| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Scar | 0:45:29 - Dr. Einstein describes how he will fix Jonathan's face | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | face | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | planning | polychord | room | wipe |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Misterioso) | 1:41:01 - Marlowe plans his escape | action scene | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | planning | private eye | room | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Hurrying | 1:47:07 - Marlowe and Vivian make a plan | chromatic sequence | climax | fragmentation | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | parallelism | planning | private eye | room | tense |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen (Drugged) | 1:48:08 - Marlowe watches men outside | climax | criminal | fear | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | ominous | planning | private eye | room | tense | waiting |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Danger) | 1:48:32 - Men approach the house | climax | fear | hiding | leading man | mysterious | ominous | pc set | planning | private eye | room | tense | tone cluster | underscoring | waiting |
| The Breaking Point (1950) | En Mi Canto de Amor | 0:21:43 - Harry talks to Duncan | advance plot | bar | conversing | criminal | leading man | planning | pleasant | sailor | source music |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Deep Valley (Misterioso) | 0:54:57 - Libby starts to leave | cabin | calm | conversing | convict | dog | fugitive | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | planning |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Molto Misterioso) | 0:02:57 - Mason gets his assignment | agent | conversing | establish setting | map | march | mysterious | office | ostinato | planning | polychord | sequence | tense | tone cluster | tritone oscillation | working |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Don'cha Go 'Way Mad | 0:42:08 - Matt talks to agents in a back room | advance plot | agent | conversing | jazz | planning | record player | record shop | sentimental | source music |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Newspaper) | 1:04:11 - FBI agents talk | agent | conversing | dark | leading man | newspaper | ominous | planning | polychord | room | transition | tritone oscillation | undercover agent |
| The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (Worrying) | 0:21:57 - Gypo worries about what he has done | advance plot | antagonist | augmented triad | drinking | hearing voices | leading man | mysterious | planning | pub | tense | thinking | tritone | whole-tone | worrying |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Risoluto) | 1:20:12 - Rebels plan to catch Gypo | advance plot | arriving | headquarters | octatonic | planning | rebel | room | tense | whole-tone chord |
The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:20:24 - Rebels plan how to catch Gypo | 9th chord | 64 chord | advance plot | bold | fanfare | headquarters | hurrying | planning | rebel | room | tense |
| The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Uneasy) | 0:49:41 - They discuss the trial | dinner | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | pc set | planning | tense | tone cluster | trial | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Lento Mysterioso | 0:50:37 - Leslie and Howard alone | advance plot | altered dominant | home | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | planning | sad | upper pedal tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:51:14 - Leslie talks to Howard | advance plot | altered dominant | dark | foreign key modulation | home | lawyer | leading lady | planning |
| White Heat (1949) | T-Men (Marcia) | 0:19:03 - Agents see the marker on the car | advance plot | agent | car | following | heroic | noble | observing | planning | street | telephone |
White Heat (1949) | Agents (Planning) | 0:19:32 - Agents talk on the car phone | advance plot | agent | car | conversing | dark | following | mysterious | observing | planning | street | telephone |
White Heat (1949) | T-Men (The Station) | 1:38:03 - Agents track progress of truck on the map | agent | chase scene | heroic | map | mapping | planning | police station |
White Heat (1949) | T-Men (The Map) | 1:38:58 - Agents map coordinates of the truck | agent | chase scene | map | mapping | noble | planning | police station | radio |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:11:18 - Spider and Curley talk to Steele | AABA structure | advance plot | club | comic | dancer | dancing | planning | salesman | self-borrowing | source music | upbeat |
| Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:40:17 - Grace is shot | AABA structure | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | gangster | gun | leading man | mirror shot | moll | murder | murderer | murder scene | planning | popular music | room | source music | staring | victim |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | The Waterfall | 0:54:20 - Rushing water | chase scene | chasing | dog | falling | flowing | jungle | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | planning | river | running | shirt | splashing | tense | trap | victim | water effect | waterfall |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:10:06 - The compass | advance plot | captain | leading man | map | planning | rain | sailing | ship | ship | tense | thinking | underscoring |
Mara Maru (1952) | Charting a Course | 1:10:18 - A map of Manila Bay | advance plot | captain | charting | dramatic | leading man | map | mapping | planning | rain | ship | ship | tense |
Mara Maru (1952) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:10:53 - Gregory breaks the compass | advance plot | breaking | captain | compass | dramatic | glass | leading man | planning | rain | ship | ship | smashing | thinking | underscoring |
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