| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:13:19 - Henriette watches the falling snow | advance plot | arriving | butler | dissonant bass | dramatic | duchess | duke | leading lady | leading man | outside | panning shot | pc set | point-of-view shot | room | sigh gesture | underscoring | watching |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:21:26 - The Duke descends the stairs | child | chromatic scale | conflict | conversing | crying gesture | descending | governess | leading lady | room | somber | tense |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Slowly) | 1:22:19 - The Duke bids farewell to Henriette | 64 chord | calm | conflict | conversing | deceptive resolution | duchess | duke | gentle | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | room | sigh gesture |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Triste | 1:28:51 - Henriette talks about a mystery | duke | falling in love scene | governess | leading lady | leading man | pedal tone | room | sigh gesture | somber | storytelling |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Molto Expressivo) | 1:31:48 - The Duke talks to Henriette | chromatic mediant | chromatic parallelism | conversing | duke | governess | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | Neapolitan | palace | pedal tone | reassuring | romantic | sigh gesture | stinger | tender |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Romantic) | 1:39:53 - The Duke reads the locket inscription | 9th chord | chromatic mediant | conversing | crying | crying gesture | duke | foreign key modulation | gentle | governess | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | romantic | room | sigh gesture | tender |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Funereal) | 2:14:27 - Henriette leaves the Duke | conversing | death bed | death scene | detective | duke | dying | funeral march | leading lady | leading man | Neapolitan | parallelism | pedal tone | prisoner | questioning | room | sad | sigh gesture | soldier | suspect |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Dying (Molto Expressivo) | 2:14:46 - The Duke talks to Pierre | caretaker | chromatic parallelism | confessing | conversing | death bed | death scene | diminished 7th chord | duke | dying | leading man | love | pedal tone | room | sigh gesture | somber |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Jerry (Goodbye) | 1:33:12 - Jerry says goodbye to Rocky | added-note chord | climax | conversing | dissonant bass | execution chamber | gangster | leading man | priest | prison | serious | sigh gesture | somber |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Funebre (Sigh) | 1:33:19 - Rocky heads towards electric chair | added-note chord | climax | dirge | execution chamber | gangster | leading man | marching | priest | prison | sigh gesture | somber | tense | walking |
| Caged (1950) | Caged (Main Title) | NIF - not in film | car | chromatic scale | cut from film | dark | dissonant bass | driving | guard | opening title sequence | oscillation | police car | prisoner | riding | sigh gesture | title of film |
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) | 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) | Marie (Slowly) | 0:35:14 - Marie talks to Kitty | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | chromatic mediant | conversing | foreign key modulation | friend | leading lady | oscillation | pc set | prison | prisoner | sickness | sigh gesture | solemn | uneasy |
Caged (1950) | Marie | 0:44:54 - The doctor washes up | baby | childbirth | cleaning | conversing | doctor | infirmary | leading lady | operation scene | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture | solemn | warden |
Caged (1950) | Caged (Main Title) | 0:49:00 - Mrs. Benton at her desk | advance plot | chromatic scale | dark | dissonant bass | nursery | oscillation | prison | sigh gesture | thinking | uneasy | warden | whole-tone chord |
Caged (1950) | Marie 2 | 0:50:22 - Marie holds her new baby | advance plot | baby | conversing | gentle | happy | leading lady | mode mixture | nurse | nursery | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture |
Caged (1950) | Prison (Tragic) | 0:52:48 - Marie calls after her mother | added-note chord | augmented sixth chord | chromatic sequence | despair | dramatic | leading lady | mother | nurse | pleading | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture | tragic | turning point |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (Appassionato) | 1:25:51 - Peggy wants to go with Johnnie | 9th chord | altered dominant | climax | detective | embracing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | leaving | linear chromaticism | mode mixture | pedal tone | romantic | room | sentimental | sigh gesture | tender |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Bridget's Story | 0:05:53 - Detective questions Bridget | sigh gesture | somber |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Somber) | 0:18:36 - Mabel reacts | conflict | inversion | leading lady | prison | sigh gesture | somber |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Frank (Parole Denied) | 1:07:58 - Frank's parole is denied | 9th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | dark | despair | foreign key modulation | half-diminished 7th chord | hopeful | leading man | letter | prison | prisoner | reading | sigh gesture | solemn | turning point |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Dillinger's death | 1:18:53 - Dillinger falls dead to the ground | death | death gesture | flashback | mickey-mousing |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Somber) | 0:40:31 - Field talks to Lane's co-worker | 9th chord | 11th chord | advance plot | café | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | coworker | deceptive resolution | diminished 7th chord | leading man | linear chromaticism | politician | reverse picardy | sigh gesture | somber |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Gloomy) | 0:28:32 - Roy walking in the park | 9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | appoggiatura | chromatic parallelism | dark | depressed | leading lady | leading man | park | sigh gesture | sitting | tritone substitution |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Cello Solo) | 0:37:11 - Peter sits on the couch | 9th chord | contemplating | enharmonic respelling | leading man | love scene | room | sigh gesture | somber |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Somber) | 0:48:46 - Asa relates the bad news | 9th chord | bad news | conversing | deceptive resolution | father | leading lady | leading man | room | sigh gesture | somber | turning point | uncle | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Molto Accell) | 1:15:15 - Craig talks about Stanley | anxious | conflict | conversing | defending | denying | half-diminished 7th chord | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | office | pc set | refusing | sigh gesture | tense |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:21:07 - Parry in his jail cell | 9th chord | conflict | conversing | criminal | diminished 7th chord | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture | somber | suspect | underscoring | victim |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Triste) | 1:29:42 - Stanley enters the house | 9th chord | agitated | appoggiatura | circle of fifths | criminal | leading lady | room | running | sigh gesture | somber | tense | transition | uncle |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Tragic) | 1:34:28 - Police run to Stanley's car | 9th chord | added-note chord | appoggiatura | brash | car | car crash | chase scene | climax | criminal | dramatic | dying | fire | half-diminished 7th chord | helping | leading lady | mournful | police | reporting | rescuing | rushing | sigh gesture | somber | street | tragic |
| 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) | The Informer (Suspicion) | 0:29:47 - Gypo leaves the wake | 64 chord | antagonist | coin | crying | dissonant bass | dropping | giving | leading man | leaving | mickey-mousing | money | mourner | pivotal scene | room | Scotch snap | sigh gesture | somber | staring |
| The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie | 0:15:28 - Robert comforts Leslie | advance plot | appoggiatura | comforting | crying | gentle | home | leading lady | love theme | murder | pedal tone | sigh gesture | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie | 0:20:07 - Leslie looks in the drawer | appoggiatura | embracing | home | husband | leading lady | love scene | love theme | pedal tone | romantic | sigh gesture | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie | 0:41:12 - Howard says he will help Leslie | advance plot | appoggiatura | calm | chromatic mediant | crying | deception | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | love theme | sigh gesture | somber | suspension | tender |
The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie (Triste) | 0:42:17 - Leslie and Howard talk about her husband | advance plot | appoggiatura | calm | chromatic mediant | crying | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | love theme | resolution | sigh gesture | somber | suspension | tender |
The Letter (1940) | Robert and Leslie (Mournful) | 1:19:00 - Robert cries after hearing the confession | conflict | crying | crying gesture | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | love theme | mournful | murder | pedal tone | retardation | sad | suspension |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Ashamed) | 0:28:13 - Mildred overhears Veda complaining about her new dress | advance plot | child | heroine | leading lady | Neapolitan | room | sigh gesture | somber | watching |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Triste) | 1:49:37 - Veda is led out by the police | antagonist | conversing | daughter | defeat | detective | heroine | leading lady | leaving | mother | murderer | police station | resigned | resolution | sigh gesture | somber |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Poco Con Moto) | 0:54:53 - Joan and Vergie talk about the future | 13th chord | altered dominant | conversing | dissonant bass | gentle | leading lady | leading man | longing | love scene | outside | pedal tone | secret love | secret lover | sigh gesture |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Heart's Affair (Yearning) | 0:44:11 - Ward and Nick leave the farm | advance plot | altered dominant | car | deceptive resolution | driving | farm | leading man | leaving | manager | mother | not by Steiner | parting | sentimental | sister | transcribed by ear | yearning gesture |
| We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Somber) | 0:38:52 - Leni reacts | 9th chord | antagonist | common-chord modulation | conflict | conversing | evaded cadence | familiar tune | folk song | garden | German | heroine | mode mixture | quotation | sentimental | sigh gesture | somber |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Like a Sigh) | 0:44:30 - Leni tells Gerald to not be afraid | advance plot | conversing | heroine | home | kindness | promise | room | sad | sigh gesture |
| Caged (1950) | Caged (Waiting) | 0:56:52 - Marie waits by the parole office | advance plot | announcing | dissonant bass | fidgeting | guard | leading lady | prison | prisoner | running | shadow | sigh gesture | tense | waiting |
Caged (1950) | Water Dripping + Caged (Tense) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | combination of themes | cut from film | dark | dissonant bass | hysteria | isolation | leading lady | mad scene | melodic cell | mickey-mousing | mysterious | ostinato | prison | prisoner | sigh gesture | tense | uneasy | water effect |
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