| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:52:48 - Jonathan comes in the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | dark | darkness | dissonant bass | doctor | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | staring | tense |
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 (Mysterious) | 0:54:01 - Aunt Abby goes up the stairs | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | darkness | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | silhouette | staring | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | The Aunts (Molto Misterioso) | 0:54:12 - Aunt Abby faces Jonathan | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | darkness | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallel 63s | pedal tone | room | staring | walking |
| Beyond the Forest (1949) | Threat | 1:16:14 - Rosa lunges forward | advance plot | dark | harsh | leading lady | lunging | murderer | ominous | room | staring | stinger | threatening | violent |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Kiss | 0:51:58 - Barry kisses Libby | convict | dog | embracing | exciting | falling in love scene | forest | fugitive | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mickey-mousing | staring |
Deep Valley (1947) | Deep Valley | 0:52:10 - Barry kisses Libby again | convict | dog | embracing | falling in love scene | forest | fugitive | gentle | kissing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | romantic | staring |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Slowly) | 0:43:04 - Lane lies in bed | leading lady | montage | montage | prison | prisoner | staring | tragic |
| The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:04:22 - Close-up on Katie | establish character | leading lady | linear chromaticism | mysterious | staring | street | underscoring |
The Informer (1935) | Katie | 0:04:31 - Katie walks down the street | establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | parallelism | seductive | staring | street | sultry | walking |
The Informer (1935) | Katie Calls Gypo | 0:05:38 - Katie says Gypo's name | conversing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | somber | staring | street |
The Informer (1935) | Blood Money (Delicato) | 0:28:43 - Gypo drops four coins on the floor | antagonist | augmented triad | coin | dropping | leading man | mickey-mousing | money | mourner | pivotal scene | room | staring | tense | whole-tone |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Tense) | 0:29:21 - Gypo defends himself | antagonist | coin | leading man | money | mourner | mysterious | pivotal scene | room | Scotch snap | staring | tense | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Informer (1935) | The Informer (Suspicion) | 0:29:47 - Gypo leaves the wake | 64 chord | antagonist | coin | crying | dissonant bass | dropping | giving | leading man | leaving | mickey-mousing | money | mourner | pivotal scene | room | Scotch snap | sigh gesture | somber | staring |
| Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:40:21 - Nora spits in Rocco's face | angry | boss | conflict | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | spitting | staring | stinger | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco + Tension | 0:46:48 - Rocco's grinning face | boss | combination of themes | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | staring | tense | threatening | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Extended) | 0:47:08 - Mr. Temple asks for the gun | boss | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | staring | tense | threatening | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Conflict) | 0:47:39 - Gaye looks terrified | boss | conflict | danger | father | fear | gangster | gun | horror | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | look of horror | moll | staring | stinger | threatening | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 2 (Menacing) | 0:52:59 - Rocco stares at McCloud and Nora | advance plot | boss | dark | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | menacing | staring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:59:37 - McCloud and Gaye exchange glances | boss | develop character | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | staring | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:16:54 - Close-ups on McCloud and Rocco | boss | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | leading man | staring | tense | underscoring |
| 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) | 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 (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) | Glass Curtains | 0:59:08 - Mrs. Hammond enters through the glass curtain | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | conflict | curtain | entering | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond + Glass Curtains | 1:00:13 - Leslie faces Mrs. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | conversing | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | paying | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | waiting | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
