| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Murder) | 1:10:49 - Montage of newspaper headlines | chromatic parallelism | corpse | dark | dissonant bass | fingerprints | headlines | investigating | montage | morgue | mortician | murder | newspaper | police | printing press | tense | triadic transformation |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Rocks (Dead) | 1:11:10 - Rocks's mugshot and fingerprints | dark | fingerprints | investigating | montage | morgue | mortician | mug shot | murder | police | tense |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking | 0:13:39 - Marlowe walks down the street | advance plot | calm | investigating | leading man | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | street | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking (Extended) | 0:15:03 - Marlowe walks across the street | advance plot | calm | chromatic sequence | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | investigating | leading man | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | street | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Misterioso) | 0:19:40 - Marlowe pulls up in his car | arriving | car | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | leading man | mysterious | private eye | rain | street | tense | transition |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe 2 | 0:19:47 - Marlowe spies on the house | car | chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | rain | street | tense | waiting |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Molto Misterioso) | 0:20:17 - Marlowe gets out to see the second car | car | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | pedal tone | private eye | rain | street | tense | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen | 0:20:39 - Marlowe sees Carmen's name on the car registration | car | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | name on screen | oscillation | private eye | rain | street | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:23:44 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene | chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Augmented) | 0:23:56 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene | altered dominant | augmentation | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | snapping | thinking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:24:05 - Marlowe advances | chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | alternation | deleted scene | deleted scene | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Turns light on | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | light | light switch | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | turning on | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Turns light on | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | light | light switch | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | turning on | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Water running | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | faucet | flowing | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | oscillation | private eye | room | searching | water |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | searching | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen (Clues) | NIF - not in film | clue | deleted scene | deleted scene | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation | key | leading man | mysterious | oscillation | private eye | room | searching | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking (Extended) | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | foreign key modulation | investigating | investigation | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | searching | tense | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Investigating) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | deleted scene | deleted scene | dramatic | investigating | investigation | leading man | private eye | room | searching | sequential modulation | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | investigating | investigation | leading man | private eye | room | searching | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:24:09 - Marlowe searches for clues | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | pc set | private eye | room | searching | secret code | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Turning page | 0:24:20 - Marlowe turns the page in the code book | chromatic scale | clue | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | secret code | turning | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen (Foreboding) | 0:24:22 - Marlowe sees the name Sternwood in a code book | added-note chord | clue | foreboding | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | name on screen | private eye | room | searching | secret code |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Thinking) | 0:24:26 - Marlowe tries to solve the mystery | added-note chord | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | clue | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | secret code | thinking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Risoluto) | 0:24:39 - Marlowe searches for clues | added-note chord | chromatic parallelism | fragmentation | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | resolved | room | searching |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:24:57 - Dead body on the floor | corpse | death | dramatic | femme fatale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | room | searching | stinger | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Hurrying | 0:27:25 - Marlowe goes back to Geiger's house | chromatic sequence | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | private eye | street | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Misterioso) | 0:27:44 - Marlowe returns to the scene of the crime | arriving | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe 2 (Blood Stain) | 0:27:54 - Marlowe discovers that the body is missing | 11th chord | chromatic scale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | room | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Sneaking) | 0:28:16 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene | dark | dissonant bass | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | sneaking | tritone |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking 2 | 0:39:25 - Marlowe walks to the house | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | pc set | private eye | street | tense | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Running | 0:47:40 - Vivian enters the apartment building | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | hurrying | investigating | investigation scene | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | private eye | street | tense | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Determined) | 0:47:56 - Marlowe enters the apartment building | arriving | ascending | bold | common-chord modulation | determined | fragmentation | heroic | investigating | investigation scene | leading lady | leading man | parallel 63s | parallelism | private eye | sequence | stairs | street | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Misterioso) | 0:59:14 - Marlowe ties up Carol | assassin | corpse | dark | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | private eye | room | rope | stinger | tying up |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Ear Business) | 0:59:42 - Marlowe pulls on his ear | added-note chord | corpse | fragmentation | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | thinking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe 2 (Dialing) | 0:59:47 - Marlowe walks to the phone | calling | chromatic scale | corpse | dialing | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | spinning | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Wotta Life | 1:08:09 - Marlowe talks to Mars | 12-bar blues | advance plot | club | criminal | investigating | leading man | private eye | source music | suspect | upbeat |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 1:12:27 - Marlowe leaves the gambling joint | AABA structure | conflict | criminal | investigating | leading lady | leading man | love interest | private eye | source music | street | upbeat |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Walking (Interrupted) | 1:22:27 - Marlowe walks down the street | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | street | tense | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Investigating) | 1:22:38 - Marlowe looks at car registration | added-note chord | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | punching | sequence | street | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Dramatic) | 1:33:37 - Marlowe looks at sign | 9th chord | altered dominant | car | dramatic | investigating | leading man | private eye | street | tense | traveling scene |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:26 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | pc set | private eye | shop | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Jones (Suspenseful) | 1:35:47 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | dark | diminution | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | shop | suspenseful |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Ear Music) | 1:36:04 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | danger | fragmentation | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | mysterious | private eye | shop | tense | whole-tone chord |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Descending Staircase) | 1:09:49 - Policemen enter the house | arriving | conversing | criminal | investigating | investigation scene | leading lady | mysterious | pc set | police | room | sneaking | tense | walking | watching |
| The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Dark) | 0:16:09 - Men look at dead body | advance plot | augmented major 7th chord | changing meter | chromatic parallelism | creeping | dark | death | dissonant bass | investigating | murder | pc set | plantation | servant | shadow | sinister |
The Letter (1940) | Policeman | 1:33:31 - A policeman comes to investigate | antagonist | Chinese | climax | investigating | plantation | policeman | tense |
| White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:14:51 - The agents talk | agent | clue | dark | investigating | investigation scene | morgue | mysterious | police | underscoring |
| Without Honor (1949) | Desperation (The Scream) | 0:53:50 - They look at the bloody handprint | antagonist | blood | brother | climax | confession | departing | dramatic | handprint | husband | investigating | leading lady | leading man | room | screaming | searching | tense | wife | yard |
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