| 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) | Henriette (The End) | 2:22:31 - The End | end title sequence | grand | leading lady | looking | minister | school | snow | teacher | The End |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Henriette (End Credits) | 2:22:42 - Closing credits | cast list | end title sequence | happy | upbeat |
| 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) | The Amazing Doctor (Meeting) | 0:21:30 - Dr. Clitterhouse is taken upstairs | 64 chord | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | conversing | doctor | fragmentation | gangster | leading man | lobby | mysterious | pedal tone | sequence | thief |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Montage) | 0:33:03 - A news article about the doctor | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | Gershwinesque | jaunty | journal | montage | montage | newspaper | sequence | sign |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Comical) | 0:46:08 - Doctor examines a criminal | 64 chord | chromatic parallelism | comical | criminal | doctor | examining | fragmentation | gangster | leading man | pedal tone | robbery | rooftop | sequence | thief | underscoring |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Giving Orders) | 0:48:32 - Doctor gives orders to the criminals | 64 chord | anger | annoyance | chromatic parallelism | commanding | criminal | doctor | fragmentation | gangster | leading man | ordering | pedal tone | robbery | sequence | store | tense | thief |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Butch runs | 0:50:46 - Butch runs to the window | anxious | criminal | dramatic | gangster | mickey-mousing | robbery | running | searching | sequence | store | tense | thief |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Lighting the Torch + The Motor | 0:51:05 - Butch prepares the torch | anxious | chromatic scale | combination of themes | criminal | dramatic | fire | flame | gangster | hero | lighting | ostinato | preparing | rescuing | robbery | sequence | store | tense | thief | torch | working |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Jo | 0:58:18 - Dr. Clitterhouse talks with Jo | 13th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | chromatic mediant | conversing | doctor | foreign key modulation | gangster | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | sequence | tender |
| 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 |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | The Gangster (Fingerprints) | 0:06:17 - Montage of juvenile detention and prison life | digging | dramatic | establish character | fingerprints | foreign key modulation | headline | leading man | main title | marching | montage | mug shot | newspaper | prison | prisoner | reformatory | sequence | serious | working |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Roulette | 0:07:01 - Roulette wheel spins | club | double exposure | establish character | frantic | gambling | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | parallelism | pedal tone | sequence | spinning |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | NIF - not in film | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | conflict | cut from film | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | evading | following | gangster | leading man | linear chromaticism | setup | shop | street | underscoring | walking |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Backing up | 0:40:37 - Rocky pulls a gun on the man following him | backing up | conflict | gangster | gun | leading man | mickey-mousing | ominous | sequence | shop |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:40:50 - Gangsters shoot their own man in phone booth | chromatic sequence | conflict | death | diminished 7th chord | falling | gangster | gun | gunshot | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | polychord | shooting | shop | sneaking | tense | voice-exchange |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Crowd rushing | 0:41:09 - Crowd rushes to the crime scene | chromatic sequence | conflict | crowd | dissonant bass | hurrying | mickey-mousing | running | street | tense |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Car slowing down | 0:42:10 - Car slows down | advance plot | arriving | car | gangster | garage | lawyer | linear chromaticism | mysterious | sequence | slowing | stopping |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Flyers | 1:12:27 - Montage of flyers for a public meeting | 42 chord | agitated | chromatic sequence | dissonant bass | dropping | flyer | flying | montage | montage |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:16:29 - Rocky shoots Mac and Frazier | agitated | attacking | casino | chaos | chasing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | climbing | conflict | crowd | death | dissonant bass | dramatic | dying | escaping | falling | fighting | gangster | gun | gunshot | half-diminished 7th chord | hurrying | jumping | landing | lawyer | leading man | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | police | rooftop | room | running | sequence | shooting | sneaking | sneaky | street | tone cluster | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Going up a ladder | 1:17:41 - Rocky climbs up an escape ladder | agitated | ascending | chromatic parallelism | climbing | conflict | dramatic | gangster | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | sequence | street | up |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Running on wall | 1:17:55 - Rocky runs on wall | agitated | chromatic scale | conflict | dramatic | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mickey-mousing | rooftop | running | sequence |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:19:00 - Rocky is trapped in a building | 42 chord | agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | escaping | fleeing | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | major 7th chord | police | running | sequence | stairwell | tone cluster | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Going up stairs | 1:19:27 - Rocky runs up the stairs | agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | gangster | leading man | major 7th chord | mickey-mousing | running | sequence | stairs | stairwell | up |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Pleading (Extended) | 1:21:00 - Jerry arrives on the scene | 9th chord | appoggiatura | arriving | chromatic sequence | circle of fifths | concerned | conflict | crowd | gun | gunshot | hurried | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | polychord | priest | pushing | street | yearning |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Rocky runs | 1:25:13 - Rocky makes a run for it | agitated | chromatic scale | conflict | falling | gangster | gun | gunshot | hostage | leading man | octatonic | priest | running | sequence | shooting | street | whole-tone chord |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:25:20 - Rocky throws his gun | capturing | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | gangster | gun | leading man | police | sequence | street | throwing | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Jerry (End Title) | 1:36:38 - End title | closing credits | diminished 7th chord | end title sequence | foreign key modulation | heroic | plagal cadence | triumphant |