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) | Glass Curtains | 1:02:21 - Leslie faces Mr. Hammond | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | conflict | confronting | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Mrs. Hammond (Contempt) + Glass Curtains | 1:02:40 - Leslie stoops down to pick up the letter | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | contempt | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | staring | stooping | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | 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) | Mrs. Hammond (Solemn) + Glass Curtains | 1:03:08 - Leslie and Howard leave | antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | solemn | staring | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:26:07 - Leslie talks to Robert | climax | conversing | home | husband | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | oscillation | pedal tone | staring | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Leslie (Ethereal) | 1:26:36 - Leslie and Robert look at each other | climax | home | husband | leading lady | oscillation | pc set | pedal tone | staring | tense |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:26:52 - Leslie talks to Robert | climax | conversing | home | husband | leading lady | staring | tense | underscoring |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly and Trev (Smile) | 0:20:20 - Shelly looks at Trev | actor | calm | establish character | leading lady | leading man | looking | morning | peaceful | room | sleeping | smiling | staring | suspect | thinking | waking |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Trev (Triste) | 0:38:59 - Trev enters the store | actor | advance plot | arriving | leading lady | leading man | looking | somber | staring | store | suspect | watching | whispering | worker |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Stunned Reaction | 1:23:44 - Mildred is stunned after Veda slaps her | angry | antagonist | conflict | daughter | dramatic | heroine | leading lady | pc set | room | staring | stunned | violence |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Agitated) | 0:53:11 - Chris sees the place where the body was | advance plot | distressed | fearful | leading lady | obsession | ostinato | room | sequential modulation | staring |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Menacing) | 1:12:25 - Bob sees the statue | antagonist | husband | menacing | monophonic | ostinato | pivotal scene | realizing | revealing | room | sequence | staring | statue | threatening | unveiling | widow |
| White Heat (1949) | Madness (Agitato) | 1:15:59 - Cody looks at Verna | agitated | anger | death | gangster | leading lady | leading man | lying | moll | murderer | murder scene | staring | stinger | tense | yard |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:19:20 - Big Ed's body falls down the stairs | dark | death | dramatic | falling | fugitive | gangster | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mickey-mousing | moll | murderer | murder scene | panning shot | room | stairs | staring | statue | stinger | undercover agent | underscoring | watching |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Asylum + Ann + Hypnosis | 1:26:10 - Count Fosco hypnotizes Laura | antagonist | asylum | combination of themes | criminal | dark | husband | hypnosis | hypnotist | hypnotizing | leading lady | leading man | mad scene | murderer | shrill | staring | victim |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann | 1:26:55 - Laura speaks to Count Fosco | antagonist | asylum | criminal | husband | hypnosis | hypnotist | hypnotizing | leading lady | leading man | mad scene | murderer | mysterious | staring | victim |
| Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:39:42 - Grace turns on the radio | AABA structure | arriving | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | confronting | conversing | gangster | gun | leading man | moll | murderer | murder scene | popular music | room | source music | staring | threatening |
Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles (Dream Sequence) | 0:39:59 - Bob (Bat) pulls a gun on Grace | augmented sixth chord | cheerful | confronting | fragmentation | frantic | gangster | gun | gunshot | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mirror shot | moll | murder | murderer | murder scene | popular music | reacting | room | screaming | sequence | shooting | simulated source music | source music | staring | tense | threatening | victim |
Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Makes You Forget Your Troubles | 0:40:17 - Grace is shot | AABA structure | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | gangster | gun | leading man | mirror shot | moll | murder | murderer | murder scene | planning | popular music | room | source music | staring | victim |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff | 0:13:51 - Bob looks at Zaroff | castle | count | establish character | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | walking | watching |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Centaur | 0:13:56 - Bob sees a centaur on the tapestry | castle | count | establish character | jump scare | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | stinger | tapestry |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Staring) | 0:14:08 - The Count watches Bob | castle | count | establish character | leading man | mute | ominous | servant | staring | walking | watching |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Zaroff (Slowly) + Russian Waltz + The Iron Door | 0:39:04 - Zaroff stares at Bob and Eve | action scene | combination of themes | count | jungle | ominous | smoking | staring | villain | watching |
| Caged (1950) | Isolation Ward (Dark) | 1:17:27 - Shadows on Marie's face | dark | departing | dissonant bass | guard | isolation | leading lady | mad scene | mysterious | ominous | oscillation | polychord | prison | prisoner | shadow | solitary | staring | uneasy | walking |
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