| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:13:37 - Henriette meets the caretaker | caretaker | conversing | leading lady | mysterious | street | transition | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | NIF - not in film | advance plot | child | conversing | cut from film | duchess | governess | leading lady | room | tense | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:30:19 - Henriette dresses Raynald | advance plot | arguing | caring | child | duke | governess | illness | leading lady | leading man | room | tense | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:30:34 - Henriette puts Raynald in bed | advance plot | arguing | caring | child | duke | gentle | governess | illness | leading lady | leading man | room | tense | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:46:43 - The Duchess stares at Henriette | conversing | duchess | governess | leading lady | mysterious | room | transition | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:56:57 - The Duchess enters | advance plot | child | conversing | governess | leading lady | maid | mysterious | room | tense | trouble | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:13:19 - Henriette watches the falling snow | advance plot | arriving | butler | dramatic | duchess | duke | leading lady | leading man | outside | panning shot | point-of-view shot | room | underscoring | watching |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 1:25:28 - Henriette smiles at the Duke | advance plot | child | conversing | duke | forest | gentle | governess | leading lady | leading man | tender | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:37:35 - Henriette talks with the Duke | conversing | duke | governess | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | somber | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 1:41:02 - Henriette talks with the children | child | conversing | farewell scene | gentle | governess | leading lady | room | tender | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 2:06:17 - Henriette argues with Henry | advance plot | arguing | leading lady | minister | prison | prisoner | suspect | tense | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 2:10:17 - A carriage arrives at the palace | arriving | carriage | leading lady | prisoner | soldier | street | suspect | tense | transition | traveling | underscoring |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:45:26 - Criminals on the rooftop | 42 chord | carrying | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | crime | criminal | dissonant bass | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | mysterious | robbery | rooftop | sneaking | sneaky | stairs | stealing | thief | tossing | underscoring | walking | whole-tone |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:45:45 - Criminals talk about the professor | 64 chord | altered dominant | conversing | crime | criminal | gangster | robbery | rooftop | tense | thief | underscoring |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:47:04 - Doctor talks with the criminals | augmented major 7th chord | chromatic parallelism | criminal | dissonant bass | doctor | examining | gangster | leading man | ostinato | pc set | robbery | rooftop | tense | thief | underscoring | walking | working |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | The Amazing Doctor (Examination) | 0:47:16 - The doctor writes in his notebook | criminal | dissonant bass | doctor | examining | gangster | leading man | robbery | rooftop | subtle | thief | underscoring |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:47:48 - Rocks opens the safe | breaking in | criminal | diminished 7th chord | doctor | dramatic | enharmonic modulation | gangster | leading man | lock | opening | robbery | safe | safe-cracking | stinger | store | tense | thief | underscoring | unlocking | vault | wedge |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:07:26 - Rocky talks with his lawyer | advance plot | conversing | dark | dissonant bass | gangster | lawyer | leading man | mysterious | prison | prisoner | underscoring |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:39:58 - Rocky in the drug store | conflict | conversing | gangster | leading man | ominous | setup | shop | telephone | tritone | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:41:20 - Police car arrives | arriving | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | crowd | dissonant bass | half-diminished 7th chord | rushing | shop | street | tense | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Romantic) | 1:01:43 - Rocky and Laury talk | altered dominant | conversing | dissonant bass | gangster | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love scene | romantic | room | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:05:58 - Jerry goes to meet Rocky | advance plot | arriving | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | pedal tone | priest | room | underscoring | waiting |
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) | 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) | Machine Gun | 1:20:24 - Policeman shoots at Rocky with machine gun | agitated | building | chromatic parallelism | conflict | death | dramatic | falling | gangster | gun | gunshot | hiding | leading man | police | polychord | shooting | street | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:20:39 - Policemen shoot tear gas in through the window | agitated | appoggiatura | building | conflict | dramatic | gangster | gun | gunshot | leading man | mickey-mousing | police | shooting | street | tone cluster | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:23:10 - Jerry and Rocky confront one another | 42 chord | agitated | arguing | building | conflict | dramatic | entering | gangster | leading man | priest | underscoring | wedge | yelling |
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) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:31:44 - Rocky punches a guard | agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | climax | fighting | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | police | priest | prison | punching | tense | underscoring |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:33:36 - Rocky pleads for his life | begging | climax | cowardice | crowd | crying | death | execution | execution chamber | gangster | leading man | pleading | police | priest | prison | shadow | tense | tone cluster | underscoring | wailing |
| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Dreams (Risoluto 2) | 0:53:55 - Newspaper headlines | advance plot | arresting | dark | detective | double exposure | fragmentation | friend | headline | leading man | love interest | murderer | newspaper | ominous | room | sequential modulation | spinning | thematic transformation | underscoring |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Comical) | 0:02:20 - Mortimer hides from the reporters | comical | disguise | establish character | hiding | leading lady | leading man | looking | marriage | office | reporter | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:14:51 - Mortimer flirts with Elaine | bride | cemetery | conversing | flirting | groom | leading lady | leading man | love | love scene | mysterious | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:08 - Jonathan talks to the aunts | aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | tense | underscoring |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:54:30 - Jonathan goes up the stairs | advance plot | brother | crazy person | darkness | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | sneaking | tense | underscoring | walking |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:56:27 - Einstein looks around in the dark | advance plot | brother | crazy person | dark | darkness | descending | doctor | leading man | match | murderer | plotting | room | sneaking | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:58:10 - Someone knocks at the door | advance plot | brother | conversing | corpse | crazy person | darkness | doctor | knocking | leading man | murderer | room | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:01:21 - They take Elaine into the cellar | aunt | bride | brother | conflict | crazy person | darkness | doctor | dramatic | fear | fighting | gagging | leading lady | leading man | murderer | room | running | self-borrowing | struggling | suspenseful | underscoring |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:32:35 - They toast to Mortimer | alcohol | brother | captive | clinking | conflict | crazy person | doctor | fear | glass effect | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | tense | toasting | underscoring | victim |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:01:01 - Sign for the Sternwood mansion | arriving | butler | establish character | leading man | mansion | private eye | room | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:02:45 - Marlowe goes to meet Sternwood | butler | establish character | leading man | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | walking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:18:57 - Geiger enters car | antagonist | car | departing | rain | street | tense | transition | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:21:04 - Marlowe runs to the house | action scene | antagonist | dramatic | hurrying | leading man | private eye | running | street | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:23:44 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | NIF - not in film | deleted scene | deleted scene | investigating | investigation | leading man | mickey-mousing | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:24:57 - Dead body on the floor | corpse | death | dramatic | femme fatale | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | room | searching | stinger | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:48:15 - Marlowe talks to Joe Brody | blackmailer | conversing | criminal | gun | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | suspect | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:51:31 - Joe reacts to the doorbell ringing | blackmailer | conflict | conversing | criminal | doorbell | gun | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | suspect | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:52:02 - Marlowe pushes Agnes and Joe trips Carmen | blackmailer | conflict | criminal | dramatic | falling | femme fatale | gun | leading lady | leading man | private eye | room | suspect | tense | tripping | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:54 - Killer shoots at Marlowe | assassin | chase scene | chasing | dramatic | leading man | murderer | private eye | running | shooting | street | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:16:43 - Marlowe and Vivian argue | accusing | car | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | private eye | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | NIF - not in film | advance plot | conversing | cut from film | femme fatale | leading man | private eye | room | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:21:19 - Marlowe speaks on the phone | advance plot | cafe | conversing | leading man | mysterious | phone call | private eye | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:21:57 - Marlowe speaks with Vivian on the phone | advance plot | cafe | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | phone call | private eye | stinger | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:30:01 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene | dark | death | death scene | dying | leading man | murder | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | victim |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:30:24 - Marlowe makes a phone call | conversing | death scene | leading man | phone call | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | victim |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:31:48 - Marlowe talks to Agnes on the phone | conversing | death scene | informer | leading man | phone call | private eye | room | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:33:20 - Marlowe backs the car up | car | driving | leading man | private eye | street | tense | traveling scene | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:26 - Marlowe talks to two thugs | conflict | criminal | investigating | leading man | lying | murderer | private eye | shop | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:41:36 - Marlowe runs to his car | action scene | criminal | dramatic | leading lady | leading man | love interest | outside | private eye | running | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:41:55 - Thug looks for Marlowe | action scene | criminal | outside | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:43:17 - Canino shoots | action scene | criminal | dramatic | gun | gunshot | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | outside | private eye | shooting | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:43:35 - Marlowe gets the keys to the handcuffs | action scene | criminal | death | escaping | gun | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | outside | private eye | tense | underscoring |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:48:32 - Men approach the house | climax | fear | leading man | mysterious | ominous | planning | private eye | room | tense | underscoring | waiting |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Mars Dies | 1:51:43 - Mars falls dead to the ground | criminal | death | dying | falling | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | ominous | private eye | resolution | room | stinger | tense | underscoring |
| Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:36:53 - June gets dressed for her parole board hearing | prison | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:39:34 - June talks with the inmates | prison | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:40 - Kitty swears revenge on Evelyn | dramatic | prison | shadow | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:32:37 - Marie throws away her wedding ring | dramatic | prison | underscoring |
Caged (1950) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:34:42 - Marie walks towards the prison exit | dramatic | prison | underscoring |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:55:19 - A taxi approaches | arriving | farewell scene | gentle | leading lady | leading man | source and scoring overlap | street | taxi | underscoring |
| Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:08:20 - The kids confront the junk shop owner | attacking | chromatic scale | conflict | death | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | fighting | gang | mickey-mousing | ominous | ostinato | running | shop | shopkeeper | stairs | stinger | teenager | tense | underscoring | up |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:09:53 - Frankie sneaks in the house | concern | conversing | dissonant bass | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mysterious | pedal tone | room | sister | sneaking | sneaky | teenager | underscoring | whole-tone chord | whole-tone scale |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:24:12 - Gang settles into their room | advance plot | conversing | dissonant bass | gang | mysterious | pedal tone | reformatory | teenager | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:27:20 - Frankie is taken to the warden's office | develop character | reformatory | teenager | tense | threatening | underscoring | warden | whip |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:35:46 - Mark visits Frankie in the sick room | advance plot | caring | conversing | dark | hospital | leading man | reformatory | teenager | tender | underscoring | warden |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:37:09 - Transition to cafeteria | advance plot | conversing | hospital | leading man | reformatory | somber | teenager | underscoring | warden |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:49:10 - Mark comes into the room | comedy | conversing | gang | gentle | hero | leading man | paint | parallelism | reformatory | teenager | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:49:47 - Mark talks about making this room their home | comedy | deceptive resolution | gang | gentle | hero | leading man | leaving | pedal tone | reformatory | teasing | teenager | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:50 - Mark goes to rescue Squirt | action scene | altered dominant | boiler room | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | dramatic | hero | leading man | linear chromaticism | reformatory | rushing | saving | teenager | tense | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:06:17 - Spike talks to Frankie about his sister | advance plot | anger | arguing | mysterious | pc set | reformatory | teenager | tense | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:06:55 - Frankie hits Spike | advance plot | anger | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dramatic | reformatory | teenager | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:09:46 - Boys talk to Frankie | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | gang | gun | keys | mickey-mousing | mysterious | ominous | pc set | plotting | reformatory | teenager | tense | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:11:24 - Boys plot their escape | 9th chord | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | dramatic | escape | gang | plotting | reformatory | teenager | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:14:26 - Mark talks to policeman | chromatic scale | conflict | deceptive resolution | gun | hero | heroine | hiding | knocking | leading lady | leading man | lying | mode mixture | pedal tone | police | room | teenager | tense | underscoring |
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 |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:16:01 - Johnnie rushes inside | advance plot | chromatic scale | dramatic | leading man | minor-major 7th chord | newspaper | room | rushing | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Somber) | 0:22:16 - Close-up on Johnnie | advance plot | leading man | money | realizing | room | somber | stinger | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Triste) | 0:23:12 - Johnnie at a diner | 9th chord | advance plot | diner | leading man | money | somber | thinking | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:23:21 - Men at the diner stand up | added-note chord | advance plot | diner | dissonant bass | fighting | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | linear chromaticism | money | mysterious | sitting | sneaking | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:26:48 - Peggy rushes to help Johnnie | 64 chord | dramatic | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | ranch | running | rushing | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tender) | 0:26:58 - Peggy helps Johnnie | 9th chord | 64 chord | heroine | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | mode mixture | nursing | room | tender | underscoring |
