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289 results for "modulation" in 30 films — see also common-chord modulation | passage | sequential modulation | speech | transition

FilmTheme nameInstanceTags
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)Underscoring (Dramatic)0:47:48 - Rocks opens the safebreaking in | criminal | diminished 7th chord | doctor | dramatic | enharmonic modulation | gangster | leading man | lock | opening | robbery | safe | safe-cracking | stinger | store | tense | thief | underscoring | unlocking | vault | wedge

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Jo0:58:18 - Dr. Clitterhouse talks with Jo13th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | chromatic mediant | conversing | doctor | foreign key modulation | gangster | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | sequence | tender

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

The Printing Press + Cauldron 11:21:08 - Newspaper presses rollingcombination of themes | common-tone diminished 7th | headlines | layering | montage | newspaper | obsessive | ostinato | printing press | step modulation

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

The Printing Press + Cauldron 1 (Not in Film) + The Amazing Doctor (Not in Film)NIF - not in filmcombination of themes | common-tone diminished 7th | cut from film | layering | ostinato | step modulation

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Cauldron 1 (End title)1:26:33 - The Endbeaker | bubbling | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | closing credits | doctor | end title | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | ominous | plagal cadence
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)The Gangster0:00:15 - Main titlebold | cast list | dark | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence | sequence | title of film

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

The Gangster (Fingerprints)0:06:17 - Montage of juvenile detention and prison lifedigging | dramatic | establish character | fingerprints | foreign key modulation | headline | leading man | main title | marching | montage | mug shot | newspaper | prison | prisoner | reformatory | sequence | serious | working

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

The Gangster (Maestoso)0:08:07 - Discharge papers from the penitentiarycommon-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | ledger | main title | marching | mickey-mousing | montage | prison | prisoner | serious | solemn | transition | writing

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Rocky and Laury (Not In Film 1)NIF - not in filmadded-note chord | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | common-chord modulation | conversing | cut from film | establish character | following | gangster | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | street | walking

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Sanctus (Mysterioso)1:05:33 - Jerry looks at note from Rockyadvance plot | charity | classical music | common-chord modulation | friendship | leading man | letter | mode mixture | money | mysterious | pedal tone | priest | room | sacred | source to score | thinking

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Headlines1:10:28 - A montage of newspaper headlines9th chord | 42 chord | 64 chord | dramatic | foreign key modulation | headline | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | newspaper | newspaper editor | newspaper office | spinning | zooming

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Pleading1:11:08 - Laury pleads for Rocky9th chord | advance plot | appoggiatura | circle of fifths | common-chord modulation | crying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | pleading | priest | room | somber

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Jerry1:11:35 - Jerry talks to Laury9th chord | advance plot | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | memory | pleading | priest | room | tender

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Jerry (Maestoso)1:22:13 - Jerry enters the buildingbuilding | conflict | entering | foreign key modulation | heroic | hopeful | leading man | pedal tone | priest | street | walking

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

The Gangster (Triste)1:23:57 - Rocky uses Jerry as a hostage9th 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

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Jerry (Triste)1:35:23 - Jerry visits the boysconversing | death | foreign key modulation | leading man | pedal tone | picardy third | priest | resolution | room | somber | teenager

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Sanctus (Maestoso)1:36:06 - Jerry and the boys walk up the stairsangelic | ascending | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | leading man | priest | resolution | room | stairs | teenager | The End | transcendence | triumphant | up

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Jerry (End Title)1:36:38 - End titleclosing credits | diminished 7th chord | end title sequence | foreign key modulation | heroic | plagal cadence | triumphant
Are These Our Children? (1931)Dreams B0:01:33 - Two young people in lovecommon-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | lovers | love scene | snuggling | street

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Marcia Maestoso)0:08:58 - Eddie dreamsapplauding | common-chord modulation | double exposure | dreaming | dream sequence | fragmentation | leading man | meter change | montage | reciting | thematic transformation | transcribed by ear | triumphant

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Coney Island)NIF - not in filmchromatic mediant | chromatic parallelism | cut from film | foreign key modulation | joyful

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Con Espressione)NIF - not in filmcut from film | diminished 7th chord | enharmonic modulation | fragmentation | thematic transformation

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Newspaper Montage)0:45:04 - Newspaper headlinesaugmentation | comforting | common-chord modulation | crying | double exposure | grandmother | headline | love interest | mickey-mousing | montage | newspaper | room | somber | spinning

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Risoluto)0:48:55 - Newspaper headlinesdouble exposure | fragmentation | headline | montage | mysterious | newspaper | sequential modulation | spinning | tense | thematic transformation

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Transition 8B)NIF - not in filmadded-note chord | altered dominant | augmented triad | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | cut from film | foreign key modulation | pedal tone | tense | turbulent

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Dreams (Risoluto 2)0:53:55 - Newspaper headlinesadvance plot | arresting | dark | detective | double exposure | fragmentation | friend | headline | leading man | love interest | murderer | newspaper | ominous | room | sequential modulation | spinning | thematic transformation | underscoring

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Lascia ch'io piangaNIF - not in filmABA structure | classical music | common-chord modulation | cut from film | da capo | solemn | ternary form

Are These Our Children? (1931)

FoxtrotNIF - not in filmAABA structure | common-chord modulation | cut from film | happy | plagal cadence | sentence form | ternary form
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)Signature0:00:00 - WB shieldadded-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence | phrase extension | WB shield

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Happy Land (Allegretto)0:00:13 - Main title11th chord | cast list | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence | sequence | starring list | title of film

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Happy Land (Chromatic)0:00:21 - Cast list64 chord | cast list | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | dramatic | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Transition0:00:29 - Cast listcast list | common-chord modulation | dissonant bass | ominous | opening title sequence | sinister | tritone

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game0:01:20 - Fans yelling at a ball gameaugmented sixth chord | baseball | baseball player | bass drum | cheering | crowd | enharmonic modulation | establish place | evaded cadence | falling | familiar tune | field | fighting | musician | parallel double period | pep band | playing | popular song | punching | rushed | saxophone | simulated source music | source music | sporting event | trombone | umpire | upbeat | yelling

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Marriage License Bureau)0:01:59 - "Marriage License Bureau" sign64 chord | arriving | calm | conversing | crowd | direct modulation | establish character | familiar tune | marriage | office | parallelism | reporter | romantic | sequence | spouse

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Wow Wow Trumpet)0:02:42 - Reporters talk64 chord | chromatic mediant | comical | conversing | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | marriage | office | reporter

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating)0:03:34 - Hiding in a telephone boothadded-note chord | arguing | bystander | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | pump-up modulation | running | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Old Maid0:04:17 - Mortimer talks to Elaineadded-note chord | arguing | conversing | enharmonic modulation | establish character | kissing | leading lady | leading man | marriage | mode mixture | office | parallel period | pedal tone | romantic | self-borrowing

