| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Molto Expressivo) | 0:44:33 - Henriette reads a letter from the Duchess | advance plot | governess | leading lady | letter | on-screen text | positive | reading | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (The Letter) | 1:14:48 - A letter is pushed under the door | advance plot | agitated | conflicted | duke | leading man | letter | pacing | pondering | room | turbulent |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Mysterioso) | 1:42:50 - An apartment building | double exposure | letter | montage | room | somber | writing |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Sweepingly) | 1:45:32 - Henriette reads a letter | cheerful | leading lady | letter | pleasant | room | transition |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Sanctus (Mysterioso) | 1:05:33 - Jerry looks at note from Rocky | advance plot | charity | classical music | common-chord modulation | friendship | leading man | letter | mode mixture | money | mysterious | pedal tone | priest | room | sacred | source to score | thinking |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi's Mother (The Letter) | 1:31:34 - Bridget reads a letter to Clementi from his mother | flashback | folk-like | letter | mother | pleading |
| 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) | Lucy A (Peaceful) | 1:29:21 - Lucy reads a love letter from Chip | flashback | heroine | letter | sentimental |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family (Writing) | 0:26:15 - Matt writes a letter to his son | letter | love | writing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family B | 0:26:45 - Matt writes a letter to his son | letter | love | writing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Family (Writing) | 0:27:11 - Matt finishes his letter | letter | love | writing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Lost Letter) | 0:38:32 - Matt notices that he has lost his letter | letter | lost | tense |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Discovered) | 0:38:46 - Eve reads Matt's letter | letter | main title | tense | tritone |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Con Moto) | 0:22:19 - Roy talks about Stanley's letter | angry | bitter | conflict | conversing | father | leading lady | letter | room |
| The Letter (1940) | Hammond B (Screwyoso) | 0:30:23 - Howard grabs the letter | advance plot | lawyer | letter | mysterious | office | sequence | tense | thinking |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Tense) | 0:34:20 - Howard tells Leslie about the letter | conversing | lawyer | leading lady | letter | parallelism | pivotal scene | prison | suspenseful | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Deception | 0:34:35 - Leslie lies about the letter | chromatic | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pc set | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Deception) | 0:34:47 - Leslie starts to worry about the letter | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | deception | denying | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | reading | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Risoluto) | 0:35:11 - Leslie decides how to defend her having written the letter | arguing | augmented triad | deception | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | parallelism | pc set | pivotal scene | polychord | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Denial | 0:35:39 - Leslie denies writing the letter | augmented triad | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Agitato) | 0:36:08 - Leslie changes her mind and admits to having written the letter | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pc set | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Frantic) | 0:36:16 - Leslie defends her actions as having written the letter | chromatic sequence | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:36:22 - Leslie explains why she wrote the letter | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (The Story) | 0:36:42 - Leslie tells Howard more lies about the letter | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:36:53 - Howard takes out the letter | deception | denying | lawyer | leading lady | letter | ominous | pivotal scene | prison | tense | tritone |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Risoluto) | 0:37:07 - Howard reads the letter to Leslie | anxious | augmented triad | buildup | fearful | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | letter | parallelism | pc set | pivotal scene | polychord | prison | reading | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Tragic) | 0:37:21 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | climax | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond B (Screwyoso) | 0:37:34 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | chromatic sequence | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Shimmery) | 0:37:54 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pivotal scene | prison | stinger | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Collapse | 0:38:20 - Leslie collapses on the ground | anxious | collapsing | fainting | falling | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | mickey-mousing | pivotal scene | prison | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond B (Con Moto) | 0:39:25 - Leslie asks Howard about the letter | advance plot | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Plotting) | 0:39:32 - Howard and Leslie plot their next move | advance plot | buildup | chromatic sequence | fragmentation | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | minor-major 7th chord | ominous | oscillation | plotting | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Law Office (The Plea) | 0:40:00 - Howard asks Leslie to be honest | advance plot | anxious | artwork in score | chromatic sequence | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | refusing | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Despair) | 0:40:33 - Leslie despairs | advance plot | anxious | conversing | despair | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Deception) | 0:40:57 - Howard says he doesn't despise Leslie | advance plot | angry | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | conversing | deception | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | sequence | staring | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Letter 2 | 0:41:12 - Howard says he will do what he can to help Leslie | advance plot | calm | crying | deception | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pedal tone | somber | tender |
The Letter (1940) | Letter 2 (Triste) | 0:42:17 - Howard disapproves of Leslie's lack of faithfulness to her husband | advance plot | calm | crying | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pedal tone | resolution | somber | tender |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:45 - Robert asks to see the letter | arguing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | tense | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Letter 2 (Tragic) | 1:16:14 - Robert reads the letter | conflict | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | reading | somber | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Confession) | 1:16:36 - Leslie confesses to Robert | confessing | conflict | dark | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | ostinato | recounting | serious | tritone | tritone |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Confession) | 1:17:35 - Leslie confesses to Robert | Chinese | confessing | conflict | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | open fifth | parallelism | pentatonic | recounting | serious | somber |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Deception) | 1:17:52 - Leslie confesses to Robert | augmented triad | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | parallelism | recounting | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Tragic) | 1:17:59 - Leslie confesses to Robert | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond B (Ethereal) | 1:18:13 - Leslie confesses to Robert | chromatic sequence | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Dramatic) | 1:18:32 - Leslie confesses to Robert | confessing | conflict | crying | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Letter 2 (Mournful) | 1:19:00 - Robert cries after hearing the confession | conflict | crying | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | mournful | murder | pedal tone | sad |
| 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) | Dramatic Agitato | 0:12:41 - Hazel screams | augmented sixth chord | chromatic scale | double exposure | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | headline | letter | murder | murderer | murder scene | newspaper | room | screaming | stinger | transcribed by ear | victim | violent |
