| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Rocks) + Rocks (The Amazing Doctor) | 0:50:33 - Rocks goes out to the truck | antagonist | anxious | combination of themes | criminal | dissonant bass | double-cross | dramatic | gangster | lying | murderer | pc set | robbery | street | tense | thief | tritone |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | I Wanna Go Back to Bali | 0:53:48 - Gangsters meet in an apartment | advance plot | conversing | criminal | dance music | doctor | gangster | hero | leading man | lying | playful | radio | room | thief |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:26 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | private eye | shop | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Jones (Suspenseful) | 1:35:47 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | dark | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | mysterious | private eye | shop | suspenseful |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Ear Music) | 1:36:04 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | danger | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | mysterious | private eye | shop | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen (Tense) | 1:52:28 - Marlowe talks on the phone | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | lying | mysterious | phone call | private eye | resolution | room | tense | uneasy |
| Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:14:26 - Mark talks to policeman | chromatic scale | conflict | deceptive resolution | gun | hero | heroine | hiding | knocking | leading lady | leading man | lying | mode mixture | pedal tone | police | room | teenager | tense | underscoring |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Excitedly) | 0:29:07 - Johnnie talks to the sheriff | anxiety | anxious | conflict | leading man | linear chromaticism | lying | room | sheriff |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Ashamed) | 1:03:55 - Johnnie tells them he can't fight | 9th chord | conflict | dark | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | somber | teenager |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (Dolce) | 1:05:13 - Peggy talks to Johnnie | added-note chord | altered dominant | arguing | conflict | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | lying | room | tender |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:05:52 - Johnny talks to Peggy | conflict | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | tense | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy (Waiting) | 1:24:39 - The detective talks to Johnnie | chromatic scale | climax | dark | detective | diminished 7th chord | dissonant | dissonant bass | leading lady | leading man | lying | ominous | room | waiting |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Lying | 1:25:16 - Johnnie lies to Peggy about where he's going | added-note chord | augmented sixth chord | climax | common-chord modulation | detective | dissonant bass | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | lying | minor-major 7th chord | room | turbulent |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Ostinato) | NIF - not in film | advance plot | arguing | café | cut from film | cut from film | employer | leading lady | lying | ostinato | self-borrowing | waitress |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Slowly) | 1:06:43 - Dan talks to Lane about Titus | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | self-borrowing | tense |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Lye | 1:32:01 - Lye confronts Amato | action scene | conversing | gangster | gun | leading man | lying | room | uneasy |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Peter Lies) | 0:13:28 - Peter talks about his trip | advance plot | conversing | leading lady | leading man | lying | musical clue | packing | room | serious | somber |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley B (Slowly) | 0:17:20 - Stanley talks with Craig | advance plot | conversing | dramatic | fiancé | kissing | leading lady | lying | room | sultry |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley Introduction (Extended 3) | 1:12:42 - Stanley talks with Roy | advance plot | conversing | criminal | leading lady | lying | room | tense |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley (Molto Expressivo) | 1:12:57 - Stanley talks with Roy | advance plot | calm | conversing | criminal | leading lady | lying | room |
In This Our Life (1942) | Autumn Nocturne | 1:17:45 - Stanley puts on a record | accusing | arguing | conflict | criminal | defending | leading lady | lying | popular music | record player | room | sentimental | source music |
In This Our Life (1942) | Minerva and Parry | 1:21:28 - Parry in his jail cell | conflict | conversing | criminal | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | prison | prisoner | somber | suspect | tender | testifying | victim |
In This Our Life (1942) | Minerva and Parry (Triste) | 1:22:39 - Parry talks to Stanley | conflict | conversing | criminal | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | prison | prisoner | solemn | somber | suspect | testifying | victim |
In This Our Life (1942) | London Bridge is Falling Down (Mysterious) | 1:23:45 - Craig and Stanley argue | car | children’s song | conflict | conversing | criminal | familiar tune | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | mysterious | ominous |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) + South American Way | 1:25:34 - Stanley reacts | accusing | climax | criminal | father | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | mother | mysterious | ominous | remembered source music | remembering | room | source and scoring overlap | source music | suspect | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley B (Slowly Extended) | 1:26:39 - Stanley confesses | agitated | arguing | climax | confessing | confession | criminal | crying | father | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | mother | room | suspect |
| The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Lying) | 0:23:40 - Gypo lies about where he got the money | advance plot | antagonist | chromatic sequence | conversing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | lying | octatonic | pub | Scotch snap | tense |
| Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Misterioso) | 1:13:37 - The sheriff leaves | boss | conflict | gangster | hotel | lying | menacing | police |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Tense) | 1:15:03 - Rocco claims the Indians murdered Sawyer | angry | boss | conflict | dock | gangster | lying | murder | police | tense | violent |
| The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (The Story) | 0:13:14 - Leslie says she loves Robert | advance plot | home | leading lady | lying | recounting | tense | whole-tone |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (The Story) | 0:22:26 - Leslie speaks with Howard | advance plot | home | lawyer | leading lady | lying | oscillation | recounting | tense | whole-tone chord |
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) | Hammond A (Restless) | 1:14:42 - Robert asks about the letter | arguing | conflict | fragmentation | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | lying | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Hammond A (Wild) | 1:14:57 - Robert waits for a response | arguing | chromatic parallelism | conflict | distress | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | lying | tense |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Ominous) | 1:47:42 - Mildred rushes in to check on Veda | antagonist | confessing | dark | daughter | heroine | leading lady | lying | murder | murderer | murder scene | ominous | room |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred B (Angry) | 1:48:06 - Veda confesses to Mildred | angry | antagonist | confessing | confession | daughter | heroine | leading lady | lying | murderer | murder scene | room | tense |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Old Lavender (Celeste Solo) | 1:02:43 - John paces around | conflict | daughter | direct modulation | hesitating | leading man | love interest | lying | peaceful | room | surprise | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Harp Solo) | 1:03:33 - John tells Joan about her parents | conflict | daughter | deceiving | deceptive resolution | leading man | love interest | lullaby | lying | revealing | room | secondary dominant | surprise | tender | wife |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | When You’re Far Away | 0:26:45 - Rose and Richard crash a party | AABA structure | advance plot | conversing | leading lady | leading man | lying | party | popular song | romantic | source music |
Blind Adventure (1933) | Marcellene | 0:32:12 - Rose and Richard go downstairs | ABAC structure | advance plot | calm | conversing | leading lady | leading man | lying | party | popular song | source music |