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating)0:04:54 - Mortimer and Elaine rush offestablish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Sidewalks of New York (Quasi Barcarolle)0:05:13 - The Brewster home64 chord | calm | card | cemetery | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | enharmonic modulation | establish setting | familiar tune | gravestone | ominous | stinger | street | wind | wind effect

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts0:09:05 - Aunt Abby scurries across the roomaunt | crazy person | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | room | scurrying

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts0:12:26 - Reverend leavesadvance plot | aunt | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | street

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Happy Land (Lento)0:12:31 - The aunts talkadvance plot | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | mysterious | plotting | room | sequence | tender | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto)0:13:16 - The aunts talkadvance plot | aunt | brother | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | plotting | room

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Full)0:14:00 - Elaine appears in the windowaunt | bride | cheerful | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | greeting | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | on-screen music | pleasant | room | score to source | source music | street | whistling

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating)0:14:10 - Mortimer calls to Elaineadded-note chord | aunt | bride | cemetery | conversing | deceptive resolution | driver | familiar tune | flirting | fragmentation | groom | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | pump-up modulation | rushed | rushing | sequence | source to score | street

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Church Bells)0:15:17 - Mortimer follows Elaine64 chord | bride | cemetery | chromatic mediant | conversing | familiar tune | flirting | foreign key modulation | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | parallelism | romantic

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating)0:15:36 - Mortimer and Elaine talkadded-note chord | bride | cemetery | conversing | familiar tune | flirting | fragmentation | groom | hurried | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | pump-up modulation | romantic | sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Church Bells)0:16:22 - Mortimer and Elaine talk64 chord | bride | cemetery | chromatic mediant | conversing | familiar tune | flirting | foreign key modulation | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | parallelism | romantic

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating 2)NIF - not in filmadded-note chord | cut from film | deceptive resolution | familiar tune | fragmentation | love scene | pump-up modulation | sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The AuntsNIF - not in filmcut from film | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts0:39:01 - The aunts talkadvance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | room | upbeat

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Happy Land (String Quartet)0:39:28 - The aunts set the tableadvance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | direct modulation | evaded cadence | familiar tune | hymn-like | leading lady | murderer | peaceful | room

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts (Frightened)0:39:58 - The aunts see shadows at the dooraugmentation | aunt | conversing | crazy person | dark | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | knocking | leading lady | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | shadow | whispering

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Home Sweet Home (Tranquillo)0:43:40 - Jonathan sits downaugmented triad | aunt | brother | calm | chromatic parallelism | conversing | crazy person | criminal | direct modulation | distortion | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | murderer | pedal tone | room

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts (Frightened)0:44:00 - The aunts go into the kitchenaugmentation | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | fear | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | Neapolitan | ominous | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | walking | watching

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto)0:52:20 - The aunts move through the kitchenadvance plot | aunt | calm | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | pleasant | room

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Aunts (Molto Misterioso)0:54:12 - Aunt Abby faces Jonathanadvance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | darkness | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | staring | walking

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Funeral March0:55:21 - Teddy carries the body down the stairsadvance plot | brother | carrying | chromatic scale | corpse | crazy person | darkness | diminution | dirge | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | funeral march | linear chromaticism | ominous | ostinato | room | tritone | walking
City for Conquest (1940)Train0:01:09 - An elevated train approachesadded-note chord | bridge | busy | city | hurried | mickey-mousing | old man | ostinato | police | pump-up modulation | train | transition | traveling

City for Conquest (1940)

Sidewalks of New York (Montage)0:02:18 - A montage of New York City scenesadded-note chord | boat | bridge | car | chromatic parallelism | city | conversing | Dutch angle | establish setting | excited | fragmentation | montage | old man | panning shot | police | pump-up modulation | soliloquy | train

City for Conquest (1940)

Sidewalks of New York (Snake)0:02:35 - A montage of New York City scenes13th chord | 64 chord | altered dominant | bridge | chromatic sequence | city | conversing | countermelody | double exposure | Dutch angle | establish setting | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | grand | montage | old man | police | snake effect | soliloquy

City for Conquest (1940)

Sidewalks of New York (Waltz Grazioso)0:06:09 - Two children playing9th chord | child | conversing | establish character | foreign key modulation | love | Neapolitan | old man | romantic | sentimental | soliloquy | street | waltz

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A0:13:03 - Eddie plays the piano9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Grazioso)0:30:04 - Danny shavesaltered dominant | common-chord modulation | conversing | delicate | fragmentation | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | shaving

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Dolce)0:30:28 - Peggy talks to Danny9th chord | 11th chord | arguing | chromatic parallelism | common-chord modulation | conversing | flirting | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love scene | playful | room | shaving

City for Conquest (1940)

Only Fooling0:30:54 - Peggy cleans Danny's facearguing | common-tone modulation | conversing | diminished 7th chord | flirting | leading lady | leading man | love scene | parallelism | playful | room | shaving

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Expressivo)0:31:00 - Peggy apologizes to Danny9th chord | added-note chord | appoggiatura | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | foreign key modulation | kiss | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | parallelism | romantic | room

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Waltz)0:31:48 - Peggy and Danny talk about the future9th chord | 13th chord | added-note chord | boat | calm | common-chord modulation | conversing | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | romantic

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Knock Out)0:38:33 - Montage of boxing scenesboxing | boxing ring | common-chord modulation | double exposure | falling | march | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | montage | transcribed by ear | triumphant

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Resolution)0:39:10 - Montage of boxing scenes9th chord | added-note chord | boxing ring | chromatic mediant | double exposure | foreign key modulation | headline | montage | newspaper | resolution | transcribed by ear | triumphant

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A0:42:10 - Eddie plays the piano9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | advance plot | boxer | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | conversing | crowd | deceptive resolution | leading man | musician | on-screen music | party | piano | playing | romantic | source music | transcribed by ear

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Stride Piano)0:43:27 - Eddie plays the piano9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | boxer | brother | chord substitution | common-tone diminished 7th | composer | conversing | crowd | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | musician | on-screen music | parallelism | party | piano | playing | ragtime | source music | syncopation | upbeat

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (The Song of the City)1:23:05 - Eddie plays the piano9th chord | 13th chord | advance plot | brother | common-chord modulation | composer | diminished 7th chord | leading man | listening | musician | on-screen music | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear | victim

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Lento 2)1:28:11 - Peggy cries9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | conversing | crying | foreign key modulation | friend | leading lady | room | sequence | somber

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem B1:33:32 - The wind section plays9th chord | added-note chord | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | excited | Mixolydian mode | musician | on-screen music | orchestra | ostinato | playing | pump-up modulation | source music

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem Train Whistle1:33:40 - The wind section playsadded-note chord | bold | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | dissonant bass | excited | fragmentation | Gershwinesque | musician | on-screen music | orchestra | pc set | playing | pump-up modulation | source music