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 |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:17 - Johnnie sees his picture in the paper | angry | arguing | chromatic parallelism | dissonant bass | dramatic | fighting | half-diminished 7th chord | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | photograph | ranch | teenager | tense | turning point | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:02:14 - Johnnie overhears the detective | advance plot | chromatic scale | detective | dissonant bass | hiding | leading man | ominous | room | tense | underscoring |
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 |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:03:02 - Detective enters the house | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:07:51 - Gerry walks to the door with a flashlight | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:09:38 - Zina talks to Clementi | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Somber) | 0:10:38 - Clementi leaves the shop | flashback | male lead | somber | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:12:54 - Gerry walks to the door with a flashlight | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:13:07 - Gerry sees police at the door / transition to police station | dramatic | flashback | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:36:58 - Clementi tries to get his check back | emergency | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:37:44 - Clementi waits in the coffee shop | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi C (Underscoring) | 0:50:13 - Clementi offers to buy Mr. Wilson's company | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:26:32 - Stephanie goes into Clementi's office | flashback | somber | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Lyrical) | 1:37:39 - Clementi and Zina enter the hotel and are shown to their rooms | flashback | peaceful | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:39:11 - The police take Clementi to see Zina's dead body | death | flashback | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:40:02 - Detectives tell Clementi of Zina's death, note, and phone call | dark | detective | flashback | murder | note | poison | suicide | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:53:09 - Clementi rides in a cab, and the driver talks about him and the news about him not knowing that Clementi is the rider | cabbie | flashback | taxi | tense | underscoring |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 1:55:38 - Clementi knocks on his mother's door | flashback | underscoring |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:01:35 - A prison | dark | establish location | prison | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Humorous) | 0:13:13 - Joe talks to the cow | barn | chromatic parallelism | comical | conversing | cow | diminished triad | dissonant bass | leading man | lovers meet | prisoner | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:14:40 - Charlie enters | barn | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | prisoner | stinger | tense | underscoring | villain | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Romantic) | 0:21:46 - Mabel talks with Joe | barn | leading lady | leading man | love scene | pedal tone | romantic | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:25:03 - Charlie interrupts the lovers | barn | chromatic scale | conflict | dark | diminished 7th chord | hexatonic scale | leading lady | leading man | underscoring | villain | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:25:23 - Charlie grabs Mabel's arm | barn | chromatic scale | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | leading lady | leading man | underscoring | villain | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:26:38 - Car drives towards Joe and Mabel | added-note chord | barn | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | headlights | passerby | stinger | tone cluster | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:38:00 - Joe and Mabel argue | 9th chord | arguing | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | leading lady | leading man | runaway | street | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:46:42 - Mabel yells to Joe | chromatic scale | create suspense | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | escaping | gun | gunshot | leading lady | leading man | police | room | runaway | running | street | underscoring | yelling |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:46:58 - Nick working | create suspense | dark | dissonant bass | friend | police | room | shopkeeper | street | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:47:58 - Joe walks to the jail | 64 chord | friend | jail | jail break | leading man | runaway | shopkeeper | tense | underscoring | walking |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:48:34 - Joe talks to the jailer | jail | jail break | leading man | pedal tone | tense | underscoring | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:49:05 - Joe enters the jail | 64 chord | jail | jail break | leading man | tense | underscoring | warden |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:59:15 - A bank alarm sounds | 42 chord | 64 chord | action scene | bank | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crowd | dramatic | leading man | photographer | robbery | shopkeeper | street | tone cluster | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:59:53 - Police arrive at the scene | 64 chord | action scene | bank | chromatic scale | crowd | dramatic | leading man | police | street | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:09:28 - Mike is confronted by gangsters | bribe | chromatic parallelism | conflict | gangster | linear chromaticism | newspaper editor | street | tense | underscoring |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Appassionato) | 1:12:09 - Mabel and Joe hide from the reporters | conflict | countermelody | hero | hiding | hospital | leading lady | leading man | passionate | underscoring |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:04:28 - Frank leaves the newspaper office | close-up | conflict | diminished 7th chord | gangster | hero | leading man | mysterious | reading | reporter | street | underscoring | watching |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:04:55 - Frank is pushed into a car | car | chromatic scale | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | fragmentation | gangster | gun | hero | kidnapping | leading man | pushing | reporter | street | underscoring | violence |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:05:11 - Newspaper on the sidewalk | conflict | dissonant bass | gangster | newspaper | reading | street | tense | underscoring | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:05:24 - Frank is framed for drunk driving | 9th chord | attacking | car | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | minor second | murder | pushing | reporter | setup | street | underscoring | violence |
