| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | fanfare | opening title sequence | WB shield |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Desperation | 0:00:08 - Starring list | dark | opening title sequence | serious | starring list | transition |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess | 0:00:15 - Title of film | cast list | hopeful | opening title sequence | romantic | title of film |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette | 0:00:28 - Cast list | cast list | opening title sequence | pleasant | romantic |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Molto Screwieoso) | 0:44:50 - Henriette looks at a gift from the Duchess | advance plot | distressed | gift | governess | leading lady | looking | opening | room | stinger |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (Tristan) | 1:18:13 - Henriette opens a gift | advance plot | gift | governess | happy | leading lady | opening | room | snow globe |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Spring Time (Shimmery) | 1:35:12 - Henriette opens a gift | advance plot | cheerful | child | conversing | gift | governess | leading lady | light | opening | room |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | The Duchess (Distracted) | 1:35:21 - Henriette opens a gift | advance plot | agitated | child | conversing | gift | governess | leading lady | opening | room | worried |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Spring Time (Harry Cohn Moto) | 1:35:26 - Henriette opens a gift | advance plot | cheerful | child | gift | governess | happy | leading lady | opening | room | tense | unwrapping |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Spring Time (Moderato) | 1:35:45 - Henriette opens a gift | advance plot | calm | child | gift | governess | leading lady | locket | opening | room | tender |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Bros. shield | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | fragmentation | main title | metric dissonance | opening title sequence | WB shield |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Cauldron 1 | 0:00:15 - Title of film | beaker | bubbling | chromatic scale | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | main title | ominous | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list | title of film |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Cauldron 2 | 0:00:27 - Cast list | 9th chord | beaker | bubbling | cast list | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | main title | ominous | opening title sequence | ostinato | title of film |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Night Watchman | 0:44:29 - Watchman arrives at the store | darkness | dissonant bass | flashlight | guard | half-diminished 7th chord | keys | mysterious | opening | robbery | store | suspenseful | walking | working |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:47:48 - Rocks opens the safe | breaking 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) | Doctor Leaves | 0:57:38 - Dr. Clitterhouse leaves | advance plot | doctor | door | exiting | gangster | hero | leading lady | leading man | leaving | linear chromaticism | opening | room | tense | wedge | whole-tone chord |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | main title | opening title sequence | starring list | WB shield |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Transition | 0:00:07 - Starring cast list | bold | chromatic wedge | dark | half-diminished 7th chord | linear chromaticism | opening title sequence | starring list | transition |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster | 0:00:15 - Main title | bold | cast list | dark | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence | sequence | title of film |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - RKO logo | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams | 0:00:15 - Title of the film and opening credits | 11th chord | AABA structure | card | cast list | conductor score | gentle | mode mixture | opening title sequence | title of film |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | added-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 title | 11th 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 list | 64 chord | cast list | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | dramatic | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Transition | 0:00:29 - Cast list | cast list | common-chord modulation | dissonant bass | ominous | opening title sequence | sinister | tritone |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Screwy Gavotte) | 0:00:39 - Cast list | 9th chord | 64 chord | added-note chord | cast list | happy | opening title sequence | ostinato | pedal tone | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Gospel) | 0:00:47 - Cast list | cast list | hymn | opening title sequence | parallel period | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Marcato) | 0:00:54 - Cast list | appoggiatura | cast list | dramatic | opening title sequence | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Chromatic Fall | 0:00:58 - Max Steiner's name | 42 chord | cast list | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | dramatic | opening title sequence | pedal tone |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Sidewalks of New York (Misterioso) | 0:01:10 - New York City | 64 chord | added-note chord | card | city | establish place | familiar tune | mysterious | New York City | opening title sequence | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Opens window | 0:13:59 - The aunts open the window | advance plot | aunt | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | mickey-mousing | opening | raising | room | upbeat | window |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Stinger | 0:52:41 - Jonathan suddenly appears at the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | dramatic | harsh | leading lady | leading man | murderer | opening | room | stinger | surprise | whole-tone chord | window |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Dirge) | 0:54:54 - Teddy looks for the body in the dark | advance plot | brother | corpse | crazy person | creaking | darkness | dirge | familiar tune | mysterious | opening | pc set | room | sneaking | tense | walking | whole-tone chord |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | bold | fanfare | opening title sequence | starring list | WB shield |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Shadows of the main characters | bold | leading lady | leading man | opening title sequence | silhouette | smoke | smoking | starring list | transition |