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem CNIF - not in film9th chord | bluesy | concert scene | countermelody | cut from film | enharmonic modulation | enharmonic respelling | mode mixture | sus chord

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem Transition 3NIF - not in filmacceleration | bold | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | concert scene | cut from film | diminution | dominant 7th chord | exciting | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | polyrhythm

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem B1:35:43 - Danny listens to the radio9th chord | added-note chord | audience | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | excited | Gershwinesque | leading man | listening | Mixolydian mode | musician | newspaper | newspaper stand | on-screen music | orchestra | playing | pump-up modulation | radio | source music | street | watching

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem Train Whistle1:35:50 - Danny listens to the radioadded-note chord | bold | concert | concert scene | dissonant bass | excited | fragmentation | Gershwinesque | leading man | listening | on-screen music | pc set | pump-up modulation | radio | source music | street

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem Transition 2 (Allargando)1:35:58 - Orchestra playing in the concert hallaudience | bold | Carnegie Hall | concert | concert hall | concert scene | conducting | conductor | direct modulation | dramatic | Gershwinesque | grand | listening | musician | on-screen music | orchestra | pedal tone | playing | source music | watching

City for Conquest (1940)

Tone Poem A (Chorus)1:41:14 - Danny talks with Peggy9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | chromatic sequence | conversing | crying | ethereal | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | optimistic | reunion | reuniting | romantic | shimmery | street | suspension | victim
Crime School (1938)Sue (Quasi Blues)0:11:08 - Sue talks to Frankiebluesy | chromatic parallelism | common-chord modulation | conversing | crying | establish character | foreign key modulation | Gershwinesque | heroine | leading lady | room | somber

Crime School (1938)

Reform School Drill0:33:18 - Reform school boys exercise outsidecomedy | cut from film | deceptive resolution | exercising | exercising music | foreign key modulation | gang | jogging | leading man | polychord | reformatory | split-third chord | teenager | upbeat | warden

Crime School (1938)

Reform School Drill0:34:09 - Reform school boys exercise outsidecomedy | deceptive resolution | exercising | exercising music | foreign key modulation | gang | jogging | leading man | polychord | reformatory | teenager | upbeat | warden

Crime School (1938)

The Painters0:48:02 - Boys paint their roomcalm | comedy | foreign key modulation | gang | paint | paintbrush | painting | peaceful | reformatory | see-saw | swing | swinging | teenager

Crime School (1938)

Gangster Blues (Explosion)0:56:04 - The boiler explodes13th chord | action scene | added-note chord | boiler room | collapsing | escaping | exploding | explosion | foreign key modulation | frantic | gang | mechanical | reformatory | running | sequence | teenager | tense | worker | yelling
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)Peggy0:00:25 - Director credit9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | bold | cast list | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | heroic | main title | opening title sequence | tritone substitution

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Awakening0:14:48 - Johnnie wakes upadvance plot | chromatic scale | confusion | deceptive resolution | leading man | metric modulation | mysterious | octatonic chord | octatonic scale | pc set | room | waking | whole-tone chord

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive0:24:29 - Johnnie walks9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | desert | foreign key modulation | leading man | Neapolitan | tired | traveling | walking | wandering

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Looking Around)0:25:11 - The young man sees Johnnie9th chord | deceptive resolution | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | ranch | teenager | tired | walking

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Date picking0:25:21 - Boys picking dates9th chord | establish character | light | ranch | sequence | step modulation | teenager | working

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Arriving)0:25:42 - Johnnie arrives at the ranch9th chord | arriving | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | ranch | teenager | tired

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Fainting)0:26:32 - Johnnie stumbles and faints9th chord | dark | deceptive resolution | dissonant bass | establish character | fainting | falling | foreign key modulation | leading man | ranch | tired | tragic | walking

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Recovering)0:27:13 - Peggy takes care of Johnnie9th chord | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | nursing | recovering | romance | room | sweet | waking

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Peggy (Dolce)0:28:20 - Peggy talks to Johnnie9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | heroine | kissing | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | nursing | recovering | romance | room | sweet | tender

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Leaving)0:29:45 - Johnnie prepares to leavesconflict | foreign key modulation | leading man | ranch | room | sneaking | yearning

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Ashamed)1:03:55 - Johnnie tells them he can't fight9th chord | conflict | dark | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | somber | teenager

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Let Down)1:06:51 - The boys talk about Johnnieadded-note chord | arguing | conflict | criticizing | foreign key modulation | leading man | room | somber | teenager

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

On the Make (Tenderly)1:07:57 - Tommy talks to Johnnie9th chord | ABAB structure | altered dominant | arguing | chromatic mediant | conversing | direct modulation | foreign key modulation | hero | leading man | room | tender | turning point

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

On the Make (Lohenblueish)1:09:07 - Johnnie decides that he will stayadded-note chord | augmentation | chromatic mediant | direct modulation | foreign key modulation | hero | hopeful | hopeless | leading man | linear chromaticism | passionate | room | thinking | turning point | zoom in

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Inspiration1:09:53 - Johnnie has an inspirationboxing | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | idea | inspiration | leading man | pedal tone | pump-up modulation | room | shadow | thinking | turning point

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Lying1:25:16 - Johnnie lies to Peggy about where he's goingadded-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

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

The Fugitive (Ending)1:30:23 - A train rushes awaydetective | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | optimistic | passionate | plagal cadence | resolution | resolution | running | teenager | train station | triumphant
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)Dust Be My Destiny (Dolceeessimo)NIF - not in filmbarn | cut from film | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | intervallic expansion | love scene | pedal tone | sequence | sweet

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Pensive)0:23:08 - Joe tells Mabel about his dreams11th chord | barn | chromatic mediant | dreaming | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | pensive

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Here Comes the Bride (Modulating)0:29:02 - Joe and Mabel run to the courthouseadded-note chord | deceptive resolution | excited | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | marriage | pump-up modulation | romance | romantic | running | sequence | street

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Waiting)0:29:38 - Joe and Mabel talk about getting marriedadded-note chord | augmented sixth chord | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | street | waiting

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Here Comes the Bride (Triple)0:30:31 - Man talks to Joe and Mabel9th chord | 64 chord | chromatic parallelism | courthouse | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | love scene | marriage | producer | pump-up modulation | romantic | sequence | street

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Fairy Music0:30:58 - Man takes their luggage64 chord | courthouse | happy | leading lady | leading man | love scene | producer | pump-up modulation | romantic | street

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Here Comes the Bride (Advertisement)0:31:07 - A marquee advertising "Marriage on Stage Tonite"common-chord modulation | crowd | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | happy | love scene | marriage | street | theater

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Travel Montage)0:36:28 - A speeding trainadded-note chord | foreign key modulation | frantic | hitch-hiking | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | map | montage | pc set | runaway | sign | train | train | train whistle | traveling | traveling scene | truck | walking