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 |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:09:11 - Agents question Jack's friend | FBI | investigation | mysterious | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:10:41 - Agent's search Jack's home | FBI | investigation | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:32:49 - Chip recounts how he was sent down south to speak with the Ku Klux Klan | dark | flashback | KKK | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:35:56 - Klansmen threaten the newspaper man | flashback | KKK | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Indians) | 0:38:26 - Indian business men and the comical things they do with their new wealth, then man gets shot in a field | flashback | Indian | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:41:28 - Men prepare to blow up an Indian house | explosion | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Indians) | 0:48:13 - Indian was killed | flashback | Indian | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:49:50 - Chip walks to mail evidence to the FBI | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:02:21 - Montage of mobster mischief | dramatic | flashback | gangster | gun | gunshot | mobster | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:17:17 - FBI agents waiting for Dillinger to get out of the movie theatre | FBI | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Waiting | 1:19:08 - Lucy waits for a phone call | flashback | tense | ticking | underscoring | waiting |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dark) | 1:20:31 - Pretty Boy Floyd takes hostages to a car | dark | dramatic | flashback | gangster | mobster | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 1:30:10 - Chip tells Lucy that they're moving to Washington DC | flashback | subtle | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:32:26 - Shootout at Ma Barker's place | dramatic | flashback | gangster | gun | mobster | shootout | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:32:49 - Mobster Alvin Karpis announces that he is going to kill J. Edgar Hoover | dramatic | flashback | gangster | mobster | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:33:19 - Agents arrest Machine Gun Kelly | dramatic | flashback | gangster | mobster | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | The Bureau (Underscoring) | 1:40:04 - Agents working | flashback | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:49:23 - Gun boat and submarine on the ocean at night | flashback | mysterious | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:57:40 - Men keep running | dramatic | escaping | flashback | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 2:00:10 - Men react to collapse of bridge | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 2:24:44 - Chip listens to a radio report | agent | FBI | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Surveillance 1 (Misterioso) | 2:24:54 - Second man approaches restaurant | communist | flashback | tense | underscoring |
The FBI Story (1959) | Underscoring (Tense) | 2:25:31 - FBI agents communicate by radio | flashback | radio | tense | underscoring |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Lyrical) | NIF - not in film | 9th chord | altered dominant | conversing | cut from film | cut from film | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | police | room | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Lyrical) | NIF - not in film | chromatic parallelism | conversing | cut from film | cut from film | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | police | room | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:34:30 - Lane responds to Field | breaking up | breakup | café | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | tense | underscoring | waitress |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:11:26 - Field drinks | alcohol | arriving | bullying | conflict | dramatic | drinking | leading man | linear chromaticism | politician | room | sheriff | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:11:51 - Titus argues with Field | arguing | bullying | conflict | drinking | leading man | politician | room | sheriff | tense | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:12:17 - Titus grabs Field and pushes him | bullying | conflict | dramatic | leading man | politician | pushing | room | sheriff | throwing | underscoring | violent |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:12:32 - Titus throws Field out the door | augmented triad | bullying | chromatic parallelism | conflict | dark | dramatic | leading man | politician | polychord | pushing | room | sheriff | throwing | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | NIF - not in film | added-note chord | cut from film | cut from film | transition | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:22:33 - Field stumbles through the house | chromatic parallelism | conversing | death scene | drunk | drunk | leading lady | leading man | love interest | room | somber | underscoring |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:31:15 - Titus attacks Lane | attacking | breaking | chromatic parallelism | climax | club | dramatic | dropping | gun | leading lady | linear chromaticism | oscillation | sheriff | staggering | stinger | telephone | tense | throwing | underscoring |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:02:12 - Steve mentions a divorce and leaves | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | friend | investigator | leading man | street | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:15:33 - Amato talks to Lye | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | mysterious | office | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:19:33 - Amato slaps old man | antagonist | conductor score | conversing | dark | establish character | gangster | office | slapping | stinger | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:27:50 - Steve fights Hammy | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hurried | leading lady | leading man | room | strangling | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:28:03 - The gangsters leave | action scene | conductor score | conversing | gangster | leading lady | leading man | leaving | room | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:51:36 - Amato yells at Steve | action scene | angry | arguing | conductor score | fighting | gangster | investigator | leading man | room | underscoring | violence | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:52:13 - Dan waits for Steve | advance plot | conductor score | friend | gangster | investigator | leading man | pacing | street | tense | underscoring | waiting |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:53:50 - Steve questions Hammy | action scene | conductor score | dark | death | dying | gangster | investigator | leading man | questioning | stinger | street | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 1:01:30 - Marcia talks to Steve | conductor score | conversing | gentle | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Hell on Frisco Bay | 1:01:41 - Steve talks to Marcia | conductor score | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | room | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 1:19:09 - Marcia and Steve talk | club | conductor score | conversing | dark | leading lady | leading man | love scene | ominous | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:24:05 - Amato calls detective | advance plot | calling | gangster | leading man | mysterious | room | statue | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:34:53 - Steve climbs in the boat | action scene | boat | dock | dramatic | driving | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:05 - The police arrive | action scene | arriving | conversing | dock | leading lady | police | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:35:44 - The police boat leaves the dock | action scene | boat | departing | dock | dramatic | police | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:35:56 - The police boat advances | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:36:23 - The boat approaches a wall | action scene | boat | dock | driving | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:00:59 - Shots of the airport | airport | mysterious | underscoring |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:57:39 - Communist agents approach apartment | tense | underscoring |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:58:43 - The communist agents enter Eve's apartment | tense | underscoring |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:10:41 - Commie agents interrogate Matt | agent | interrogation | suspicion | tense | underscoring |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:11:00 - Commie agents interrogate Matt | agent | interrogation | suspicion | tense | underscoring |
| Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:05:57 - Mr. Scott talks to Ellen about the case | restaurant | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:10:22 - Vic tries to stop the execution | dark | death | execution | execution | phone call | tense | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Drinking | 0:17:25 - Vic talks to reporter at the bar | bar | drinking | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:24:41 - Ellen and Ray in the restaurant | restaurant | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Frank Garland (Ominous) | 0:41:59 - Vic talks to tough guy in lobby | dark | hero | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 0:50:45 - Vic talks with Ellen | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:02:18 - Ray empties his bottle of scotch down the drain | glass | mysterious | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:03:04 - Ray goes to the bedroom and calls Mr. Garland | mysterious | phone call | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Frank Garland (Waiting) | 1:04:09 - Ray waits for a phone call | mysterious | smoking | underscoring | waiting |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:07:17 - Ray threatens Ellen | stinger | suspense | tense | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:11:26 - Ellen is charged with murder | stinger | tense | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Frank Garland (Ominous) | 1:12:28 - Vic talks with Andy | dark | hero | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:13:16 - Vic talks to Frank in the back of his car | mysterious | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:17:50 - Vic and Hinkel gather together some papers | dramatic | hero | tense | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Frank Garland (Sneaky) | 1:22:05 - Agents follow Vic who follows Andy | dark | underscoring |
Illegal (1955) | Frank Garland (Dramatic) | 1:23:31 - Vic gets out of the car and crosses the street | car | dramatic | underscoring |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Stanley Introduction | 0:16:56 - Craig talks with Asa | advance plot | conversing | father | fiancé | leading lady | room | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Caring | 0:23:19 - Asa talks to Roy | conflict | conversing | father | leading lady | room | sentimental | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Somber) | 0:48:46 - Asa relates the bad news | bad news | conversing | father | leading lady | leading man | room | somber | turning point | uncle | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:49:21 - Asa tells them Peter committed suicide | conversing | dark | father | leading lady | leading man | room | stinger | suicide | turning point | uncle | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:50:58 - Roy talks with Betty | advance plot | conversing | friend | gentle | leading lady | room | tender | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:05:14 - Craig in his office | advance plot | arriving | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | office | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:15:04 - Craig refuses Parry's case | conflict | conversing | denying | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | office | ominous | refusing | tritone | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:20:10 - Craig's car pulls up to the jail | arriving | car | car | conflict | conversing | criminal | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | street | tense | underscoring | uneasy |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:21:07 - Parry in his jail cell | conflict | conversing | criminal | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | prison | prisoner | somber | suspect | underscoring | victim |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) + South American Way | 1:25:34 - Stanley reacts | accusing | climax | criminal | father | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | lying | mother | mysterious | ominous | remembered source music | remembering | room | source and scoring overlap | source music | suspect | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:27:23 - Stanley reacts | climax | conversing | criminal | father | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | mother | plotting | room | suspect | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:28:57 - Stanley escapes | climax | criminal | dramatic | driving | escaping | lawyer | leading lady | leading man | room | underscoring | watching |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:32:30 - Stanley dashes through the gate | conflict | criminal | dramatic | hiding | leading lady | police | running | rushing | street | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:33:29 - Two other policeman see Stanley | chase scene | chasing | climax | criminal | dark | dramatic | driving | fleeing | leading lady | police | street | tense | underscoring | watching |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:34:09 - Stanley's eyes in the rear-view mirror | chase scene | chasing | climax | criminal | crying | desperate | dramatic | driving | fleeing | leading lady | police | street | tense | underscoring |
In This Our Life (1942) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:35:07 - Policemen on the radio | calling | police | police station | reporting | resolution | room | solemn | somber | stinger | tense | underscoring |
| The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:02:23 - Gypo stares at the poster, thinking | 64 chord | establish character | leading man | muttering | mysterious | street | thinking | underscoring |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:05:04 - Gypo sees the man and walks towards him | establish character | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | street | tense | underscoring | walking | whole-tone |
The Informer (1935) | Fanfare | 0:31:44 - Irish rebel headquarters | advance plot | fanfare | mysterious | rebel | room | underscoring | waiting |
The Informer (1935) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:39:05 - Rebels talk about Gypo | advance plot | conversing | half-diminished 7th chord | headquarters | rebel | room | tense | underscoring |
| Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Somber) | 0:13:51 - Frank talks with Mr. Temple | advance plot | conversing | father | hotel | leading lady | leading man | prelude | somber | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:33:17 - Mr. Temple rises to attack Rocco | angry | arguing | attacking | boss | conflict | dramatic | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | laughing | leading lady | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:33:43 - Nora rises to attack Rocco | angry | attacking | boss | conflict | dramatic | father | gangster | hitting | horror | hostage | hotel | kissing | leading lady | leading man | tense | underscoring | violence |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:46:30 - Rocco tells McCloud to shoot him | boss | conflict | conversing | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | tense | underscoring |
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 (Dramatic) | 1:14:48 - Sheriff finds out that it is Sawyer | conflict | corpse | discovering | dramatic | hotel | murder | realizing | sheriff | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:32 - Sheriff runs to talk to the Indians | conflict | dock | dramatic | running | sheriff | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:15:37 - Sheriff approaches Indians | conflict | dock | Indian | searching | sheriff | 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 |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:18:21 - Sheriff leaves | boss | gangster | hotel | investigation scene | police | questioning | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:18:47 - They all walk to another room | boss | father | gangster | hostage | hotel | investigation scene | leading lady | leading man | moll | obeying | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Tense) | 1:19:02 - Rocco welcomes new gangsters | boss | conversing | friend | gangster | greeting | hotel | investigation scene | laughing | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:20:19 - Rocco speaks with Ziggy | advance plot | boss | gangster | giving | hotel | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:24:37 - Gaye watches Rocco | advance plot | boss | gangster | hotel | leaving | mysterious | packing | preparing | tense | underscoring |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:26:10 - Gangsters board the boat with McCloud | advance plot | boarding | boss | dock | dramatic | gangster | hostage | leading lady | leading man | moll | storm | tense | underscoring | wind |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Somber) | 1:27:42 - Nora and Gaye enter the hotel | advance plot | conversing | hotel | leading lady | moll | somber | underscoring | walking |