| 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 |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Marcia Maestoso) | 0:08:58 - Eddie dreams | applauding | common-chord modulation | double exposure | dreaming | dream sequence | fragmentation | leading man | meter change | montage | reciting | thematic transformation | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Comical) | 0:09:17 - Eddie's dream ends abruptly | comical | double exposure | dream sequence | explosion | laughing | leading man | montage | student | transcribed by ear |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles (Dream Sequence) | 0:20:51 - Eddie dreams | advance plot | augmented sixth chord | cheerful | double exposure | dreaming | dream sequence | eating | fragmentation | half-diminished 7th chord | humming | leading man | room | scored source music | sequence | source music |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Moonbeams (Dream Sequence) | 0:27:23 - Eddie takes Flo home | added-note chord | advance plot | double exposure | dream sequence | entering | friend | hectic | kissing | leading man | mode mixture | romantic | source to score | street | transcribed by ear | waltz |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Dream Sequence) | 0:27:44 - Time passes | double exposure | dream sequence | fragmentation | hectic | montage | transcribed by ear |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Dream Sequence 2) | 0:27:51 - Time passes | double exposure | dream sequence | hectic | montage | pedal tone | transcribed by ear |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Montage) | 0:29:57 - Eddie drinks | angry | diminished 7th chord | double exposure | dreaming | dream sequence | drinking | fragmentation | gun | hectic | leading man | montage | pedal tone | room | sequence |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles (Listesso Tempo) | 0:30:13 - Eddie commits a crime | angry | chromatic scale | double exposure | dreaming | dream sequence | fragmentation | hectic | leading man | montage | room |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Moonbeams (Flashback) | 0:30:18 - Eddie dances with Flo | dance hall | dancing | double exposure | dream sequence | flashback | hectic | leading man | love interest | montage | room | waltz |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:30:25 - Eddie attacks boy | arguing | clock | dark | diminished 7th chord | double exposure | dream sequence | fighting | kissing | leading man | love interest | mickey-mousing | montage | ominous | pedal tone | stinger | ticking |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Newspaper Montage 2) | NIF - not in film | cut from film | dissonant bass | fragmentation | sequence | thematic transformation |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Transition 13) + Makes You Forget Your Troubles (Transition 13) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | added-note chord | chromatic sequence | common-tone diminished 7th | cut from film | dramatic | plagal cadence | somber |
| 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) | Here Comes the Bride (Marriage License Bureau) | 0:01:59 - "Marriage License Bureau" sign | 64 chord | arriving | calm | conversing | crowd | direct modulation | establish character | familiar tune | marriage | office | parallelism | reporter | romantic | sequence | spouse |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:03:34 - Hiding in a telephone booth | added-note chord | arguing | bystander | conversing | deceptive resolution | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | pump-up modulation | running | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:04:54 - Mortimer and Elaine rush off | establish character | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | marriage | office | rushed | rushing | self-borrowing | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:09:05 - Aunt Abby scurries across the room | aunt | crazy person | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | room | scurrying |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:12:26 - Reverend leaves | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | street |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (Lento) | 0:12:31 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | gentle | leading lady | mysterious | plotting | room | sequence | tender | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto) | 0:13:16 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | brother | cheerful | conversing | crazy person | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | plotting | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Allegretto) | 0:13:52 - The aunts run to the window | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | harmonic sequence | leading lady | mode mixture | pedal tone | room | running |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:14:10 - Mortimer calls to Elaine | added-note chord | aunt | bride | cemetery | conversing | deceptive resolution | driver | familiar tune | flirting | fragmentation | groom | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | pump-up modulation | rushed | rushing | sequence | source to score | street |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:15:36 - Mortimer and Elaine talk | added-note chord | bride | cemetery | conversing | familiar tune | flirting | fragmentation | groom | hurried | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | pump-up modulation | romantic | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating 2) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | cut from film | deceptive resolution | familiar tune | fragmentation | love scene | pump-up modulation | sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | NIF - not in film | cut from film | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land | 0:20:06 - Abby sings | advance plot | aunt | cheerful | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | room | score to source | sequence | singing | source music |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:39:01 - The aunts talk | advance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | room | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Grazioso Con Moto) | 0:52:20 - The aunts move through the kitchen | advance plot | aunt | calm | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | pleasant | room |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts | 0:53:55 - Aunt Abby goes to the front door | advance plot | aunt | brother | calm | crazy person | darkness | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | silhouette | staring | upbeat | walking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:58:10 - Someone knocks at the door | advance plot | brother | chromatic scale | conversing | corpse | crazy person | darkness | doctor | knocking | leading man | murderer | pc set | room | sequence | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Here Comes the Bride (Tense) | 0:58:28 - Elaine comes in the door | advance plot | bride | calling | darkness | entering | familiar tune | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | room | sequence | sneaking | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:01:21 - They take Elaine into the cellar | 9th chord | aunt | bride | brother | chromatic scale | conflict | crazy person | darkness | diminished 7th chord | doctor | dramatic | fear | fighting | gagging | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | metric dissonance | murderer | oscillation | room | running | self-borrowing | struggling | suspenseful | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Panic | 1:31:48 - Einstein agrees to do the torture | alcohol | brother | captive | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | crazy person | doctor | dramatic | fear | leading man | murderer | oscillation | panicked | panicking | polychord | room | sequence | split-third chord | tense | torturing | victim |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (The End) | 1:57:05 - Mortimer carries Elaine away | altered dominant | bride | countermelody | driver | end title sequence | familiar tune | groom | kissing | leading lady | leading man | resolution | street | The End | upbeat |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Happy Land (March) | 1:57:20 - Cast list | cast list | countermelody | end title sequence | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| 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 |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (The End) | 1:53:36 - The end | bold | end title sequence | The End | triumphant |
| 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 |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | The Chase 1 | 0:29:26 - Philip escapes from prison | augmented triad | dark | escaping | frantic | leading man | montage | montage | prisoner | sequence | train | transcribed by ear | traveling | whole-tone scale |
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 |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Waltz (The End) | 1:10:18 - Philip leaves | detective | end title sequence | fugitive | leading man | leaving | mode mixture | secondary dominant | transcribed by ear | triumphant | waltz |
His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Morning Glory Fanfare (The End) | 1:10:32 - The End | bold | end title sequence | fanfare | The End | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
| 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 |
City for Conquest (1940) | Sidewalks of New York (The End) | 1:43:24 - The End | conversing | end title sequence | grand | old man | soliloquy | The End |
City for Conquest (1940) | Tone Poem A1 (End Cast) + Tone Poem A2 (End Cast) | 1:43:34 - End cast list | end credits | end title sequence | jazz | upbeat |
| 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) | Escaping | 0:28:32 - Frankie runs and hides | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | dramatic | escape | escaping | hiding | mickey-mousing | police | reformatory | running | sequence | sneaking | teenager | tense | tone cluster |
Crime School (1938) | The Warden (The Guards) | 0:29:34 - Warden's guards run to catch Frankie | 64 chord | anguished | barbed wire fence | battle call | capturing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | dragging | dramatic | escape | falling | pc set | police | reformatory | running | sequence | teenager | tense | warden |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (Mechanical) | 0:54:46 - Boys get to work | 13th chord | action scene | added-note chord | altered dominant | boiler room | coal | danger | fire | fire | frantic | gang | gauge | heat | hurrying | mechanical | reformatory | sequence | shoveling | smoke | teenager | temperature | temperature | working |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (Explosion) | 0:56:04 - The boiler explodes | 13th chord | action scene | added-note chord | boiler room | collapsing | escaping | exploding | explosion | foreign key modulation | frantic | gang | mechanical | reformatory | running | sequence | teenager | tense | worker | yelling |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Troubled) | 1:07:37 - Frankie is troubled about his sister | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | conversing | gang | reformatory | teenager | thinking | troubled | worried |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Whispering) | 1:10:38 - Frankie hears voices | anxious | fragmentation | gun | hearing voices | insanity | mad scene | mental breakdown | ostinato | pc set | reformatory | sequence | sound mass | teenager | tone cluster | whispering | worrying |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Sneaky) | 1:13:28 - Frankie sneaks in with his gun | breaking in | conflict | distortion | fragmentation | gun | room | sequence | sneaking | teenager | tense |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:31 - Frankie fights Spike | agitated | arguing | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | fighting | gang | hero | leading man | sequence | street | teenager | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (Allegretto) | 1:24:18 - Boys talk about Sue | 9th chord | chromatic parallelism | conversing | courthouse | fragmentation | gang | optimistic | resolution | sequence | teenager |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (End Title) | 1:24:33 - Cast list | bluesy | closing credits | end title sequence | not by Steiner | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (End Credits) | 1:24:49 - Cast list | added-note chord | bluesy | chromatic parallelism | closing credits | end title sequence | Gershwinesque | mode mixture | not by Steiner | upbeat |
| 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 |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Street | 0:14:31 - Newspaper boy on street | 64 chord | chromatic sequence | dark | newspaper | newspaper boy | selling | street | tense | transition |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Date picking | 0:25:21 - Boys picking dates | 9th chord | establish character | light | ranch | sequence | step modulation | teenager | working |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Ashamed) | 1:03:55 - Johnnie tells them he can't fight | 9th chord | conflict | dark | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | somber | teenager |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:05:52 - Johnny talks to Peggy | conflict | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | lying | room | tense | underscoring |