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Reunited)0:40:03 - Joe runs to Mabel64 chord | altered dominant | foreign key modulation | joyful | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | pump-up modulation | resolution | runaway | running | street

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

My Wild Irish Rose0:40:51 - Joe and Mabel in Nick's Dineraccompanied source music | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | diner | establish character | familiar tune | friend | happy | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | parallel double period | popular song | radio | shopkeeper | singing | source music | ternary form

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Whistling0:45:44 - Joe whistles as he walks64 chord | cheerful | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading man | on-screen music | scored source music | source music | street | traveling scene | whistling

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (The Escape)0:50:26 - Joe and Mabel leave the jail64 chord | chromatic parallelism | dark | escaping | foreign key modulation | friend | hopeful | jail | jail break | leading lady | leading man | shopkeeper

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

My Wild Irish Rose (Goodbye)0:51:35 - Joe and Mabel say goodbye to Nick9th chord | escape | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | friend | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | mode mixture | popular song | shopkeeper | tender | train station

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Transformation)0:57:38 - Joe comes back to the apartmentdissonant bass | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love scene | mysterious | room | triumphant

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Reunited)0:58:04 - Joe embraces Mabel9th chord | 64 chord | added-note chord | embracing | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | room | triumphant

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Buzzing1:01:05 - Men working in the dark room64 chord | action scene | added-note chord | buzzy | chromatic parallelism | dark room | enharmonic modulation | exciting | foreign key modulation | leading man | mode mixture | Neapolitan | newspaper | newspaper editor | parallelism | photographer | photography | pump-up modulation | Rimsky-Korsakov | working

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Dolceeessimo)1:08:53 - Joe and Mabel talkadvance plot | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | hopeful | intervallic expansion | leading lady | leading man | peaceful | room

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Disagreement)1:12:59 - Mabel and Joe arguebright | conflict | dark | foreign key modulation | hero | hospital | leading lady | leading man

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Travel Montage)1:26:04 - Train approaches the screenadded-note chord | foreign key modulation | happy | leading lady | leading man | pc set | resolution | train | train | traveling

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (Hanging Hats)1:26:31 - Joe and Mabel toss their hats11th chord | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | happy | hat | hook | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | resolution | throwing | train | traveling | whistle effect

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (The End)1:26:45 - "The End"closing credits | end title sequence | foreign key modulation | happy | leading lady | leading man | The End | train | traveling
Each Dawn I Die (1939)Frank (Parole Denied)1:07:58 - Frank's parole is denied9th 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
Flamingo Road (1949)Flamingo Road (Chapter One)0:00:54 - Chapter one from Flamingo Roadchromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | establish setting | gentle | mode mixture | self-borrowing | street | voice-over

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lane (Not in Film)NIF - not in filmconversing | cut from film | cut from film | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | mode mixture | police | room

Flamingo Road (1949)

DrivingNIF - not in filmcar | cut from film | driving | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene

Flamingo Road (1949)

If I Could Be With You (Triste)0:34:51 - Lane goes to the kitchenbreakup | café | dark | diminished 7th chord | foreign key modulation | leading lady | pondering | somber | waitress | working

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lane (Lonely)0:41:27 - Lane talks to a fellow prisoneradvance plot | conversing | foreign key modulation | leading lady | lonely | prison | prisoner | reverse picardy | somber

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lane (Grazioso)0:41:46 - Lane talks to a fellow prisoneradvance plot | conversing | foreign key modulation | hopeful | leading lady | prison | prisoner | upbeat

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lute Mae (Not in Film)NIF - not in film13th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | countermelody | cut from film | cut from film | deceptive resolution | lovers meet | self-borrowing

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lute Mae (Driving)0:53:02 - Lane drives Dan to the construction site13th chord | added-note chord | arriving | car | car | comical | common-chord modulation | driving | leading lady | leading man | love interest | politician | rushed | self-borrowing | transition | traveling

Flamingo Road (1949)

Flamingo Road (Romantic)0:55:41 - Dan kisses Laneembracing | foreign key modulation | foreshadowing | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | mode mixture | parallelism | politician | porch | romantic | self-borrowing

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lute Mae (Tenderly)1:03:37 - Dan is grateful for Lane's gift to him13th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | comical | common-chord modulation | conversing | embracing | happy | husband | leading lady | leading man | maid | room | self-borrowing | tender | wife

Flamingo Road (1949)

If I Could Be With You (Triste)1:22:18 - Field enters the housedeath scene | diminished 7th chord | drunk | drunk | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room | somber | stumbling

Flamingo Road (1949)

Lane (Not in Film 2)NIF - not in filmcut from film | cut from film | foreign key modulation | mode mixture | police station | resolution

Flamingo Road (1949)

Flamingo Road (Appassionato)1:32:54 - Dan visits Lane in prisoncrying | embracing | foreign key modulation | husband | joyous | kissing | leading lady | leading man | pedal tone | prison | resolution | reuniting | self-borrowing | wife
The Informer (1935)Katie0:04:31 - Katie walks down the streetestablish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | parallelism | seductive | staring | street | sultry | walking

The Informer (1935)

Katie (Triste)0:22:38 - Katie appears at the window64 chord | advance plot | antagonist | conversing | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pub | sultry | watching

The Informer (1935)

The Irish Washerwoman (Pub) + Blood Money + The Wearin' o' the Green + The Informer0:44:52 - People celebrate in the pubadvance plot | antagonist | bar | chaotic | chromatic scale | close-up | combination of themes | crowd | dark | dissonant bass | excited | familiar tune | folk song | foreign key modulation | happy | heroic | Irish | layering | leading man | mob | mobbing | octatonic | parallelism | pedal tone | polytonality | rebel | serving | source to score | spying | tense | whole-tone | yelling | zoom in
The Letter (1940)Signature0:00:00 - WB Shieldbold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Rubato)0:00:44 - Cast list9th chord | cast list | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Revolver)0:03:43 - A pistol lies on the stepschanging meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gun | harmonic sequence | home | leading lady | murderer | murder scene | oscillation | sequential modulation | servant | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Mysterioissimo)0:04:42 - A shadow appearscircle of fifths | common-chord modulation | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | home | leading lady | light | looking | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | parallel fifths | servant | turning on

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Lacework)0:04:55 - Worker picks up Leslie's laceworkchanging meter | crying | foreign key modulation | home | leading lady | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation

The Letter (1940)

Runners0:05:14 - Workers run through jungleaction scene | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | heroic | jungle | running | sequential modulation | servant | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Tragic)0:14:31 - The scene of the crimeadvance plot | changing meter | composer reference | dramatic | home | leading lady | oscillation | point of view | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie B (Screwyoso)0:14:42 - The bottom of the stairsadvance plot | common-chord modulation | dramatic | emotional | home | leading lady | point of view | recounting | sequence

The Letter (1940)

