His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Russian Waltz | 0:30:05 - Philip arrives at Florence's home | 9th chord | arriving | calm | chromatic sequence | common-tone diminished 7th | establish setting | fugitive | leading man | mansion | mode mixture | on-screen music | piano | playing | pleasant | source music | waltz | wandering |
City for Conquest (1940) | Scales | 0:09:16 - Danny and Peggy go upstairs | arguing | conversing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mother | on-screen music | piano | room | source music | tedious | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:10:50 - Eddie plays the piano | brother | composer | conversing | establish character | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | score to source | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Very Broad) | 0:12:16 - Eddie plays the piano | 13th chord | brother | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | composer | conversing | describing | dissonant bass | establish character | explaining | leading man | musician | name of film | pentatonic | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A (Unattainable Stars) | 0:12:37 - Eddie plays the piano | brother | chromatic parallelism | composer | conversing | describing | establish character | explaining | leading man | musician | piano | playing | romantic | room | somber | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:13:03 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th 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 | 0:27:25 - Eddie composes at the piano | advance plot | brother | composer | composing | leading man | musician | on-screen music | parallelism | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:27:40 - Eddie plays the piano | 13th chord | advance plot | brother | composer | composing | leading man | musician | on-screen music | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:27:59 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th chord | 13th chord | advance plot | brother | composer | composing | deceptive resolution | enharmonic respelling | leading man | musician | on-screen music | piano | playing | romantic | room | source music | transcribed by ear |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A | 0:42:10 - Eddie plays the piano | 9th 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 piano | 9th 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) | Where Were You When the Moon Came Out (Fragment) | 0:56:56 - Eddie plays the piano | advance plot | composer | composing | musician | on-screen music | piano | room | source music |
The FBI Story (1959) | Jeepers Creepers | 2:01:12 - Man plays Jeeper Creepers on the piano at George's anniversary party | flashback | on-screen music | piano | popular music | source music | stride piano |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Gay White Way | 0:19:54 - Georgia looks at her jewelry | advance plot | cheery | conversing | crew | dancer | jewelry | leading lady | love interest | manager | on-screen music | piano | source music | stage |
Her Kind of Man (1946) | Just Make Believe | 0:20:58 - Don talks to a man | advance plot | conversing | gentle | leading man | manager | on-screen music | piano | reporter | source music | stage |
Illegal (1955) | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 0:42:41 - Vic goes into Garland's office, where woman is playing the piano | jazz | on-screen music | piano | source music |
Illegal (1955) | Too Marvelous For Words | 0:53:06 - Angel sings and plays the piano | jazz | on-screen music | piano | source music |
Illegal (1955) | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 1:19:47 - Vic picks out a few notes on the piano | on-screen music | piano |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 1 | 0:08:50 - People at a party | blues scale | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Prizefighter and the Lady | 0:09:36 - Ward helps Louise | AABA structure | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (At the Piano) | 0:34:49 - Leni plays and sings | boy | 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 | 0:36:41 - Leni plays the piano | boy | child | establish character | familiar tune | folk song | German | heroine | home | on-screen music | piano | playing | source music | warm |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Piano Banging | 0:37:12 - Gerald bangs on the piano | antagonist | boy | chaotic | child | dissonant | establish character | heroine | home | mother | on-screen music | piano | playing | tone cluster |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Serenade | 0:28:11 - Jo plays the piano | advance plot | calm | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | friend | gentle | on-screen music | piano | playing | room | secondary dominant | self-borrowing | sentence form | source music | transcribed by ear |
Sing and Like It (1934) | O Du Lieber Augustin | 0:09:09 - Annie and Oswald go in the theatre door | AABA structure | ballad | dancer | dancing | musician | music scene | on-screen music | piano | source music | stage | upbeat |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Your Mother | 0:10:15 - Annie sings on stage | AABA structure | ballad | boss | crying | gangster | leading lady | listening | musician | music scene | on-screen music | piano | robbery | score to source | sentimental | singer | singing | source music | stage | stealing |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Your Mother | 0:13:55 - Annie sings on stage | AABA structure | ballad | boss | crying | gangster | leading lady | listening | musician | music scene | on-screen music | piano | sentimental | singer | singing | source music | stage |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Your Mother | 0:23:01 - Call board for a dress rehearsal | AABA structure | arguing | ballad | boss | conversing | gangster | leading lady | listening | musician | music scene | on-screen music | piano | sentimental | singer | singing | source music | stage |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Liebesträume | 0:34:46 - Ruby enters the room | advance plot | calm | classical music | conversing | gangster | leading lady | moll | musician | on-screen music | piano | playing | room | secondary dominant | source music |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Your Mother | 0:35:20 - Toots plays the piano | advance plot | ballad | gangster | leading lady | moll | musician | on-screen music | piano | playing | room | sentimental | singing | source music | teasing | tone cluster |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Liebesträume | 0:35:31 - Toots plays the piano | advance plot | calm | classical music | conversing | gangster | leading lady | moll | musician | on-screen music | piano | playing | room | secondary dominant | source music |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Hearts and Flowers | 0:36:11 - Toots plays the piano | advance plot | conversing | gangster | leading lady | moll | musician | on-screen music | parallel period | piano | playing | popular song | room | sentimental | source music |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Hi-De-Ho | 0:37:46 - Fenny talks with Mr. Frink | AABA structure | advance plot | boss | conversing | dancing | gangster | laughing | leading man | on-screen music | piano | source music | theater | upbeat |
Sing and Like It (1934) | Your Mother | 0:44:50 - Annie sings with a tenor | AABA structure | actor | advance plot | ballad | boss | gangster | leading lady | on-screen music | piano | sentimental | singer | singing | source music | stage |
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) | Tonight is Mine | 0:11:24 - Dorothea plays the piano | advance plot | conversing | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | on-screen music | piano | playing | pleasant | room | source music |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Improvisation | 1:00:53 - Clay plays the piano | advance plot | detective | leading lady | leading man | piano | playing | room | source music |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz | 0:24:22 - Zaroff plays the piano | brother | castle | conversing | count | dog | drunk | establish character | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | piano | playing | recounting | score to source | somber | source music | warning |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Piano Improvisation | 0:56:39 - The Count plays the piano | calm | castle | count | listening | on-screen music | piano | playing | servant | source music | transition | villain |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (Grandioso) | 0:57:09 - The Count plays the piano | advance plot | calm | castle | count | entering | leading man | on-screen music | piano | playing | sneaking | source music | victim | villain |