| 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 |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Charlie (Extended) | 0:11:41 - Charlie talks to inmates | chromatic parallelism | dark | drunk | establish character | leading man | prison | prisoner | sequence | slapping | stinger | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Agitated) | 0:14:22 - Joe argues with Mabel | agitated | arguing | barn | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | prisoner | sequence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Dolceeessimo) | NIF - not in film | barn | cut from film | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | intervallic expansion | love scene | pedal tone | sequence | sweet |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Expressivo) | 0:23:38 - Joe and Mabel talk | 9th chord | added-note chord | augmented sixth chord | barn | common-tone diminished 7th | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mode mixture | romantic | secondary dominant | sequence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Running Away) | 0:25:55 - Joe and Mabel run | 64 chord | barn | conflict | diminution | dramatic | leading lady | leading man | running | sequence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Here Comes the Bride (Modulating) | 0:29:02 - Joe and Mabel run to the courthouse | added-note chord | deceptive resolution | excited | familiar tune | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | marriage | pump-up modulation | romance | romantic | running | sequence | street |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Here Comes the Bride (Triple) | 0:30:31 - Man talks to Joe and Mabel | 9th chord | 64 chord | chromatic parallelism | courthouse | familiar tune | leading lady | leading man | love scene | marriage | producer | pump-up modulation | romantic | sequence | street |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | The Poster | 0:40:39 - Joe and Mabel see a sign for the train | chromatic sequence | comedy | comical | laughing | leading lady | leading man | runaway | sign | street |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Whistling (Suspenseful) | 0:46:25 - Mabel looks out the window | anxious | cheerful | concerned | create suspense | harmonic sequence | leading lady | leading man | on-screen music | police | polytonality | room | scored source music | source music | whistling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Not In Film) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | conflict | cut from film | sequence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Sehr Ominous) | 0:56:14 - Joe walks towards the shop | 9th chord | chromatic parallelism | crime scene | criminal | leading man | mysterious | sequence | shop | shopkeeper | street | walking |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Headlines | 1:03:23 - Headline about the robbery | advance plot | augmented triad | chromatic sequence | diner | dramatic | newspaper | newspaper boy | selling | street |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Mysterioso) | 1:05:26 - Joe talks to Mike | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | dark | leading man | linear chromaticism | newspaper editor | office | ominous | somber |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Gangsters walk | 1:10:26 - The gangsters walk to their car | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | conflict | gangster | mickey-mousing | newspaper editor | street | tense | walking |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Appassionatissimo) | 1:13:14 - Joe makes a run for it | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | climax | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | escaping | hospital | intervallic expansion | leading lady | leading man | runaway | sequence | tense |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Delicate) | 1:22:18 - Mabel rises to testify for Joe | courtroom | crowd | delicate | judge | jury | leading lady | leading man | sequence | somber | suspect | trial |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Train) | 1:26:17 - Joe and Mabel on the train | 11th chord | added-note chord | happy | leading lady | leading man | resolution | sequence | train | train | traveling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (The End) | 1:26:45 - "The End" | closing credits | end title sequence | foreign key modulation | happy | leading lady | leading man | The End | train | traveling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (End Credits) | 1:26:54 - End credits | altered dominant | closing credits | common-tone diminished 7th | end title sequence | upbeat |
| 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 |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Creeping | 0:04:47 - Two men sneak up behind Frank | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | conflict | creeping | gangster | mickey-mousing | mysterious | pizzicato | sneaking | street | walking |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:06:06 - Crowd accuses Frank of murder | 9th chord | accusing | car crash | conflict | crowd | dissonant bass | dramatic | hero | injury | leading man | linear chromaticism | police | reporter | sequence | shaking | street | underscoring | yelling |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Calendar Pages | 0:59:53 - Pages falling from a calendar | calendar | chromatic parallelism | diminished 7th chord | falling | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | mysterious | prisoner | sequence |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | On the Make | 1:31:02 - Closing credits | 9th chord | 11th chord | ABAB structure | added-note chord | altered dominant | closing credits | end title sequence | jaunty | linear chromaticism | self-borrowing |
| 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 |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Extended) | 0:30:27 - Field overhears people talking about Titus | advance plot | chromatic sequence | dark | leading man | mysterious | newspaper | parallelism | reading | self-borrowing | street | townsfolk |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Triste) | 0:34:10 - Field tells Lane he is getting married | breaking up | breakup | café | chromatic sequence | dark | leading lady | leading man | major 7th chord | mysterious | self-borrowing | somber | waitress |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Agitato) | 0:37:11 - Lane goes to confront Titus | agitated | angry | chromatic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | self-borrowing | street | transition | walking |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Train + Titus (Rising) | 0:42:43 - Field and Annabelle in a train car | combination of themes | dark | dramatic | fiancée | leading man | montage | montage | ostinato | self-borrowing | sequence | train | train | traveling |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Flamingo Road (Misterioso) + Titus | 1:04:33 - Titus talks to Dan | advance plot | combination of themes | conversing | distortion | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | politician | room | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Appassionato | 1:19:10 - Dan argues with Lane | arguing | chromatic parallelism | conflict | diminished 7th chord | harmonic sequence | husband | leading lady | leading man | passionate | politician | room | wife | yearning |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Rising Tension) | 1:30:09 - Lane confronts Titus | arguing | climax | club | dark | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | ominous | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Ostinato 3) | 1:31:25 - Titus holds a gun on Lane | climax | club | dramatic | fighting | gun | gunshot | leading lady | menacing | ostinato | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | struggling | tense | threatening |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Climax) | 1:31:43 - Lane struggles with Titus | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | climax | club | dramatic | fighting | gun | gunshot | leading lady | major 7th chord | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | struggling | tense |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus 2 (Sinks) | 1:31:50 - Titus collapses to the floor | climax | club | death | dying | falling | gun | gunshot | leading lady | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | sinking | tragic |