Creeping0:16:38 - Man creeping in the darkadvance plot | creeping | exoticism | Locrian mode | mickey-mousing | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pedal tone | plantation | sequential modulation | servant | sneaky

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Shimmery 2)0:18:55 - Leslie stares at the full moonchanging meter | home | leading lady | love scene | moon | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | staring | suspension

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Delicato)0:21:46 - Men admire needlepointadvance plot | changing meter | conversing | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | minor-major 7th chord | oscillation | polychord | sequence

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Tragic)0:37:21 - Howard talks to Leslieanxious | changing meter | climax | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Shimmery 3)0:37:54 - Howard talks to Leslieanxious | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | sequential modulation | stinger | suspension | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Triste)0:38:57 - Howard helps Leslie recoveradvance plot | calm | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension

The Letter (1940)

Sociable0:48:42 - People having dinnerABA structure | cheerful | conversing | deceptive resolution | dinner | Dorian mode | foreign key modulation | happy | home | husband | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | party | whole-tone chord

The Letter (1940)

Sociable (Ending)0:49:58 - Pleasant conversationcheerful | conversing | dinner | foreign key modulation | happy | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | reverse picardy

The Letter (1940)

Underscoring (Tense)0:51:14 - Leslie talks to Howardadvance plot | altered dominant | dark | foreign key modulation | home | lawyer | leading lady | planning

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Lacework 2)0:52:07 - Leslie does her laceworkadvance plot | changing meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | oscillation | sequence

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Tragic)0:52:55 - Howard and Leslie talkadvance plot | changing meter | conversing | home | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Leaving)0:53:20 - Howard and Leslie leave the houseadded-note chord | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | leaving | mysterious | plantation | sequence | sequential modulation | transition

The Letter (1940)

Sociable1:09:09 - Leslie and Robert meet with friends64 chord | celebrating | dinner music | drinking | foreign key modulation | happy | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | party | pump-up modulation | reverse picardy

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Tragic)1:17:59 - Leslie confesses to Robertchanging meter | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension

The Letter (1940)

Foxtrot No.1 C1:21:36 - Leslie goes to the partyadded-note chord | altered dominant | calm | conversing | dance music | dancing | foreign key modulation | foxtrot | friend | leading lady | party | party | plagal cadence | source music

The Letter (1940)

Foxtrot No. 21:22:12 - Leslie joins the party9th chord | AABA structure | altered dominant | conversing | dance music | dancing | foxtrot | friend | happy | husband | leading lady | party | party | pump-up modulation | secondary dominant | source music

The Letter (1940)

Leslie + Foxtrot No. 31:25:08 - Leslie looks out the windowadded-note chord | climax | combination of themes | common-chord modulation | dance music | foreign key modulation | foxtrot | home | lacework | leading lady | obsession | obsessive | oscillation | sequence | source music | tense | thinking

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Distraught)1:25:39 - Leslie criesaugmented sixth chord | climax | crying | dramatic | emotional | foreign key modulation | home | leading lady | oscillation | sequence

The Letter (1940)

Robert and Leslie (The Body)NIF - not in filmalternate music | body | chromatic mediant | climax | death | foreign key modulation | love theme | Neapolitan | pedal tone | plantation | somber

The Letter (1940)

Leslie (Fast) + Foxtrot No. 31:34:18 - Leslie's laceworkcalm | combination of themes | dance music | fragmentation | lacework | oscillation | plantation | pump-up modulation | resolution | sequence | source music
Mildred Pierce (1945)Mildred0:00:23 - Main title, cast list, and wave effectAABA structure | cast list | foreign key modulation | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | triumphant | water | wave

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred B0:00:52 - Cast list and wave effect9th chord | appoggiatura | cast list | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | enharmonic modulation | foreign key modulation | gentle | mickey-mousing | name on screen | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | sequential modulation | water | wave

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Underscoring (Tense)0:13:03 - Mildred leaves with the detectivesadvance plot | conversing | detective | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | murder | street | tense | underscoring

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Bert0:20:18 - Bert comes home9th chord | added-note chord | arriving | common-chord modulation | cooking | establish character | flashback | gentle | heroine | husband | leading lady | mode mixture | room | self-borrowing | street

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Lonely)0:28:20 - Mildred looks through her deskadvance plot | bill | flashback | foreign key modulation | gun | heroine | leading lady | lonely | mode mixture | photograph | room | somber | voice-over | writing

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Desperate)0:34:05 - Mildred looks for a jobapplying | depressed | enharmonic reinterpretation | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | montage | searching | street | voice-over | walking

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Work0:36:12 - Mildred works as a waitress64 chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | chromatic mediant | chromatic sequence | common-chord modulation | foreign key modulation | hectic | heroine | leading lady | montage | restaurant | rushing | self-borrowing | sequential modulation | serving | upbeat | voice-over | waitress | working

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Appassionato)0:39:22 - Mildred argues with Vedaangry | arguing | child | chromatic scale | conflict | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | raising | room | standing | tense | whole-tone scale

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Regretful)0:39:37 - Mildred regrets slapping Vedaapologizing | child | chromatic mediant | conflict | foreign key modulation | heroine | hopeful | leading lady | mode mixture | Neapolitan | regretting | room | somber | tritone

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Kay and Veda (Hopeful)0:40:09 - Veda asks if they are going to be richchild | conflict | foreign key modulation | greed | heroine | hopeful | leading lady | room

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Kay and Veda (Troubled)NIF - not in filmaltered dominant | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | common-chord modulation | cut from film | dissonant | dramatic | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hopeful | mode mixture | sequence | tender | tense | tragic | turbulent | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Bathing Suit0:50:49 - Monte looks at Mildred in her bathing suit9th chord | attraction | beach house | cheerful | dissonant bass | falling in love scene | flirting | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Frolicking)0:51:01 - Mildred runs to the beach9th chord | beach | cheerful | falling in love scene | flirting | foreign key modulation | frolicking | heroine | jaunty | leading lady | love interest | running | tritone

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Frolicking in the Surf0:51:05 - Monte and Mildred run to the water9th chord | 64 chord | beach | falling in love scene | foreign key modulation | frolicking | heroine | jaunty | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | playful | running | splashing | swimming | water | waves

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Work (Grand Opening)0:57:26 - View of Mildred's restaurantadded-note chord | advance plot | foreign key modulation | restaurant | self-borrowing | tritone | upbeat | voice-over | working

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Work (Success)1:01:42 - People work in Mildred's restaurant9th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | busy | cook | foreign key modulation | restaurant | secondary dominant | self-borrowing | server | upbeat | working

Mildred Pierce (1945)

It Can't Be Wrong (Romantic)1:04:11 - Monte kisses Mildredadvance plot | chromatic mediant | door | ex-husband | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | heroine | interrupting | kissing | leading lady | love interest | mode mixture | popular music | restaurant | romantic | slamming | source to score | stinger

