| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Murder | 1:51:56 - The Duke advances towards the Duchess | approaching | blur | climax | dark | duchess | duke | leading lady | leading man | menacing | murder | murdering | murder scene | ominous | room |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Jerry (Slowly) | 1:23:44 - Jerry goes to the window | building | conflict | coughing | gangster | leading man | menacing | priest | smoke | tear gas | walking |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Triste) | 1:23:57 - Rocky uses Jerry as a hostage | 9th chord | building | chromatic parallelism | conflict | coughing | dark | double-cross | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gangster | hostage | leading man | linear chromaticism | major 7th chord | menacing | polychord | priest | smoke | somber | street | tear gas | walking |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi A (Tragic) | 1:38:55 - Zina sees Clementi kiss Edith and take her into his room | deception | flashback | menacing |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Waving Goodbye | 0:02:20 - Son waves goodbye to his mother on the plane | airport | departure | menacing | murder | plane | suspense |
The FBI Story (1959) | Time Bomb 1 | 0:02:31 - Plane takes off and flies through the air | bomb | machine | menacing | murder | plane | suspense | ticking | time bomb |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Menacing) | 1:09:59 - Titus and Field leave | advance plot | bullying | commanding | dark | leading man | menacing | ominous | politician | self-borrowing | sheriff | street |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Ostinato 3) | 1:31:25 - Titus holds a gun on Lane | climax | club | dramatic | fighting | gun | gunshot | leading lady | menacing | ostinato | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | struggling | tense | threatening |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:00:00 - Starring list | conductor score | dark | menacing | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:04:31 - Steve gets off the bus | dark | dock | establish setting | friend | investigator | leading man | leaving | menacing | transcribed by ear |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Spring Song | 0:14:56 - Amato talks to Mario | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | gangster | menacing | office | tritone |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:49:04 - Amato paces | action scene | conductor score | dark | gangster | leading man | menacing | pacing | room |
| Illegal (1955) | Menace | 0:42:19 - Vic sees Andy's gun | gun | hero | menacing | tritone |
Illegal (1955) | Scott (Forceful) | 0:45:46 - Vic refuses Garland's deal | hero | menacing |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Police | 1:09:16 - A police car arrives | arriving | car | driving | investigation scene | menacing | police | room | tense |
| Key Largo (1948) | Rocco | 0:25:46 - Rocco in the bathtub | bathing | boss | establish character | gangster | hotel | menacing | sinister | tremolo |
Key Largo (1948) | Tension | 0:26:48 - Rocco slaps bleeding man | boss | establish character | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | police | sinister | slapping | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Misterioso) | 0:28:45 - Sawyer starts moaning in the other room | boss | conflict | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | menacing | mysterious | threatening |
Key Largo (1948) | Tension | 0:28:58 - Sawyer stands up | conflict | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | mysterious | police | standing |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Heavily) | 0:29:04 - Sawyer enters the room | conflict | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | police | stumbling |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Agitato) | 0:29:15 - Toots trips Sawyer | conflict | falling | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | mickey-mousing | police | rolling | tripping |
Key Largo (1948) | Ominous | 0:51:32 - Lights begin to go out in the hotel | boss | conversing | dark | develop character | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | menacing | moll | ominous | preparing | storm | tense |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Menacing) | 0:52:59 - Rocco stares at McCloud and Nora | advance plot | boss | dark | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | menacing | staring |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Nervous) | 1:02:52 - Rocco yells at Gaye | arguing | boss | dark | develop character | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | menacing | moll |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Misterioso) | 1:13:37 - The sheriff leaves | boss | conflict | gangster | hotel | lying | menacing | police |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Setup) | 1:15:43 - Indians run from the sheriff | conflict | death | dock | fleeing | gun | gunshot | menacing | running | setup | sheriff | shooting | tense | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 | 1:17:07 - Sheriff questions Rocco | boss | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | menacing | police | questioning |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco | 1:17:15 - Sheriff questions Rocco | boss | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | menacing | police | questioning | tense |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 | 1:17:30 - Sheriff questions Curly | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | menacing | police | questioning |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 | 1:18:34 - The policemen takes Sawyer's body | boss | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | menacing | police | tense | violent | watching |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly (Menacing) | 0:45:23 - Trev alludes that he could kill Shelly | hero | heroine | menacing |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Menace (Frantic) | 1:22:56 - Shelly arrives at Liza's house | dark | menacing | obsessive |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Trev (Revenge) | 1:26:36 - Trev learns that Harvey has betrayed him | dark | menacing |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Fragmented 2) | 1:07:35 - A boat in the fog | conflict | criminal | dark | fisherman | friend | leading man | menacing | ominous | sea | traveling |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Menacing) | 1:09:32 - Goffs sees Olaf holding a lead pipe | arguing | attempted murder | climax | criminal | dark | fisherman | friend | leading man | menacing | ominous | sea | stinger |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Menacing) | 1:12:25 - Bob meets with Mrs. Tanner | antagonist | husband | menacing | monophonic | ostinato | pivotal scene | realizing | revealing | room | staring | statue | threatening | unveiling | widow |
| White Heat (1949) | Morgue | 0:14:17 - Tahoe County Morgue sign | dark | menacing | morgue |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco (Molto Moderato) | 1:38:43 - Fosco looks at Marian | advance plot | criminal | friend | leading lady | leading man | love interest | menacing | murderer | pacing | room | somber |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco (Molto Moderato) | 1:39:33 - Fosco talks to Marian | advance plot | conversing | criminal | friend | leading lady | leading man | love interest | menacing | murderer | room | somber |
| Men of America (1932) | Cimarron A | 0:00:14 - Title of film and starring list | American Indian music | bold | establish setting | fanfare | menacing | minor pentatonic | open fifth | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
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