| 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) | Love Theme (End Title) | 1:36:17 - End title credits | cast list | cheerful | end title sequence | waltz |
| 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 |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Lying) | 0:23:40 - Gypo lies about where he got the money | advance plot | antagonist | chromatic sequence | conversing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | lying | octatonic | pub | Scotch snap | tense |
The Informer (1935) | The Wearin' o' the Green (Fighting) | 1:03:51 - Gypo struggles with the rebels | 64 chord | advance plot | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | conversing | dominant 7th chord | drunk | familiar tune | fighting | folk song | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | reassuring | rebel | sequence | street | struggling | syncopation |
The Informer (1935) | Dan and Mary (Descending) | 1:05:08 - Mary enters, looking for Dan | chromatic sequence | courtroom scene | dissonant bass | down | headquarters | hero | love interest | love theme | mickey-mousing | romantic | stairs | street | suspect | walking |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Despair) | 1:16:18 - Gypo confesses and cries | antagonist | climax | confessing | confession | courtroom | courtroom scene | crying | dissonant bass | guilt | headquarters | leading man | remorseful | room | sequence | traitor |
The Informer (1935) | Gypo runs away | 1:21:26 - Gypo runs and hides | agitated | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | diminished 7th chord | hiding | leading man | mickey-mousing | running | sequence | street | tense | traitor | transition |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Up the Stairs) | 1:21:35 - Gypo goes up the stairs | 64 chord | agitated | antagonist | chromatic sequence | fragmentation | hallway | hiding | leading man | mickey-mousing | running | sequence | stairs | tense | traitor | transition | up |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Allegro Appassionato) | 1:22:20 - Gypo talks to Katie | antagonist | confessing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | room | sequence | tense | traitor |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Dolcissimo) | 1:22:57 - Gypo talks to Katie | antagonist | chromatic sequence | leading lady | leading man | love | love interest | love scene | romantic | room | traitor | yearning |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Begging) | 1:24:42 - Katie pleads for Gypo | 64 chord | advance plot | begging | leading lady | love interest | rebel | room | sequence | serious | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Begging | 1:25:13 - Katie pleads for Gypo | advance plot | begging | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | leading lady | love interest | pedal tone | rebel | room | sequence | serious | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Dan and Mary (Begging) | 1:25:53 - Katie talks to Mary about loving Gypo | advance plot | begging | gentle | leading lady | love interest | rebel | room | sequence | tender |
The Informer (1935) | Begging 2 | 1:26:41 - Katie begs for Gypo's life | advance plot | anxiety | begging | chromatic scale | despair | leading lady | love interest | rebel | room | sequence | tense |
The Informer (1935) | Katie (Furioso) | 1:26:55 - Katie becomes desperate | advance plot | anxiety | begging | chromatic parallelism | despair | dissonant bass | fragmentation | leading lady | love interest | rebel | room | sentence form | sequence | tense | whole-tone chord |
| 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 (Grandioso) | 1:40:06 - The End | end title sequence | fanfare | The End | triumphant |
| 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) | Leslie (Shimmery) | 0:02:57 - Leslie stands over the dead body | cloud | death | half-diminished 7th chord | home | moon | murder | murderer | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | parallelism | plantation | sequence | suspension | watching |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Revolver) | 0:03:43 - A pistol lies on the steps | changing meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gun | harmonic sequence | home | murderer | murder scene | oscillation | sequential modulation | servant | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Lacework) | 0:04:55 - Worker picks up Leslie's lacework | changing meter | crying | foreign key modulation | home | leading lady | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rising) + Deception | 0:13:28 - Leslie continues her story | advance plot | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | crying | dramatic | emotional | home | leading lady | oscillation | ostinato | passionate | pc set | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Risoluto) | 0:14:07 - Leslie continues her story | advance plot | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | fragmentation | home | leading lady | pc set | polychord | recounting | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:14:31 - The scene of the crime | advance plot | changing meter | composer reference | dramatic | home | leading lady | oscillation | point of view | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Screwyoso) | 0:14:42 - The bottom of the stairs | advance plot | common-chord modulation | dramatic | emotional | home | leading lady | point of view | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Sarcastic) | 0:15:10 - Robert comforts Leslie | advance plot | chromatic sequence | conversing | dissonant bass | home | leading lady | mysterious | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Shimmery 2) | 0:18:55 - Leslie stares at the full moon | changing meter | home | leading lady | love scene | moon | mysterious | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | staring | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Appassionato) | 0:19:26 - Leslie closes the blinds | changing meter | dramatic | emotional | home | leading lady | linear chromaticism | love scene | sequence | walking |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Sarcastic) | 0:19:45 - Robert looks at Leslie | chromatic sequence | dissonant bass | glance | home | leading lady | longing | love scene | mysterious | sequence | staring |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Delicato) | 0:21:46 - Men admire needlepoint | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | delicate | foreign key modulation | gentle | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | minor-major 7th chord | oscillation | polychord | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Sarcastic) | 0:22:41 - Leslie and Howard leave | advance plot | chromatic sequence | dissonant bass | home | lawyer | leading lady | leaving | mysterious | passionate | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Screwyoso 