| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Clitterhouse Onestep | 0:33:20 - Gangsters walk through music studio | added-note chord | common-tone diminished 7th | dancer | dancing | gangster | jaunty | on-screen music | parallel double period | pianist | playing | singing | studio | transition | walking | warming up |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | When a Prince of a Fella Meets a Cinderella | 0:16:49 - Rocky goes to a night club | advance plot | cheerful | conversing | gambling | gangster | lawyer | leading man | night club | parallel double period | popular music | source music |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Flapper and Eddie Waltz | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | altered dominant | cut from film | linear chromaticism | parallel double period | waltz |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Moonbeams | 0:25:39 - Eddie dances with Flo | added-note chord | altered dominant | common-tone diminished 7th | dance hall | dance scene | dancing | leading man | love interest | mode mixture | on-screen music | parallel double period | romantic | source music | waltz |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 0:01:20 - Fans yelling at a ball game | augmented 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 |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | What Are You Doin' the Rest of Your Life | 1:14:35 - Marlowe and Vivian leave | conflict | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | parallel double period | private eye | source music | street | upbeat |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Liberty Day | 0:39:19 - A boxing match | boxing | boxing ring | contrasting double period | montage | parallel double period | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Liberty Day | 0:39:41 - Old timer talks to worker | boxer | boxing ring | celebrating | contrasting double period | conversing | crowd | fanfare | leading man | manager | montage | parallel double period | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Negra Consentida | 0:41:21 - The Carleton Plaza Towers | advance plot | arriving | boxer | dance band | dancer | dancing | leading man | musician | on-screen music | parallel double period | party | playing | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | In the Evening | 0:45:08 - Peggy in her dressing room | arguing | boxer | conflict | conversing | crying | dancer | dressing room | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | punching | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | A Girl Like You | 0:46:49 - Danny in Peggy's dressing room | boxer | conflict | crying | dancer | dressing room | leading lady | leading man | leaving | parallel double period | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Adios Muchachos | 0:50:27 - Peggy arrives home | advance plot | arriving | cheerful | conversing | dancer | leading lady | parallel double period | record player | room | source music | tango |
City for Conquest (1940) | Adios Muchachos | 0:51:19 - Peggy talks with Murray | advance plot | arriving | cheerful | conversing | dancer | leading lady | parallel double period | record player | room | source music | tango |
City for Conquest (1940) | Miramar | 1:00:44 - Danny prepares for a fight | advance plot | boxer | conversing | leading man | locker room | manager | march | parallel double period | preparing | source music | upbeat |
City for Conquest (1940) | Where Were You When the Moon Came Out | 1:19:38 - Danny resting in bed | advance plot | blur | brother | composer | dancing | leading man | listening | musician | on-screen music | parallel double period | playing | room | singer | singing | source music | upbeat | victim |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | When a Prince of a Fella Meets a Cinderella | 0:06:23 - Johnnie talks to his manager | dancing | drinking | floozy | jaunty | laughing | leading man | murder scene | parallel double period | partying | radio | room | source music |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | World's Record | 1:13:45 - Boxers prepare for the fight | arena | boxer | cheerful | conversing | excited | hero | leading man | march | parallel double period | source music | sport scene |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | My Wild Irish Rose | 0:40:51 - Joe and Mabel in Nick's Diner | accompanied 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) | Dust Be My Destiny (Religioso) | 1:22:41 - Mabel testifies for Joe | 11th chord | chromatic parallelism | common-tone diminished 7th | courtroom | crowd | diminished 7th chord | gentle | judge | jury | leading lady | leading man | loving | mode mixture | parallel double period | plagal cadence | sincere | suspect | tender | trial |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Don’t Give Up the Ship | 0:26:47 - Prison orchestra plays | arriving | entering | military band | murder scene | on-screen music | orchestra | parallel double period | patriotic | prison | prisoner | source music |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Ain't We Got Fun | 0:01:41 - A carnival scene | carnival | carny | establish setting | on-screen music | parallel double period | playing | source music | townsfolk | upbeat | voice-over |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | While You're Away | 0:59:47 - Monte arrives at the restaurant | ABAC structure | advance plot | antagonist | busy | conversing | daughter | dining | friend | guest | heroine | leading lady | love interest | parallel double period | popular music | restaurant | serving | source music | upbeat | working |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) | 0:28:55 - People in a bar | advance plot | bar | business man | conversing | parallel double period | ragtime | source music | upbeat |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Comparsa Negra No.1 | 0:35:38 - People dancing in a conga line | ABAC structure | bartender | club | conversing | criminal | crowd | dancer | dance scene | dancing | eating | Latin music | leading lady | leading man | musician | on-screen music | parallel double period | playing | source music | upbeat |
| Transgression (1931) | Waltz | 0:18:26 - People at a party | advance plot | calm | club | gambling | leading lady | linear chromaticism | love interest | parallel double period | sophisticated | source music | waltz |
| Men of America (1932) | Cimarron C | 0:01:08 - Smokey Joe fights the Indians | ambush | 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 |
| Headline Shooter (1933) | Tell Me is It Love? | 0:21:50 - Bill and Jane at a bar | advance plot | bar | conversing | drunk | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | pleasant | source music |
| Dangerous Corner (1934) | Finishing School | 0:00:17 - Title of the film | altered dominant | cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | mode mixture | opening title sequence | parallel double period | pedal tone | romantic | transcribed by ear |
| Sing and Like It (1934) | At Sunset | 1:09:46 - The crowd leaves the party | boss | conversing | gangster | leading lady | moll | parallel double period | party | party | room | sentimental | singer | source music |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Restaurant) | 0:55:00 - Detective talks on the phone | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | restaurant | score to source | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan | 0:56:22 - Clay and Donna talk with Mr. Classon | advance plot | conversing | parallel double period | restaurant | sentimental | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (Phonograph) | 1:14:27 - Clay plays a record on the phonograph | advance plot | conversing | detective | leading lady | leading man | parallel double period | phonograph | room | score to source | sentimental | source music |
| Girl of the Rio (1932) | Yo Con tu Amor | 0:12:26 - Don Jose talks with Dolores | advance plot | celebrity | conversing | flirting | leading lady | leading man | night club | parallel double period | romantic | singer | source music | Spanish |
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