Gangsters talk with doctor | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conversing | doctor | establish character | gangster | mysterious | nurse | office | pedal tone | tense |
Another Face (1935) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:02:30 - Gangster talks with nurse | chromatic parallelism | conversing | doctor | establish character | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | nurse | office | tense | underscoring |
Another Face (1935) | Zaroff (Molto Moderato) + The Iron Door | 0:02:43 - The gangsters depart | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conversing | departing | doctor | establish character | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | mysterious | nurse | office | tense |
Another Face (1935) | Courage + The Iron Door | 0:02:53 - Close up on the nurse | dramatic | establish character | gangster | headline | laughing | newspaper | nurse | office | pedal tone | reacting | reading | stinger | tense |
Another Face (1935) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:03:08 - Gangster smoking in chair | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | establish character | gangster | office | smoking | tense | underscoring | waiting |
| Girl of the Rio (1932) | Toreador Song | 0:04:23 - A man cues the orchestra to play | arriving | celebrity | crowd | establish character | leading man | night club | source music | Spanish | three-phrase period | upbeat | walking |
Girl of the Rio (1932) | Querida | 0:06:40 - Don Jose admires a woman | ABAC structure | arriving | celebrity | conversing | crowd | establish character | laughing | leading lady | leading man | night club | on-screen music | performing | romantic | singer | singing | source music | Spanish |
| Without Honor (1949) | Expressivo | 0:03:57 - Jane talks with Dennis | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room | uneasy |
Without Honor (1949) | Ecstatic | 0:04:07 - Jane talks with Dennis | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | excited | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Ecstatic (Molto Expressivo) | 0:04:21 - Jane talks with Dennis | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | excited | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Appassionato 2 | 0:04:37 - Jane talks with Dennis | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room | uneasy |
Without Honor (1949) | Molto Misterioso | 0:05:03 - Jane walks to the door | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | room | tense |
Without Honor (1949) | Dog | 0:05:12 - Jane finds the dog | adulterer | affair | conversing | dog | establish character | leading lady | leading man | light | love interest | mysterious | playful | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Tempo di Gavotte | 0:05:30 - Jane talks with Dennis | adulterer | affair | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | light | love interest | playful | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Twilight (Triste) | NIF - not in film | adulterer | affair | conversing | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Appassionato 2 (Molto Agitato) | NIF - not in film | adulterer | affair | conversing | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Twilight (Poco Agitato) | NIF - not in film | adulterer | affair | conversing | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Molto Expressivo | NIF - not in film | adulterer | affair | conversing | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
Without Honor (1949) | Twilight (Misterioso) | NIF - not in film | adulterer | affair | conversing | cut from film | establish character | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | A Moment In The Dark | 0:04:39 - A picture of a hunting trip | boat | conversing | establish character | friend | hunter | leading man | radio | radio | source music | upbeat |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff | 0:13:51 - Bob looks at Zaroff | castle | count | establish character | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | walking | watching |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Centaur | 0:13:56 - Bob sees a centaur on the tapestry | castle | count | establish character | jump scare | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | stinger | tapestry |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Staring) | 0:14:08 - The Count watches Bob | castle | count | establish character | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | walking | watching |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Piano Noise | 0:23:59 - Martin falls on the piano | brother | castle | count | drunk | establish character | leading lady | leading man | neutral | on-screen music | source music | stumbling |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz | 0:24:22 - Zaroff plays the piano | brother | castle | conversing | count | dog | drunk | establish character | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | piano | playing | recounting | score to source | somber | source music | warning |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Gregory (Underwater) | 0:01:16 - A diver (Gregory) underwater | boat | close-up | diver | diving | diving suit | establish character | fanfare | grand | heroic | leading man | ocean | underwater | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo (Giocoso) | 0:01:32 - A boy (Perol) working | boat | boat | child | establish character | light | playful | smoking | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo (Guitar) | 0:01:40 - Boys working | boat | boat | calling | child | establish character | light | playful | worker | working | yelling |
Mara Maru (1952) | Underwater | 0:01:48 - Gregory underwater | close-up | dark | diver | diving | diving suit | establish character | floating | leading man | suspenseful | underwater | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Floating | 0:02:21 - Gregory floating underwater | close-up | diver | diving | diving suit | establish character | floating | leading man | suspenseful | underwater | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Surfacing | 0:02:34 - Gregory rises from the water | assisting | boat | boat | child | diver | diving suit | establish character | heroic | hopeful | leading man | mickey-mousing | rising | surfacing | underwater | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | On Deck | 0:02:52 - Gregory steps onto the boat | boat | boat | child | conversing | diver | diving suit | establish character | heroic | hopeful | leading man | underscoring | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo (Allegretto Giocoso) | 0:03:20 - Perol lights a cigar | boat | boat | child | conversing | diver | establish character | leading man | light | playful | reveal | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo 2 (Extended) | 0:03:36 - The boys help Gregory | boat | boat | child | conversing | diver | establish character | leading man | light | playful | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo (Giocoso) | 0:03:58 - The boys help Gregory | boat | boat | child | conversing | diver | establish character | leading man | light | playful | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo (Meno) | 0:04:10 - Gregory stands up | boat | boat | child | conversing | diver | establish character | gentle | leading man | worker | working |
Mara Maru (1952) | Gregory (Con Moto) | 0:04:24 - A boat in the harbor | arriving | boat | child | conversing | diver | establish character | gambling | grand | harbor | heroic | leading man | ocean | sailing | worker |
Mara Maru (1952) | Misterioso | 0:12:16 - Gregory talks to Stella | arguing | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | room | stinger | tense |
Mara Maru (1952) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:12:54 - Gregory talks to Stella | arguing | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room | tense | underscoring |
Mara Maru (1952) | Lovers | 0:13:15 - Stella talks to Gregory | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room | sentimental |
Mara Maru (1952) | Appassionato | 0:13:27 - Stella argues with Gregory | arguing | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | passionate | room |
Mara Maru (1952) | Stella (Molto Expressivo) | 0:13:53 - Gregory grabs Stella's arm | conversing | embracing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | romantic | room | waltz |
Mara Maru (1952) | Nassau | 0:27:20 - People in a club | club | conversing | crowd | drinking | establish character | exotic | gentle | leading man | private eye | waitress |
Mara Maru (1952) | Ortega | 0:40:26 - Gregory talks with Ortega | arguing | brother | conversing | distrust | establish character | leading man | mysterious | room | tense |
Mara Maru (1952) | Grabbing | 0:41:15 - Gregory grabs Ortega | arguing | brother | distrust | dramatic | establish character | grabbing | gun | leading man | mickey-mousing | room | tense |
Mara Maru (1952) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:41:23 - Ortega points a gun at Gregory | arguing | brother | distrust | establish character | gun | leading man | room | stinger | tense | underscoring |
Mara Maru (1952) | Cross (Fragment) | 0:41:40 - A cross on Ortega's keychain | arguing | brother | cross | distrust | dramatic | establish character | gun | keys | leading man | room | stinger |
Mara Maru (1952) | Ortega | 0:41:50 - Gregory tosses Ortega's keys | arguing | brother | distrust | establish character | gun | leading man | mysterious | room | tense |
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