The Big Sleep (1946) | The Big Sleep | 0:00:13 - Starring actors and main title | cast list | dark | heavy | leading lady | leading man | opening title sequence | silhouette | smoke | smoking | starring list |
| Caged (1950) | Caged | 0:00:08 - Main title and cast list projected inside of a police van | cast list | main title | opening title |
| His Greatest Gamble (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Fanfare | 0:00:12 - Title of film; starring list | fanfare | noble | opening title sequence | pedal tone | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Waltz | 0:00:28 - Cast list | cast list | gentle | mode mixture | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear | waltz |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | city | fanfare | opening title sequence | skyline | starring list | WB shield |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem Transition | 0:00:12 - Title of film over a city skyline | bold | cast list | city | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | skyline | title of film |
City for Conquest (1940) | Transition | 0:00:25 - Credits over a city skyline | calm | cast list | city | opening title sequence | skyline |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A1 (Main Title) + Tone Poem A2 (Main Title) | 0:00:36 - Credits over a city skyline | bold | cast list | city | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | skyline |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem D (Main Title) | 0:01:00 - Credits over a city skyline | bluesy | cast list | city | opening title sequence | sentimental | skyline |
| Crime School (1938) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | fanfare | main title | opening title sequence | starring list | WB shield |
Crime School (1938) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring and cast list | 9th chord | cast list | dissonant bass | dominant pedal | dramatic | main title | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list | tense | title of film |
Crime School (1938) | Sue | 0:00:37 - Mugshots of main characters | blues | bluesy | main title | mode mixture | mug shot | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list |
Crime School (1938) | Window opening | 1:11:57 - Boys open the window | diminished 7th chord | escape | escaping | gang | mickey-mousing | mysterious | opening | reformatory | teenager | up | window |
Crime School (1938) | Window opening 2 | 1:13:25 - Frankie opens the window | conflict | mysterious | opening | room | teenager | up | window |
Crime School (1938) | Parting curtains | 1:13:27 - Frankie parts the curtains | conflict | curtain | minor scale | mysterious | opening | parting | room | teenager |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | dissonant bass | fanfare | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Transition | 0:00:07 - Starring list | added-note chord | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | dramatic | main title | opening title sequence | pedal tone | starring list | tense | title of film |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Peggy | 0:00:25 - Director credit | 9th chord | 11th chord | 13th chord | bold | cast list | chromatic mediant | foreign key modulation | heroic | main title | opening title sequence | tritone substitution |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Transition | 0:00:09 - Starring list | dissonant bass | dramatic | dust | main title | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | transition |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Opening A) | 0:00:21 - Main title | 64 chord | chromatic mediant | dissonant bass | dust | main title | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | romantic | title of film |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Opening B) | 0:00:49 - Cast list | 9th chord | augmented sixth chord | blues | bluesy | cast list | dust | main title | mode mixture | opening title sequence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Opening A2) | 0:01:04 - Cast list | 9th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | dust | main title | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | romantic |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Opening B2) | 0:01:18 - Cast list | cast list | main title | mode mixture | opening title sequence | romantic |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | linear chromaticism | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Lead actors | bold | main title | opening title sequence | prison | starring list | transition |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Each Dawn A | 0:00:14 - Title of film | augmented triad | cast list | dark | diminished 7th chord | main title | opening title sequence | parallelism | prison | title of film |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Each Dawn B | 0:00:29 - Cast list | cast list | main title | opening title sequence | prison | tragic |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Each Dawn B (Augmented) | 0:00:36 - Cast list | augmentation | bleak | cast list | countermelody | dark | diminished 7th chord | main title | opening title sequence | prison |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | fanfare | opening title sequence | WB shield |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Crime School | 0:00:08 - Starring list | 9th chord | dramatic | opening title sequence | parallelism | self-borrowing | starring list | tense |