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Bert (Regretful)1:04:43 - Bert tells Mildred about the divorce9th chord | advance plot | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | divorce | ex-husband | heroine | leading lady | love interest | regretting | restaurant | somber

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Work1:08:00 - Montage of restaurantsadded-note chord | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | guest | montage | restaurant | self-borrowing | upbeat | voice-over | working

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Appassionato)1:23:00 - Veda expresses her disgust with her motherangry | antagonist | arguing | chromatic scale | conflict | daughter | foreign key modulation | heroine | insulting | leading lady | room | tense

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Kay and Veda (Returning Home)1:38:10 - Mildred looks at Veda through the windowadvance plot | chromatic mediant | conversing | daughter | deceptive resolution | emotional | foreign key modulation | happy | heroine | leading lady | loving | mode mixture | mother | room | warm | watching

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Happy Homecoming)1:38:50 - Mildred and her daughter embraceadded-note chord | advance plot | apologizing | chromatic mediant | daughter | embracing | foreign key modulation | forgiveness | happy | heroine | leading lady | loving | mode mixture | mother | returning | reuniting | room | warm

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred (Breakdown)1:47:11 - Mildred tries to start her car9th chord | climax | crying | dramatic | emotional | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | leaving | street

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Underscoring (Tense)1:48:54 - Veda asks her mother not to turn her inantagonist | begging | daughter | foreign key modulation | heroine | leading lady | murderer | murder scene | room | tense | underscoring
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)Lullaby0:00:09 - Starring cast listAABA structure | calm | cast list | common-chord modulation | lullaby | opening title sequence | pleasant | starring list | title of film

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Yankee Doodle0:03:37 - Children playing64 chord | cheerful | child | children's song | dancing | direct modulation | establish place | establish setting | flashback | park | playing | wipe

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Kuckuck, Kuckuck0:03:43 - An old car drives bycheerful | child | children's song | common-chord modulation | dancing | establish setting | establish time | park | playing

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Watch on the Rhine (Headlines)0:28:39 - Montage of newspaper headlinesbold | direct modulation | headline | montage | newspaper | patriotic | patriotic tune | quintal chord

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Rule, Britannia! (Headlines) + La Marseillaise (Headlines)0:28:45 - Montage of newspaper headlinesdirect modulation | headline | montage | newspaper | patriotic | patriotic tune | pedal tone | polytonality

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Semper Fidelis0:30:32 - A march is played outsideadvance plot | celebrating | cheering | child | common-chord modulation | conversing | crowd | gossiper | leading lady | leading man | march | patriotic tune | politician | source music | spouse | street | upbeat

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Not in Score)0:32:18 - Vergie and John look at a baby pictureAABA structure | calm | common-chord modulation | conversing | cuddling | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | lullaby | peaceful | room | score to source | secret love | transcribed by ear

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Park)0:36:28 - Nurse and baby in the parkAABA structure | added-note chord | advance plot | calm | child | common-chord modulation | conversing | leading lady | lullaby | nurse | park | peaceful | waiting

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Darktown Strutters' Ball0:40:06 - Sadie and Mike in a baradvance plot | business man | club | common-chord modulation | conversing | friend | love interest | plotting | ragtime | source music | upbeat

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Joan)0:50:31 - Joan enters Vergie's shopadvance plot | child | conversing | daughter | distortion | entering | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | meeting | mother | octatonic scale | reunion | secret | shop | timid

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Underscoring (Gentle)0:51:06 - Joan talks with Vergie9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | child | chromatic parallelism | conversing | daughter | foreign key modulation | gentle | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | mother | reunion | secret | shop | timid

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Solo Violin)0:52:06 - Vergie gets a ribbon for Joanadvance plot | child | common-chord modulation | conversing | daughter | fragmentation | gentle | leading lady | mother | reunion | secret | shop

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Strings)0:52:30 - Vergie puts a ribbon in Joan's hairadvance plot | child | chromatic mediant | conversing | countermelody | daughter | direct modulation | gentle | leading lady | mode mixture | mother | pedal tone | reunion | secret | shop

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Quasi Appassionato)0:54:24 - John expresses his love for Vergieconversing | direct modulation | dissonant bass | fragmentation | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | love scene | outside | passionate | secret love | secret lover

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Old Lavender1:00:07 - Joan and Ranny talk9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | conversing | daughter | direct modulation | harmonic sequence | light | love interest | love scene | optimistic | proposal | proposing | room | transcribed by ear

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Here Comes the Bride1:00:46 - Joan and Ranny talk about marriagecommon-chord modulation | conversing | daughter | familiar tune | gentle | love interest | love scene | peaceful | proposal | proposing | romantic | room | transcribed by ear

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Agitated)1:01:27 - John and Laura argue about Joanagitated | arguing | common-tone diminished 7th | conflict | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | leading man | octatonic scale | room | tense | transcribed by ear | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Old Lavender1:02:11 - Joan and Ranny enter9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | arguing | common-chord modulation | conflict | conversing | daughter | direct modulation | harmonic sequence | leading man | light | love interest | optimistic | room | surprise | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Old Lavender (Celeste Solo)1:02:43 - John paces aroundconflict | daughter | direct modulation | hesitating | leading man | love interest | lying | peaceful | room | surprise | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Adagio)1:03:02 - Joan reactsconflict | daughter | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | dissonant bass | leading man | love interest | revealing | room | stinger | surprise | tense | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Old Lavender (Allegretto)1:04:31 - Ranny reacts to the revelationchromatic mediant | conflict | conversing | daughter | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading man | light | love interest | mode mixture | optimistic | pedal tone | room | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Old Lavender (Ethereal)1:05:26 - Ranny talks to Joan's parentsadded-note chord | common-chord modulation | conflict | conversing | daughter | leading man | love interest | mode mixture | pedal tone | room | sentimental | wife

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

A Boy and a Girl1:07:00 - John and Vergie listen to the radioadvance plot | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | conversing | leading lady | leading man | listening | room | secret lover | sentimental | simulated source music | source to score | transcribed by ear

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Dolce)1:08:00 - Vergie talks with John9th chord | advance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | leading lady | leading man | room | score to source | secret lover | tender

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby (Cello Solo)1:08:38 - Vergie talks with Johnadded-note chord | advance plot | common-chord modulation | confident | hopeful | hoping | leading lady | leading man | room | secret lover | sweet | warm

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Lullaby + Here Comes the Bride1:10:07 - Vergie imagines the weddingadded-note chord | bride | calm | chromatic mediant | combination of themes | common-chord modulation | daughter | double exposure | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | peaceful | secret lover | ternary form | transcribed by ear | walking | wedding | wedding | wedding music
Rockabye (1932)Run-Around0:52:45 - Montage of Broadway scenescommon-chord modulation | dominant pedal | montage | self-borrowing | theater | upbeat
Out of the Fog (1941)Animato0:27:43 - Goff pulls out a gunchef | conflict | conversing | criminal | dock | extortion | father | fisherman | foreign key modulation | friend | gun | leading man | tense | threatening