2) | 0:30:23 - Howard grabs the letter | advance plot | lawyer | letter | mysterious | office | sequence | tense | thinking |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tense) | 0:34:20 - Howard tells Leslie about the letter | 9th chord | altered dominant | chromatic parallelism | conversing | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | suspenseful | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rising) + Deception | 0:34:47 - Howard gives Leslie the letter | altered dominant | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | deception | denying | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | oscillation | ostinato | pc set | pivotal scene | prison | reading | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Risoluto) | 0:35:11 - Leslie reacts angrily to the letter | arguing | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | deception | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | oscillation | pc set | pivotal scene | polychord | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Agitato) | 0:36:08 - Leslie talks to Howard | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pc set | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Letter (Frantic) | 0:36:16 - Leslie admits to writing the letter | chromatic sequence | deception | lawyer | leading lady | letter | lying | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Risoluto) | 0:37:07 - Howard reads the letter to Leslie | anxious | augmented triad | buildup | chromatic parallelism | fearful | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pc set | pivotal scene | polychord | prison | reading | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:37:21 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | changing meter | climax | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Screwyoso) | 0:37:34 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | chromatic sequence | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Shimmery 3) | 0:37:54 - Howard talks to Leslie | anxious | conversing | fearful | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | pivotal scene | prison | sequence | sequential modulation | stinger | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Triste) | 0:38:57 - Howard helps Leslie recover | advance plot | calm | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Con Moto) | 0:39:25 - Leslie asks Howard about the letter | advance plot | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Plotting) | 0:39:32 - Howard and Leslie plot their next move | 9th chord | advance plot | buildup | changing meter | chromatic sequence | fragmentation | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | minor-major 7th chord | ominous | oscillation | plotting | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Law Office (The Plea) | 0:40:00 - Howard asks Leslie to be honest | 9th chord | advance plot | anxious | artwork in score | chromatic sequence | conversing | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | refusing | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Despair) | 0:40:33 - Leslie despairs | advance plot | anxious | changing meter | conversing | despair | dissonant bass | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rising) + Deception | 0:40:57 - Leslie talks to Howard | advance plot | angry | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | conversing | deception | hospital | lawyer | leading lady | letter | sequence | staring | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Lacework 2) | 0:52:07 - Leslie does her lacework | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | foreign key modulation | home | lacework | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | oscillation | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Ethereal) | 0:52:33 - Howard and Leslie talk | advance plot | chromatic sequence | conversing | home | lawyer | leading lady | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 0:52:55 - Howard and Leslie talk | advance plot | changing meter | conversing | home | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B | 0:53:10 - Howard and Leslie talk | advance plot | conversing | home | lawyer | leading lady | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Leaving) | 0:53:20 - Howard and Leslie leave the house | added-note chord | fragmentation | lawyer | leading lady | leaving | mysterious | plantation | sequence | sequential modulation | transition |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Screwyoso) | 0:53:35 - Howard and Leslie walk away | lawyer | leading lady | leaving | oscillation | plantation | sequence | tense | transition |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie + Glass Curtains | 1:01:27 - Leslie removes her shawl | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | conversing | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | oscillation | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B + Glass Curtains | 1:01:57 - Leslie approaches Mrs. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | walking | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Dark) + Glass Curtains | 1:02:50 - Leslie looks at the letter | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | curtain | dark | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Restless) | 1:14:42 - Robert asks about the letter | arguing | conflict | fragmentation | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | lying | major 7th chord | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Wild) | 1:14:57 - Robert waits for a response | 9th chord | arguing | augmented major 7th chord | chromatic parallelism | conflict | distress | fragmentation | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | lying | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Molto Agitato) | 1:15:28 - Robert argues with Leslie | arguing | chromatic parallelism | conflict | distress | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | oscillation | pc set | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:45 - Robert asks to see the letter | arguing | augmented triad | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | pc set | sequence | tense | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Confession) | 1:16:36 - Leslie confesses to Robert | confessing | conflict | dark | half-diminished 7th chord | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | ostinato | recounting | sequence | serious | tritone | tritone oscillation |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Rising) + Deception | 1:17:52 - Leslie confesses to Robert | augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | ostinato | recounting | sequence | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Tragic) | 1:17:59 - Leslie confesses to Robert | changing meter | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence | sequential modulation | suspension |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie B (Ethereal) | 1:18:13 - Leslie confesses to Robert | chromatic sequence | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Dramatic) | 1:18:32 - Leslie confesses to Robert | confessing | conflict | crying | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie + Foxtrot No. 3 | 1:25:08 - Leslie looks out the window | added-note chord | climax | combination of themes | common-chord modulation | dance music | foreign key modulation | foxtrot | home | lacework | leading lady | obsession | obsessive | oscillation | sequence | source music | tense | thinking |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Distraught) | 1:25:39 - Leslie cries | augmented sixth chord | climax | crying | dramatic | emotional | foreign key modulation | home | leading lady | oscillation | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Deception (Lohengreenish) | 1:28:01 - Leslie reacts to Robert's forgiveness | chromatic mediant | climax | conversing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | home | husband | kissing | leading lady | ostinato | retardation | romantic | sequence | suspension | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Very Slow) | 1:29:01 - Leslie rejects Robert | augmented sixth chord | changing meter | climax | enharmonic respelling | home | leading lady | oscillation | sequence | somber | stern | weeping |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Climactic) | 1:30:02 - Leslie sees that the knife is gone | climax | dagger | door | home | leading lady | looking | oscillation | passionate | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (The Moon) | 1:31:36 - Leslie sees the moon go behind a cloud | climax | cloud | crying | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | looking | moon | oscillation | pc set | plantation | sequence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Fast) + Foxtrot No. 3 | 1:34:18 - Leslie's lacework | calm | combination of themes | dance music | fragmentation | lacework | oscillation | plantation | pump-up modulation | resolution | sequence | source music |
The Letter (1940) | Letter | 1:34:41 - End credits | changing meter | closing credits | dramatic | end title sequence | minor-major 7th chord | oscillation | plagal cadence |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (End Title) | 1:34:44 - End credits | closing credits | dramatic | end title sequence | plagal cadence |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby + Funeral March | 0:02:32 - Vergie in her jail cell | classical music | combination of themes | funeral | funeral march | leading lady | plagal cadence | pondering | prison | prisoner | sequence | somber | source music | suspect | watching |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Joan) | 0:50:31 - Joan enters Vergie's shop | advance plot | child | conversing | daughter | distortion | entering | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | meeting | mother | octatonic scale | reunion | secret | shop | timid |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Old Lavender | 1:00:07 - Joan and Ranny talk | 9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | conversing | daughter | direct modulation | harmonic sequence | light | love interest | love scene | optimistic | proposal | proposing | room | transcribed by ear |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Agitated) | 1:01:27 - John and Laura argue about Joan | agitated | arguing | common-tone diminished 7th | conflict | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | leading man | octatonic scale | room | tense | transcribed by ear | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Old Lavender | 1:02:11 - Joan and Ranny enter | 9th chord | added-note chord | altered dominant | arguing | common-chord modulation | conflict | conversing | daughter | direct modulation | harmonic sequence | leading man | light | love interest | optimistic | room | surprise | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Resolution) | 1:21:03 - Joan talks about her mother | added-note chord | calm | conversing | crying | daughter | end title sequence | husband | peaceful | prison | redemption | resolution | The End | triumphant |
| 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 |
Rockabye (1932) | Sleep, My Sweet (The End) | 1:07:07 - The end | calm | common-tone diminished 7th | end title sequence | lullaby | mode mixture |
| 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 |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Boxing poster | 0:00:41 - Boxing poster | 64 chord | augmentation | chromatic sequence | diminution | establish character | jaunty | poster | street | zoom in |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Kid Galahad (Montage) | 0:46:47 - Montage of newspaper headlines | 64 chord | advance plot | appoggiatura | boxer | boxing | boxing ring | cheering | chromatic parallelism | fanfare | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | heroic | leading man | montage | newspaper |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Heart's Affair | 0:49:16 - Marie speaks with her mother | advance plot | altered dominant | conversing | harmonic sequence | home | mode mixture | mother | newspaper | romantic | sister | transcribed by ear | yearning |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Doublecross | 1:15:33 - Nick reads a newspaper headline | advance plot | driving | hotel | manager | newspaper | not by Steiner | passionate | reading | sequence | transcribed by ear |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Kid Galahad (End Title) | 1:41:09 - End cast | 9th chord | added-note chord | common-tone diminished 7th | end title sequence | fanfare | jaunty | march-like | mode mixture | plagal cadence |
| 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 |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (End Cast) | 1:48:07 - Closing credits | closing credits | dramatic | end title sequence | ostinato | turbulent |
| 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 |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Glissando) | 0:02:20 - David rides his bike home | bicycle | classical music | establish character | familiar tune | fragmentation | glissando | Haydn | hero | playful | quotation | score to source | sequence | source music | street |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Appassionato | 0:03:13 - Gerald is scolded by his mother | antagonist | boy | child | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | deceptive resolution | dominant 7th chord | establish character | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | hero | home | linear chromaticism | mother | passionate | scolding | sequence | telling a story | tense |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Playful | 0:04:39 - David asks his son to find a cat | boy | child | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hero | home | playful | sequence | step modulation |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tommy (Recovering) | 0:09:17 - David tells Tommy he is allergic to cats | 11th chord | boy | cat | cheerful | doctor | establish character | fragmentation | hero | office | playful | sequence |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Tenderness | 0:13:40 - David talks to Leni | 64 chord | doctor | establish character | friendly | hero | heroine | mode mixture | room | sequence | tender |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Glissando) | 0:22:35 - David rides home on his bike | advance plot | bicycle | classical music | familiar tune | fragmentation | glissando | happy | Haydn | hero | home | peaceful | quotation | sequence | walking |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Lighting the House) | 0:23:40 - David lights candles in the house | advance plot | boy | candle | child | chromatic sequence | classical music | dissonant bass | familiar tune | father | Haydn | helping | hero | home | lighting | positive | quotation | working |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (Crying) | 0:45:45 - Leni kisses Gerald | 9th chord | 64 chord | advance plot | antagonist | boy | child | crying | deceptive resolution | familiar tune | folk song | fragmentation | German | heroine | home | leaving | mode mixture | mother | quotation | room | sequence | somber | tritone |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (Allegretto) | 1:14:16 - David helps Leni buy a ticket | advance plot | classical music | conversing | familiar tune | fragmentation | gentle | Haydn | hero | heroine | optimistic | pedal tone | quotation | sequence | sweet | train station |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:37:44 - David and Leni talk | conversing | harmonic sequence | hero | heroine | love scene | prison | somber | triadic transformation | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Fainting | 1:40:41 - Leni faints | added-note chord | fainting | falling | hero | heroine | love scene | mickey-mousing | prison | sequence | tense |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Frohe Botschaft (The End) | 1:51:01 - The End | 9th chord | end title sequence | familiar tune | folk song | German | grand | home | mode mixture | quotation | room | suspension | The End |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Surprise Symphony (The End) | 1:51:13 - Closing credits | bold | classical music | closing credits | end title sequence | familiar tune | Haydn | on-screen music | quotation | source music | transcribed by ear | whistling |
| 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 |
High Stakes (1931) | Love's Old Sweet Song | 1:08:36 - End titles | calm | end title sequence | 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 |
The Public Defender (1931) | Mystery (End Title) | 1:08:56 - A kiss and The End | arguing | end title sequence | kissing | leading man | mode mixture | pedal tone | romantic | room | The End | transcribed by ear |
| 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 |
Three Who Loved (1931) | Love Dream | 1:03:22 - The End | appoggiatura | end title sequence | self-borrowing | The End | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
| 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 |
Transgression (1931) | Main Title (Ending) | 1:09:15 - The End | embracing | end title sequence | gentle | happy | husband | leading lady | pleasant | The End | 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 |
Hell’s Highway (1932) | Liberty Road | 1:01:16 - The End / Cast of Characters | calm | end title sequence | prison | spiritual | The End |
| 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 |
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Bide-More Alma Mater | 1:05:33 - End titles | end title sequence | source music | The End | 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 |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Keyhole (Gossip) | 0:01:35 - Man and woman argue about a newspaper story | arguing | argument | dramatic | establish setting | gossip | newspaper | room | sequence | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Sailing of the Olympic | 0:15:16 - William on the deck of a busy ship | AB structure | advance plot | boat | bustling | chromatic sequence | crowd | hurried | leading man | metric dissonance | parallelism | searching | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Sailing of the Olympic (Commotion) | 0:16:39 - Four people talk at once to Mildred | advance plot | arguing | argument | boat | chromatic sequence | eavesdropping | hurried | leading lady | leading man | metric dissonance | parallelism | tense | transcribed by ear |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | You Bunch of Fun (Serious) | 1:05:05 - Cast of Characters / The End | calm | closing credits | end title sequence | popular music | The End | 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 |
Men of America (1932) | Lady with a Past Fox Trot | 0:56:42 - The End | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | The End | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
| 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 |
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Run Around | 1:01:51 - The End | 9th chord | altered dominant | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | The End | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| 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 |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Serenade | 0:56:57 - The End and Cast of Characters | closing credits | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | The End | upbeat |
| 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 |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Blues (The End) | 1:18:41 - The End | blue note | blues | bluesy | end title sequence | Gershwinesque | The End | 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 Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Lady | 0:20:17 - People talk at a party | 9th chord | AAB structure | advance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | dinner | party | peaceful | radio | sequence | transcribed by ear |
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Spy Song | 1:15:20 - Cast list / The End | closing credits | end title sequence | somber | The End | 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 |
The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | Lady | 1:12:12 - End titles | common-tone diminished 7th | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | sentimental | The End |
| 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 |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Thirteen Women (Destiny) | 0:07:52 - Ursula talks to the swami | antagonist | common-chord modulation | conversing | destiny | establish character | fortune teller | harmonic sequence | leading lady | predicting | relative key | room | somber | swami | 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 |
Emergency Call (1933) | Theme from Cimarron | 1:00:41 - The end | added-note chord | closing credits | dramatic | end title sequence | The End | transcribed by ear |
| 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 |
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) | End Title | 1:04:02 - The End | end title sequence | The End | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
| 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 |
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Blackboard Murder (End Titles) | 1:10:39 - The End | added-note chord | augmented triad | end title sequence | grand | The End | transcribed by ear |
| 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 |
Star of Midnight (1935) | Midnight in Manhattan (The End) | 1:29:03 - The End | augmented sixth chord | end title sequence | The End | transcribed by ear | triumphant |
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