| 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) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 0:00:24 - Title of film and cast list | cast list | conductor score | gentle | lyrical | opening title sequence |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | fragmentation | main title | metric dissonance | opening title sequence | WB shield |
In This Our Life (1942) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | grand | opening title sequence | starring list | transition |
In This Our Life (1942) | Our Life | 0:00:17 - Title of the film | cast list | dramatic | opening title sequence | title of film |
In This Our Life (1942) | Meno | 0:00:34 - Cast list | cast list | dramatic | fanfare | opening title sequence |
In This Our Life (1942) | Door opens | 0:51:37 - Betty opens the door | advance plot | door | friend | gentle | leading lady | mickey-mousing | opening | room |
| The Informer (1935) | RKO Tower | 0:00:02 - RKO radio tower | main title | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer | 0:00:14 - Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list | cast list | Dorian mode | folk-like | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street | title of film |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Bridge) | 0:00:46 - Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list | 9th chord | cast list | informer | march | marching | mysterious | Neapolitan | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Dublin) | 0:01:03 - Title card establishes the setting in Dublin, Ireland | 9th chord | 11th chord | establish setting | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | nun | opening title sequence | religious symbolism | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | street | title card | tritone substitution |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Judas) | 0:01:29 - Title card with quote about Judas | mysterious | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | serious | suspension | title card |
| Key Largo (1948) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | fanfare | opening title sequence | WB shield |
Key Largo (1948) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | bold | opening title sequence | starring list | transition |
Key Largo (1948) | Key Largo | 0:00:15 - Main title | dark | main theme | opening title sequence | title of film | tragic |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Main Title) | 0:00:30 - Cast list | cast list | dark | opening title sequence | tragic |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Augmented) | 0:00:44 - Cast list | cast list | dark | opening title sequence | tragic |
Key Largo (1948) | Key Largo | 0:00:59 - Cast list | cast list | dark | opening title sequence | tragic |
Key Largo (1948) | McCloud (Tenderly) | 1:39:12 - Nora tells her father the good news | father | hopeful | hoping | hotel | leading lady | light | opening | relieved | resolution | sunlight | thinking | window |
| The Letter (1940) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB Shield | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield |
The Letter (1940) | Letter | 0:00:08 - Bette Davis | main title | opening title sequence | starring list | tense | yearning |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie | 0:00:11 - The Letter | 9th chord | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | suspension | tense | title of film |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B | 0:00:25 - Cast list | cast list | changing meter | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | harmonic sequence | main title | opening title sequence | romantic |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rubato) | 0:00:44 - Cast list | 9th chord | cast list | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Missing Dagger) | 1:29:49 - Leslie opens the door | Chinese | climax | dagger | door | gentle | home | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | opening | parallel fifths | parallelism | pentatonic |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield and wave effect | bold | fanfare | opening title sequence | starring list | water | wave | WB shield |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Transition | 0:00:10 - Starring list and wave effect | bold | fanfare | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | tense | title of film | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred | 0:00:23 - Main title, cast list, and wave effect | cast list | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | triumphant | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred B | 0:00:52 - Cast list and wave effect | cast list | gentle | mickey-mousing | name on screen | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred | 0:01:23 - Cast list and wave effect | cast list | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | triumphant | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Opens coat | 0:11:12 - Policeman opens Wally's coat to frisk him | action scene | beach | dramatic | friend | mickey-mousing | opening | police | searching | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Opens closet | 0:49:57 - Mildred slides open a door | cheerful | falling in love scene | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | opening | room | sliding |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby | 0:00:09 - Starring cast list | AABA structure | calm | cast list | common-chord modulation | lullaby | opening title sequence | pleasant | starring list | title of film |
| Rockabye (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Rockabye (1932) | Sleep, My Sweet | 0:00:14 - Title of film and cast list | calm | cast list | deceptive resolution | lullaby | mode mixture | opening title sequence | peaceful | starring list | title of film |
