| 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 | planning | 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 | climax | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | 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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:48:32 - Men approach the house | climax | fear | leading man | mysterious | ominous | planning | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | waiting |
| 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) | Hammond A (Uneasy) | 0:49:41 - They discuss the trial | dinner | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | planning | tense | tone cluster | trial | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Lento Mysterioso | 0:50:37 - They plan to get the letter | advance plot | home | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | pedal tone | planning | sad |
The Letter (1940) | Lento Mysterioso (Expressivo) | 0:51:14 - Howard is upset about committing a crime | advance plot | dark | home | lawyer | leading lady | planning |
| White Heat (1949) | Plotting | 0:12:45 - Ma warns Cody of Zuckie talking | planning | plotting |
White Heat (1949) | Plotting (Ugly) | 0:13:06 - Cotton goes back; Ma and Cody talk | planning | plotting |
| 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 |
| 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 |
