| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Desperation | 0:00:08 - Starring list | dark | dissonant bass | opening title sequence | parallelism | serious | starring list | transition |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Beyond the Forest (1949) | Transition | 0:00:06 - Starring cast list | dark | dramatic | opening title sequence | starring list |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield | added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | opening title sequence | starring list | voice-exchange | WB shield | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Shadows of the main characters | bold | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | opening title sequence | silhouette | smoke | smoking | starring list | transition | voice-exchange |
The Big Sleep (1946) | The Big Sleep | 0:00:13 - Starring actors and main title | 9th chord | ABA structure | cast list | chromatic mediant | chromatic sequence | dark | heavy | leading lady | leading man | Neapolitan | opening title sequence | silhouette | smoke | smoking | starring list |
| The Breaking Point (1950) | Transition | 0:00:07 - Birds flying | bird | boat | calm | chromatic scale | conductor score | harbor | opening title sequence | sequential modulation | starring list | tense |
| 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 |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Signature | 0:00:00 - Warner Brothers shield | bold | chromatic mediant | city | common-tone dominant 7th | fanfare | opening title sequence | oscillation | skyline | starring list | WB shield |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Homestead | 0:00:11 - A farmhouse | calm | cast list | opening title sequence | peaceful | relaxed | starring list | title of film |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Lead actors | bold | main title | opening title sequence | prison | starring list | transition |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Symbol | 0:04:25 - The FBI crest and the title of the film | fanfare | FBI | main title | march-like | starring list |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Crime School | 0:00:08 - Starring list | 9th chord | dramatic | opening title sequence | parallelism | self-borrowing | starring list | tense |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 0:00:00 - Starring list | conductor score | dark | menacing | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | It Had to Be You (Transition) | 0:00:08 - Starring list | bold | cards | dramatic | gambling | opening title sequence | poker | starring list | transcribed by ear | transition |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent | 0:00:26 - Starring list | approaching | bold | cast list | dark | dramatic | fanfare | hallway | march | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | ostinato | polychord | sequence | starring list | stranger | tone cluster | tritone oscillation | walking |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Communist (Alternate) | NIF - not in film | alternate music | cast list | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | half-diminished 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | parallelism | starring list | title of film | tritone oscillation | zoom in |
| Illegal (1955) | Scott (Bold) | 0:00:40 - Policemen working in an office | main title | police office | starring list |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | deceptive resolution | grand | opening title sequence | starring list | transition |
| Key Largo (1948) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | bold | opening title sequence | starring list | transition |
| The Letter (1940) | Letter | 0:00:08 - Bette Davis | main title | opening title sequence | starring list | tense | yearning |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Transition | 0:00:07 - Starring list and lightning strikes | acceleration | dramatic | lightning | lightning effect | opening title sequence | prison | self-borrowing | sequential modulation | starring list | transition |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Signature | 0:00:00 - WB shield and wave effect | added-note chord | bold | common-tone dominant 7th | dissonant bass | fanfare | opening title sequence | starring list | water | wave | WB shield |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Starring list | 9th chord | deceptive resolution | harbor | opening title sequence | starring list | tense | transition |
| 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 |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful | 0:00:07 - Title of the film | altered dominant | Beverly Hills | cast list | common-chord modulation | house | main title | mode mixture | Neapolitan | opening title sequence | ostinato | pedal tone | serious | starring list | title of film |
| 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 |
| White Heat (1949) | Transition | 0:00:08 - Train coming out of a tunnel | approaching | opening title sequence | starring list | tense | train | train effect | tunnel |
White Heat (1949) | White Heat | 0:00:16 - Main title over an approaching train | cast list | countryside | dark | dramatic | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | train | tunnel |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Pavan | 0:00:08 - Title of the film | book | cast list | opening title sequence | Renaissance music | somber | starring list | title of film |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sing and Like It (1934) | Introduction | 0:00:10 - Title of the film | added-note chord | foreign key modulation | introduction | jazz | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
| 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) | 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 |
| 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 |
| We're Only Human (1935) | Crestwood A | 0:00:13 - Title of the film | dark | diminished 7th chord | mysterious | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear |
| Girl of the Rio (1932) | Paso Doble | 0:00:00 - Title of the film | 9th chord | cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | opening title sequence | Spanish | starring list | title of film | upbeat |
| Without Honor (1949) | Twilight | 0:00:00 - Main titles over the shot of a valley | calm | cast list | dramatic | heavy | opening title sequene | starring list | title of film | valley |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Manuelo 2 | 0:00:17 - Starring list | boat | ocean | opening title sequence | starring list | tense |
| Bachelor Apartment (1931) | Kiss Me Cherie | 0:00:14 - Title of the film | ABAC structure | cast list | cheerful | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | upbeat |
| Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) | You're in the Army Now | 0:00:16 - The title of the film over a battlefield | cast list | opening title sequence | patriotic | patriotic tune | starring list | title of film | upbeat |
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