Rockabye (1932) | Sleep, My Sweet | 0:01:32 - A man selling newspapers | calm | opening title sequence |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers logo | added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence | phrase extension | WB shield |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | harbor | opening title sequence | starring list | tense | transition |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle | 0:00:14 - Title of the film | cast list | folk-like | harbor | opening title sequence | peaceful | title of film |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Risoluto) | 0:00:27 - Cast list | cast list | dark | folk-like | harbor | opening title sequence | tense |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Expressivo) | 0:00:49 - Cast list | cast list | folk-like | gentle | harbor | opening title sequence | peaceful |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Kid Galahad (Introduction) | 0:00:00 - The WB shield | 9th chord | appoggiatura | fanfare | jaunty | main title | opening title sequence | starring list | WB shield |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Kid Galahad | 0:00:09 - Title of the film | 9th chord | appoggiatura | cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | fanfare | jaunty | march-like | opening title sequence | parallel period |
| Traveling Husbands (1931) | There's a Sob In My Heart | 0:00:00 - A rushing train under the opening credits | AABA structure | opening title sequence | popular song | syncopation | train | transcribed by ear | traveling | upbeat |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | fanfare | main title | opening title sequence | WB shield |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful | 0:00:07 - Credits, including main title | Beverly Hills | cast list | house | main title | opening title sequence | ostinato | serious | starring list | title of film |
| We Are Not Alone (1939) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | added-note chord | chromatic mediant | fanfare | linear chromaticism | main title | opening title sequence | phrase extension | starring list | WB shield |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Foreboding) | 0:00:09 - Main title | classical music | dark | familiar tune | Haydn | main title | mode change | opening title sequence | quotation | title of film |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Transition | 0:00:18 - Book pages showing main cast | augmented sixth chord | cast list | chromatic scale | linear chromaticism | main title | opening title sequence | tense |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Grandioso) | 0:00:26 - Book pages showing main cast | altered dominant | cast list | familiar tune | folk song | German | hopeful | main title | mode mixture | opening title sequence | parallel period | quotation | suspension |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Max Steiner | 0:00:53 - Max Steiner's name | augmented sixth chord | bold | cast list | common-chord modulation | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | main title | opening title sequence |
| High Stakes (1931) | Impish Elves | 0:00:00 - Title of film and cast list | AABA structure | cast list | cheerful | jaunty | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
| The Public Defender (1931) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | main title | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
The Public Defender (1931) | Public Defender | 0:00:14 - Title and balancing scales (in motion) | balancing | deceptive resolution | main title | opening title sequence | romantic | scale | sequence | starring list | transcribed by ear |
The Public Defender (1931) | Violence | 0:00:41 - Cast list and balancing scales | balancing | cast list | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | main title | opening title sequence | tense | transcribed by ear | violence |
The Public Defender (1931) | Mystery | 0:00:45 - Cast list and balancing scales | augmented triad | balancing | cast list | chromaticism | main title | mysterious | mystery | opening title sequence | pc set | transcribed by ear | whole-tone chord |
| Three Who Loved (1931) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Impromptu | 0:00:16 - Title of film, starring list, cast list | ABAC structure | cast list | cheerful | mode mixture | not by steiner | opening title sequence | pleasant | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Transition | 0:00:45 - Cast list | cast list | cheerful | linear chromaticism | opening title sequence | pedal tone | pleasant | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Typewriter | 0:01:02 - Person typing | cheerful | opening title sequence | pleasant | transcribed by ear | typewriter | typing |
| Transgression (1931) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Transgression (1931) | Main Title | 0:00:15 - Title of film, starring list, cast list | AABA structure | altered dominant | cast list | gentle | happy | harmonic sequence | leading lady | mode mixture | opening title sequence | plagal cadence | pleasant | running | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | main title | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | Hikin' Jerry | 0:00:14 - Main titles and newspaper headlines | call and response | establish setting | guard | headline | montage | newspaper | opening title sequence | prison | prisoner | singing | solemn | source music | transcribed by ear | working |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | The Prisoner's Song | 0:00:15 - Title of film, starring list, cast list | altered dominant | cast list | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | establish place | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Bide-More Alma Mater | 0:00:46 - Cast list and prison sign | cast list | cheerful | common-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | countermelody | establish place | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| Is My Face Red? (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping radio tower | beeping | main title | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | You Bunch of Fun (Introduction) | 0:00:15 - Title and cast list on placards | 9th chord | cheerful | main title | opening title sequence | parallelism | sequence | syncopation | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | You Bunch of Fun | 0:00:43 - Title and cast list on placards | ABAC structure | cheerful | main title | opening title sequence | syncopation | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | You Bunch of Fun (Transition) | 0:01:08 - Cast list | excited | main title | opening title sequence | pedal tone | transcribed by ear |
