All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Raynald (Mysterioso 3) | 1:30:51 - The children talk to Henriette | 9th chord | bright | child | chromatic parallelism | conversing | duke | governess | leading lady | leading man | palace | surprise | tense | transition |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Spring Time (Ominous) | 1:31:04 - The children enter the palace | 9th chord | 64 chord | augmented sixth chord | bright | cheerful | child | common-chord modulation | conversing | deceptive resolution | diminished third chord | duke | governess | leading lady | leading man | mode mixture | ominous | palace | surprise | transition |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Stinger | 0:52:41 - Jonathan suddenly appears at the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | dramatic | harsh | leading lady | leading man | murderer | opening | room | stinger | surprise | whole-tone chord | window |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:28:51 - The sheriff comes in | conflict | dark | diminished 7th chord | entering | fear | leading man | room | sheriff | surprise | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi A (Shocked) | 0:13:57 - Gerry learns that his brother was shot | flashback | horror | male lead | surprise |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Where Is Zina? | 1:33:57 - Clementi is surprised to see Zina in his house pointing a gun at him | flashback | gun | surprise |
The FBI Story (1959) | The Love Nest (Music Box) | 0:31:18 - Chip learns that Lucy is pregnant | announcement | baby | flashback | lullaby | music box | surprise |
Flamingo Road (1949) | If I Could Be With You (Dead) | 1:24:41 - Lane sees Field has committed suicide | augmentation | death scene | discovering | gunshot | leading lady | leading man | love interest | reacting | room | suicide | surprise | tragic | violent |
Illegal (1955) | Scott (Dark) | 0:10:53 - Vic reacts to the news that Clary has been killed | death | hero | shock | surprise | telephone |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Secret Revealed | 1:18:59 - Veda talks to her mother | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | conversing | daughter | fear | friend | heroine | leading lady | linear chromaticism | octatonic chord | room | surprise | tense |
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) | Old Lavender (Celeste Solo) | 1:02:43 - John paces around | conflict | daughter | direct modulation | hesitating | leading man | love interest | lying | peaceful | room | surprise | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Underscoring (Lyrical) | 1:02:52 - Laura reveals that Joan is adopted | conflict | daughter | deflecting | hesitating | leading man | love interest | mode mixture | peaceful | pedal tone | room | surprise | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Adagio) | 1:03:02 - Joan reacts | conflict | daughter | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | dissonant bass | leading man | love interest | revealing | room | stinger | surprise | tense | wife |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Harp Solo) | 1:03:33 - John tells Joan about her parents | conflict | daughter | deceiving | deceptive resolution | leading man | love interest | lullaby | lying | revealing | room | secondary dominant | surprise | tender | wife |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Stinger | 0:52:10 - Chris reacts | advance plot | leading lady | shop | shopkeeper | stinger | surprise | suspenseful | zoom in |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Attorney (Doorbell) | 0:53:31 - Chris takes off her jacket | advance plot | arriving | enharmonic respelling | heroic | lawyer | leading lady | room | stinger | surprise |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Tanner (Headlines) | 1:24:17 - Chris is suspected of murder | altered dominant | chromatic scale | climax | fragmentation | friend | hurrying | montage | newspaper | newspaper boy | panicked | police station | polychord | polytonality | quartal chord | radio | reporter | room | rushing | street | surprise | tritone oscillation | widow |
The Woman in White (1948) | Fosco (Misterioso) | 1:18:29 - The woman in white hears Sir Percival's voice | antagonist | arriving | criminal | death scene | hearing voices | husband | leading lady | madness | mysterious | room | screaming | shock | surprise | tense | victim | wife |
The Woman in White (1948) | Appearing | 1:18:48 - The woman in white clutches her heart | antagonist | criminal | death scene | dying | husband | leading lady | mickey-mousing | room | screaming | shock | surprise | tense | victim | wife |