Out of the Fog (1941)

Stella and George (Extended)0:41:45 - George talks to Stellaarguing | boyfriend | conversing | foreign key modulation | leading lady | love scene | room | tender

Out of the Fog (1941)

Russian Barcarolle (Solemn)0:45:25 - Goff asks for moneyarguing | conflict | conversing | criminal | dock | extortion | father | fisherman | foreign key modulation | friend | leading man | sequence | solemn

Out of the Fog (1941)

Drab (Extended)0:51:50 - Stella talks with her fatheradvance plot | conversing | father | fisherman | foreign key modulation | leading lady | packing | room | sequence | somber | uneasy

Out of the Fog (1941)

Russian Barcarolle (Tango)1:24:07 - Stella and Jonah walk awaychromatic mediant | conversing | dock | exotic | father | fisherman | foreign key modulation | leading lady | peaceful | pedal tone | resolution | street | tango | walking
Kid Galahad (1937)Yearning0:48:47 - Marie speaks with her motheradvance plot | chromatic mediant | conversing | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | home | mother | nervous | newspaper | not by Steiner | sister | transcribed by ear | yearning

Kid Galahad (1937)

Kid Galahad (Montage 2)1:18:47 - Newspaper headline montage64 chord | chromatic mediant | climax | fanfare | foreign key modulation | heroic | hurrying | manager | montage | newspaper | pedal tone | room | syncopation

Kid Galahad (1937)

Kid Galahad (Tender)1:39:15 - Nick speaks his final words9th chord | 64 chord | added-note chord | appoggiatura | climax | death | dying | fanfare | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | manager | mode mixture | pedal tone | room | sister | somber | stretto imitation
The Unfaithful (1947)Unfaithful0:00:07 - Title of the filmaltered dominant | Beverly Hills | cast list | common-chord modulation | house | main title | mode mixture | Neapolitan | opening title sequence | ostinato | pedal tone | serious | starring list | title of film

The Unfaithful (1947)

Beverly Hills0:01:00 - Cars driving down road in Beverly HillsBeverly Hills | cheerful | establish location | panning shot | sequential modulation | street | upbeat | voice-over

The Unfaithful (1947)

Beverly Hills (Leggiero)0:01:10 - A car pulls into the drivewayBeverly Hills | car | cheerful | establish location | panning shot | sequential modulation | street | traveling | voice-over

The Unfaithful (1947)

Chris0:01:26 - Chris arrives at home9th chord | arriving | Beverly Hills | calm | establish character | foreign key modulation | house | leading lady

The Unfaithful (1947)

Chris 2 (Minor)0:07:37 - Chris arrives home9th chord | antagonist | car | cheerful | dark | driving | house | leading lady | sequential modulation | suspension | transition

The Unfaithful (1947)

Chris (Dark)0:07:46 - Chris continues driving9th chord | advance plot | antagonist | calm | danger | dissonant bass | foreign key modulation | house | leading lady | ominous | sequential modulation | shadow | tritone | tritone oscillation | walking

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Somber)0:22:24 - Bob comforts Chris9th chord | augmented sixth chord | comfort | comforting | common-chord modulation | husband | leading lady | love scene | mode mixture | ostinato | pedal tone | room | somber | victim

The Unfaithful (1947)

Chris0:43:45 - Chris pulls up in a cab9th chord | added-note chord | driving | foreign key modulation | law office | leading lady | office | peaceful | spinning | transition

The Unfaithful (1947)

Chris 20:43:56 - Chris goes to Larry's office9th chord | law office | leading lady | office | peaceful | pedal tone | sequential modulation | transition | walking

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Distressed)0:52:17 - The maid turns on a lamp9th chord | advance plot | arriving | foreign key modulation | forlorn | leading lady | maid | obsession | ostinato | pc set | room | tense

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Agitated)0:53:11 - Chris sees the place where the body wasadvance plot | distressed | fearful | leading lady | obsession | ostinato | room | sequential modulation | staring

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Somber 2)1:00:01 - Chris thinks9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | foreign key modulation | husband | leading lady | mode mixture | ostinato | room | somber | tender

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Triste)1:13:36 - Bob walks slowly awaydirge | heartbroken | hotel | husband | ostinato | pedal tone | polychord | sad | sequential modulation | somber | transition | walking

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Angry)1:15:00 - Bob looks aroundangry | common-chord modulation | deceptive resolution | husband | intense | meandering | Neapolitan | ostinato | room | sequential modulation | transition | walking

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Not in Film)NIF - not in filmacceleration | arguing | climax | cut from film | husband | Neapolitan | ostinato | room | sequential modulation | tense | wife

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Scandal)1:24:55 - Newspaper headlines about the murderclimax | courtroom | crowd | dramatic | hurrying | montage | newspaper | ostinato | radio | rushing | sequential modulation

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Distressed)1:41:24 - Larry talks with Bob9th chord | conversing | foreign key modulation | husband | lawyer | ostinato | pc set | resolution | room | somber | wife

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (Dolce)1:46:08 - Bob talks with Chrisaltered dominant | chromatic mediant | common-chord modulation | conversing | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hopeful | husband | lawyer | mode mixture | ostinato | peaceful | pedal tone | plagal cadence | resolution | resolution | romantic | room | triumphant | wife

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unfaithful (End Cast)1:48:07 - Closing creditsclosing credits | common-chord modulation | dramatic | end title sequence | Neapolitan | ostinato | pedal tone | turbulent
We Are Not Alone (1939)Max Steiner0:00:53 - Max Steiner's nameaugmented sixth chord | bold | cast list | common-chord modulation | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Boy runs downstairs0:03:07 - Gerald runs down the stairs9th chord | altered dominant | antagonist | boy | child | chromatic mediant | down | downstairs | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | home | mickey-mousing | mother | pedal tone | playful | running

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Playful0:04:39 - David asks his son to find a catboy | child | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hero | home | playful | sequence | step modulation

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Innocent)0:06:36 - Gerald runs inside9th chord | boy | child | classical music | comforting | common-tone diminished 7th | establish character | familiar tune | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | hero | home | innocent | mode mixture | nagging | parallel fifths | playful | quotation | step modulation | tritone | Wagner

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Doctor0:08:10 - David sees Tommy (his patient)augmented sixth chord | boy | cat | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | office

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Chromatic Shift)0:09:49 - David puts the cat outsidecat | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | Haydn | hero | office | playful | quotation | step modulation

We Are Not Alone (1939)

I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside0:10:56 - David visits an injured Lenichromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | hero | heroine | mode mixture | quotation | room | step modulation

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Not Afraid)0:11:24 - David sets Leni's wristchromatic scale | classical music | delicate | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | hero | heroine | quotation | room | somber