| Ladies of the Jury (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - RKO beeping radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | Lady | 0:00:15 - Title of film, starring list, cast list | ABA structure | cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | mode mixture | opening title sequence | sentimental | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
| Men of America (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
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 |
Men of America (1932) | Cimarron B | 0:00:43 - Cast list | cast list | folk song | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Sidewalks of New York | 0:00:14 - New York harbor | calm | establish setting | harbor | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear |
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Whirlpool | 0:00:20 - Penguin in a whirlpool | chromatic scale | double exposure | hectic | opening title sequence | penguin | pool | transcribed by ear | whirling | whirlpool |
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Penguin Pool Murder | 0:00:23 - Main title, starring list, and cast list | cast list | chromatic parallelism | diminution | diving | double exposure | dramatic | hemiola | linear chromaticism | mysterious | opening title sequence | penguin | pool | starring list | swimming | tense | thematic transformation | through-composed | title of film | transcribed by ear | whirlpool | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
| Secrets of the French Police (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Beau Ideal | 0:00:15 - A newspaper is opened to a detective story | cast list | march | newspaper | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | upbeat |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | La Marseillaise | 0:00:30 - The title of the film, superimposed on a newspaper illustration | familiar tune | France | newspaper | opening title sequence | patriotic | patriotic tune | self-borrowing | title of film |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | You're In the Army Now | 0:00:35 - The title of the film | familiar tune | newspaper | opening title sequence | patriotic | patriotic tune | self-borrowing | title of film |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Drumroll | 0:00:38 - The title of the film | drumroll | newspaper | opening title sequence | patriotic | self-borrowing | title of film |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Page turn | 0:00:44 - The page turns and the cast list is revealed | cast list | mickey-mousing | newspaper | opening title sequence | page turn | romantic | self-borrowing | turning |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Romance | 0:00:46 - Cast list | cast list | dissonant bass | hemiola | newspaper | opening title sequence | page turn | romantic | self-borrowing |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | La marseillaise (Distressed) | 0:01:00 - Cast list | cast list | diminished 7th chord | drumroll | France | newspaper | on-screen music | opening title sequence | page turn | patriotic tune | source music | tense |
| State’s Attorney (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - RKO beeping radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | The Sidewalks of New York | 0:00:15 - Title and starring list | familiar tune | opening title sequence | popular music | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Transition | 0:00:20 - Title and starring list | blues | bluesy | fanfare | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues | 0:00:29 - Title and starring list, cast list | altered dominant | blue note | blues | bluesy | cast list | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues (Double Time) | 0:01:04 - Cast list | blue note | blues | bluesy | cast list | diminution | exciting | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Bluesy Transition | 0:01:15 - Black screen | blues | bluesy | exciting | Gershwinesque | opening title sequence | pedal tone | transcribed by ear |
| The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Fanfare | 0:00:16 - Fade-in to a seated orchestra | announcer | broadcast | dramatic | fanfare | on-screen music | opening title sequence | orchestra | playing | radio | source music | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Misterioso No. 1 | 0:00:21 - A radio broadcast | announcer | broadcast | mysterious | on-screen music | opening title sequence | orchestra | playing | radio | source music | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Crestwood A | 0:01:51 - Title over the image of a dark seascape | diminished 7th chord | mickey-mousing | mysterious | opening title sequence | title of film | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Crestwood B | 0:02:08 - Title and Cast list | cast list | diminished 7th chord | mysterious | opening title sequence | sequence | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Crestwood C | 0:02:18 - Cast list and the first scene | cast list | Lydian mode | mysterious | opening title sequence | parallelism | transcribed by ear |
| The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - RKO beeping radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | Storm Music | 0:00:14 - Main title and cast list | cast list | not by Steiner | opening title sequence | parallelism | storm | title of film | tremolo | wind |
