Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Misterioso) | 0:54:01 - Bert tells Mildred that Kay is sick | bad news | conversing | dark | death scene | distress | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | mysterious | ominous | stinger | street | turning point | whole-tone scale |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert (Dark) | 0:54:14 - Bert and Mildred rush off to see Kay | bad news | conversing | dark | death scene | distress | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | leaving | street | turning point |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Pneumonia | 0:54:25 - A doctor works on Kay | child | chromatic scale | dark | death scene | doctor | dying | ex-husband | heroine | illness | leading lady | mickey-mousing | nurse | oscillation | patient | pc set | room | sick person | somber | tense | treating | turning point | waiting | watching |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Dying) | 0:55:05 - Kay's family waits and watches | 11th chord | child | dark | death scene | doctor | dying | ex-husband | heroine | illness | leading lady | nurse | patient | room | sick person | somber | tense | treating | turning point | waiting | watching |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Pneumonia (Dying) | 0:55:24 - Kay passes away | 9th chord | child | chromatic parallelism | dark | death | death scene | doctor | dying | ex-husband | heroine | illness | leading lady | linear chromaticism | minor-major 7th chord | nurse | oscillation | patient | room | sick person | somber | tense | treating | turning point | waiting | watching |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Mourning) | 0:56:07 - Mildred mourns Kay's death | 9th chord | augmented sixth chord | child | death | death scene | doctor | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | mourning | nurse | patient | room | sick person | somber | turning point |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Tenderly) | 0:56:34 - Veda and Mildred mourn for Kay | added-note chord | calm | child | death | death scene | ex-husband | heroine | hopeful | leading lady | mode mixture | mourning | plagal cadence | room | somber | turning point |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | It Can't Be Wrong (Romantic) | 1:04:11 - Monte kisses Mildred | advance plot | chromatic mediant | door | ex-husband | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | heroine | interrupting | kissing | leading lady | love interest | mode mixture | popular music | restaurant | romantic | slamming | source to score | stinger |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | It Can't Be Wrong (Troubled) | 1:04:30 - Bert interrupts Mildred and Monte's kiss | advance plot | conversing | dark | ex-husband | familiar tune | heroine | leading lady | love interest | popular music | restaurant | source to score | suspension | tense | troubled |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert (Regretful) | 1:04:43 - Bert tells Mildred about the divorce | 9th chord | advance plot | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | divorce | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | love interest | regretting | restaurant | somber |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Breaks glass | 1:05:35 - Bert slaps the glass out of Monte's hand | advance plot | breaking | down | ex-husband | falling | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | restaurant | tense | throwing | violence |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | It Can't Be Wrong (Uneasy) | 1:05:36 - Bert stares angrily at Monte | advance plot | dark | ex-husband | familiar tune | glaring | heroine | leading lady | leaving | love interest | pedal tone | popular music | restaurant | source to score | tense | uneasy |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Oceana Roll | 1:27:46 - Veda sings at a restaurant | advance plot | antagonist | cheerful | club | dancing | daughter | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | on-screen music | playing | popular music | singing | source music |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Montage) | 1:34:44 - Montage of Mildred and Monte's marriage | added-note chord | cheerful | deceptive resolution | ex-husband | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | montage | newspaper | self-borrowing | shadow |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert (Somber) | 1:37:06 - Bert talks with Mildred in her new house | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | conversing | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | pedal tone | room | somber |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Bert (Tenderly) | 1:39:33 - Mildred thanks Bert | advance plot | ex-husband | gentle | heroine | leading lady | mother | room | sweet | thanking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (The End) | 1:50:07 - Mildred leaves with Bert | added-note chord | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | leaving | pedal tone | police station | resolution | triumphant |