We Are Not Alone (1939)

I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (Peaceful)0:12:13 - David's treatment is successfulcalm | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | hero | heroine | mode mixture | quotation | room

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Fixing the Lights)0:23:27 - David tries to fix the lights11th chord | advance plot | boy | child | classical music | familiar tune | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | Haydn | helping | hero | home | mysterious | playful | quotation | working

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Better)0:23:55 - David puts his son in bed9th chord | advance plot | boy | calm | child | classical music | conversing | dark | familiar tune | father | foreign key modulation | Haydn | hero | home | playing | quotation | warm

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frohe Botschaft (Viennese)0:32:51 - Gerald rushes in to see Leni11th chord | advance plot | boy | child | familiar tune | folk song | foreign key modulation | German | greeting | heroine | home | hugging | joyful | lifting | mickey-mousing | quotation

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frolic0:33:45 - Leni and Gerald run through the parkadvance plot | antagonist | boy | child | chromatic mediant | diminished 7th chord | foreign key modulation | gossiping | heroine | joyful | park | pedal tone | playing | running

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frohe Botschaft (At the Piano)0:34:49 - Leni plays and singsboy | cheerful | child | establish character | familiar tune | father | folk song | foreign key modulation | German | hero | heroine | home | on-screen music | piano | playing | score to source | singing | source music | transcribed by ear

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frohe Botschaft (Somber)0:38:52 - Leni reacts9th 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)

Captain Gerald0:43:23 - Gerald tells Leni a storyadded-note chord | advance plot | boy | child | exoticism | foreign key modulation | heroine | home | imagination | room | somber | telling a story

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Triste0:50:45 - David talks to Leniadvance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | gentle | hero | heroine | home | room | sad

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frohe Botschaft (Triste)0:51:10 - David talks to Leni9th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | conversing | deceptive resolution | familiar tune | folk song | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | German | hero | heroine | home | quotation | room | somber

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Celebre Romance (Accompanied)1:01:56 - Gerald sneaks insideboy | child | classical music | common-tone modulation | familiar tune | hero | heroine | home | mode mixture | on-screen music | peaceful | pivotal scene | playing | romantic | room | Rubinstein | secondary dominant | source music | violin

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Underscoring (Tense)1:05:17 - David scolds Susan64 chord | antagonist | chromatic scale | conflict | conversing | foreign key modulation | hero | street | tense | underscoring

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Dolcissimo)NIF - not in filmaltered dominant | classical music | cut from film | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | Haydn | playful | quotation

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Frohe Botschaft (Death Sentence)1:33:07 - The judge sentences David and Leni to death9th chord | common-chord modulation | conflict | courtroom | courtroom scene | crowd | dark | familiar tune | folk song | German | quotation | reverse picardy | sentencing | verdict

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Surprise Symphony (Someday)1:39:55 - David is hopeful64 chord | classical music | comforting | conversing | deceptive resolution | dream-like | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | Haydn | hero | heroine | imagining | love scene | prison | quotation | sweet
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932)Bide-More Alma Mater0:00:46 - Cast list and prison signcast list | cheerful | common-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | countermelody | establish place | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear | upbeat
Is My Face Red? (1932)Burlesque0:13:10 - Backstage at a Broadway showABAC structure | advance plot | arguing | Broadway | burlesque | cheerful | common-chord modulation | dancer | leading man | pedal tone | plagal cadence | popular music | source music | stage | transcribed by ear
Men of America (1932)Cimarron C0:01:08 - Smokey Joe fights the Indiansambush | common-chord modulation | cowboy | establish character | establish setting | fanfare | gun | gunshot | horse | Indian | leading man | noble | parallel double period | prairie | riding | self-borrowing | shooting | stagecoach | title card | transcribed by ear
Penguin Pool Murder (1932)Sidewalks of New York (Aquarium)0:01:00 - Outside of aquariumcalm | establish setting | foreign key modulation | harbor | mysterious | setting | transcribed by ear
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)Transgression0:18:54 - Ms. Wren descends the staircase9th chord | AABA structure | advance plot | arriving | common-chord modulation | conversing | party | radio | romantic | self-borrowing | transcribed by ear

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

Lady0:20:17 - People talk at a party9th chord | AAB structure | advance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | dinner | party | peaceful | radio | sequence | transcribed by ear

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

Cimarron Theme0:23:24 - Two people look at some portraitsAABC structure | advance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | peaceful | portrait | room | self-borrowing | transcribed by ear
Thirteen Women (1932)Thirteen Women0:00:34 - Cast list on the pages of a bookbook | cast list | common-chord modulation | funeral march | funereal | harmonic sequence | opening title sequence | relative key | somber | title of film | transcribed by ear

Thirteen Women (1932)

Thirteen Women (Destiny)0:07:52 - Ursula talks to the swamiantagonist | common-chord modulation | conversing | destiny | establish character | fortune teller | harmonic sequence | leading lady | predicting | relative key | room | somber | swami | transcribed by ear
Dangerous Corner (1934)Finishing School B0:01:05 - Video snapshots of the actors64 chord | common-tone diminished 7th | common-tone modulation | opening title sequence | pedal tone | phrase extension | pleasant | transcribed by ear | upbeat | video cast list
Sing and Like It (1934)Introduction0:00:10 - Title of the filmadded-note chord | foreign key modulation | introduction | jazz | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear | upbeat
Star of Midnight (1935)Sidewalks of New York0:54:28 - Feet walkingbus | calm | chromatic parallelism | foreign key modulation | lighthearted | montage | street | transcribed by ear | traveling | walking
We're Only Human (1935)Old Lavender0:22:44 - Packaged-up food9th chord | added-note chord | advance plot | altered dominant | buying | common-chord modulation | detective | direct modulation | food | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | light | love interest | optimistic | ordering | reporter | store | worker | working

We're Only Human (1935)

Old Lavender (Celeste Solo)0:23:14 - Pete and Sally buying foodadvance plot | buying | detective | direct modulation | food | leading lady | leading man | love interest | ordering | peaceful | reporter | store | street | worker | working

We're Only Human (1935)

Lullaby (Adagio)0:23:36 - Pete watches the car drive awayconflict | conversing | detective | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | dissonant bass | food | leading lady | leading man | love interest | reacting | reporter | street | tense

We're Only Human (1935)

Katie (Triste)0:28:47 - Pete talks to the criminalaction scene | arguing | bank | detective | foreign key modulation | gangster | leading man | parallelism | stinger | sultry
Another Face (1935)Success at any Price0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio towerbold | cast list | common-chord modulation | fanfare | lyrical | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | title of film | transcribed by ear

Another Face (1935)

Success at any Price Transition0:00:58 - Times Square in New York Citycar | conversing | deceptive resolution | driving | establish setting | foreign key modulation | gangster | laughing | mysterious | street | sultry