| Thirteen Women (1932) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Star | 0:00:15 - Book cover of the novel Thirteen Women | book | dark | opening title sequence | suspension | title of film | tragic | transcribed by ear |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Thirteen Women | 0:00:34 - Cast list on the pages of a book | book | 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) | Ursula | 0:01:11 - A quotation about suicide | book | chromatic mediant | dark | opening title sequence | pedal tone | psychology | tragic | transcribed by ear |
| Before Dawn (1933) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Before Dawn (1933) | Before Dawn A | 0:00:15 - Title over the image of hands grasping money | coin | dark | diminished 7th chord | double exposure | grabbing | hand | money | mysterious | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Before Dawn (1933) | Before Dawn B | 0:00:32 - Title and Cast list over a skull | cast list | diminished 7th chord | double exposure | mysterious | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | sequence | skull | transcribed by ear |
Before Dawn (1933) | Before Dawn C | 0:00:44 - Cast list over walking feet | cast list | double exposure | Lydian mode | mysterious | opening title sequence | parallelism | self-borrowing | transcribed by ear | walking |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Blind Adventure (1933) | Opening Fanfare | 0:00:16 - Title of film and starring list | cast list | chromatic mediant | cloud | exciting | fanfare | opening title sequence | pedal tone | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Blind Adventure (1933) | My Imaginary Sweetheart | 0:00:32 - Credits over a foggy background | AABA structure | cast list | cheerful | chromatic parallelism | mode mixture | opening title sequence | popular music | secondary dominant | transcribed by ear | video cast list |
| Emergency Call (1933) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Emergency Call (1933) | Ambulance | 0:00:11 - Main titles over a speeding ambulance | ambulance | augmented triad | dissonant bass | Dorian mode | dramatic | driving | half-diminished 7th chord | main title | opening title sequence | parallelism | paramedic | pedal tone | siren | street | through-composed | whole-tone |
| Headline Shooter (1933) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Headline Shooter (1933) | You Bunch of Fun (Introduction) | 0:00:15 - Title and starring list over camera lens montage | 9th chord | boat | camera lens | car | cast list | cheerful | chromatic parallelism | kaleidoscope effect | opening title sequence | plane | racing | reused recording | sequence | split screen | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Headline Shooter (1933) | You Bunch of Fun | 0:00:44 - Cast list over racing vehicles | ABAA structure | added-note chord | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | opening title sequence | reused recording | split screen | transcribed by ear | video cast list |
Headline Shooter (1933) | You Bunch of Fun (Transition) | 0:01:08 - Video cast list | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | excited | opening title sequence | parallelism | pedal tone | reused recording | transcribed by ear | video cast list |
| Dangerous Corner (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Dangerous Corner (1934) | Introduction | 0:00:05 - Beeping RKO radio tower | opening title sequence | romantic | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Dangerous Corner (1934) | Finishing School | 0:00:17 - Title of the film | cast list | opening title sequence | romantic | transcribed by ear |
Dangerous Corner (1934) | Finishing School B | 0:01:05 - Video snapshots of the actors | opening title sequence | pleasant | transcribed by ear | upbeat | video cast list |
Dangerous Corner (1934) | Finishing School (Lilting) | 0:01:25 - On-screen text introducing the story | on-screen text | opening title sequence | romantic | transcribed by ear |
Dangerous Corner (1934) | Finishing School B (Playful) | 0:01:36 - Books being placed together | book | opening title sequence | pleasant | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| Gridiron Flash (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:07 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Gridiron Flash (1934) | Fanfare | 0:00:16 - Title of the film | fanfare | opening title sequence | pedal tone | starring list | title of film | upbeat |
Gridiron Flash (1934) | Gridiron Flash | 0:00:24 - Cast list | added-note chord | cast list | countermelody | march | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | upbeat |
| Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) | Transient Love | 0:00:12 - Title of film; starring list; cast list | AABA structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | cast list | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | opening title sequence | pedal tone | pleasant | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Murder Fanfare | 0:00:23 - Film title zooming out from a blackboard | blackboard | dark | fanfare | opening title sequence | parallelism | pedal tone | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Blackboard Murder | 0:00:31 - Title of the film and cast list | altered dominant | blackboard | dark | mysterious | opening title sequence | ostinato | transcribed by ear |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Blackboard Murder (Lyrical) | 0:00:51 - Video cast list | appoggiatura | augmented triad | blackboard | opening title sequence | ostinato | pleasant | retardation | sequence | transcribed by ear | video cast list |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | RKO Tower | 0:00:00 - Beeping RKO radio tower | beeping | opening title sequence | radio tower | RKO tower | transcribed by ear |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Fanfare) | 0:00:12 - Title of film; starring list | bold | linear chromaticism | marquee | mode mixture | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan | 0:00:34 - Cast list | added-note chord | altered dominant | cast list | chromatic scale | mode mixture | mysterious | opening title sequence | sentimental | transcribed by ear |
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