| The Letter (1940) | Native 2 | 0:04:12 - Leslie talks with the workers and asks them to leave | conversing | home | murderer | murder scene | open fifth | pentatonic | servant | stinger | tense | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:04:29 - Leslie leaves the room | home | leaving | murder scene | mysterious | servant | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:06:04 - Worker talks to Robert | action scene | conversing | death | dramatic | husband | murder | servant | underscoring | warehouse |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:06:21 - Robert goes in the house | arriving | home | husband | tense | transition | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:12:42 - Leslie relates the situation before the murder | advance plot | home | leading lady | recounting | tense | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:45 - Robert asks to see the letter | arguing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | tense | underscoring |
The Letter (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:26:07 - Leslie talks to Robert | climax | conversing | home | husband | leading lady | mysterious | staring | underscoring |
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) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:19:42 - Trev puts a coat on Shelly as she is laying down | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Trev (Ethereal) | 0:40:26 - Shelly and Liza look in the glass shop windows | glass | heroine | mysterious | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:57 - Shelly speaks with Trev while she gets her footing | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:44:51 - Trev questions Shelly about her belief in him | hero | heroine | suspense | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Shelly (Romantic) | 0:45:51 - Shelly says that she can prove Trev didn't kill his wife | hero | heroine | romance | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:51:58 - Shelly talks with the Nolan's butler | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:02:38 - Harvey drives Shelly to his guest cottage and alludes to doing her harm | danger | driving | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:16:03 - Shelly is concerned that she can't get out | tense | underscoring |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:21:51 - String and Liza decide to escape | tense | underscoring |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:08:53 - Wally looks for Mildred | action scene | ascending | down | dramatic | falling | friend | hurrying | knocking | mickey-mousing | room | searching | setup | suspenseful | underscoring | walking |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:10:21 - Wally reacts to the situation | action scene | breaking | death | dramatic | escaping | friend | hurrying | mickey-mousing | murder | room | running | smashing | sneaking | telephone | underscoring | victim | walking | worrying |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:11:13 - Policemen investigate the scene | action scene | beach | conversing | friend | mysterious | police | searching | tense | underscoring | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:13:03 - Mildred leaves with the detectives | advance plot | conversing | detective | heroine | leading lady | murder | street | tense | underscoring |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:14:53 - Mildred and Monte argue | arguing | bitter | breakup | conflict | heroine | leading lady | love interest | room | tense | underscoring |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:18:34 - Veda tells her mother she is married | antagonist | conflict | conversing | daughter | friend | heroine | leading lady | reverse stinger | room | tense | underscoring |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:48:54 - Veda asks her mother not to turn her in | antagonist | begging | daughter | heroine | leading lady | murderer | murder scene | room | tense | underscoring |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:43:21 - Lady talks to Larry | advance plot | conversing | law office | lawyer | office | tense | underscoring |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:25:51 - Art shop owner testifies | climax | courtroom | dramatic | hurrying | montage | prosecuting | rushing | testifying | tritone | underscoring | witness |
| We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:03:40 - Jessica takes Gerald outside | 11th chord | antagonist | boy | child | conflict | dramatic | street | tense | underscoring | walking |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:03:56 - The crowd outside | agitated | chromatic scale | conflict | confused | crowd | hero | linear chromaticism | metric dissonance | pedal tone | polychord | riot | rioting | street | tense | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Furioso | 1:04:49 - Man throws rock through shop window | chromatic scale | conflict | crowd | dissonant bass | dramatic | riot | rioting | street | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:05:17 - David scolds Susan | 64 chord | antagonist | chromatic scale | conflict | conversing | foreign key modulation | hero | street | tense | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:15:25 - David is taken away by the police | 9th chord | added-note chord | arresting | conflict | hero | heroine | pedal tone | police | tense | train station | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:36:37 - David walks down a prison corridor | advance plot | anticipation | guard | hero | heroine | mysterious | prison | underscoring | walking |
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) | Underscoring (Romantic) | 1:39:42 - David comforts Leni | 9th chord | 13th chord | comforting | conversing | hero | heroine | love scene | prison | romantic | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 1:40:57 - David helps Leni | 9th chord | advance plot | conversing | delicate | helping | hero | heroine | octatonic scale | prison | underscoring |
We Are Not Alone (1939) | Underscoring (Subtle) | 1:41:29 - David walks down the prison corridor | advance plot | augmented triad | conversing | delicate | diminished 7th chord | helping | hero | pedal tone | prison | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
| White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:23:32 - They leave the motel quickly and get in the car | dramatic | escaping | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:35:05 - Judge sentences Jarrett in a courtroom | courtroom | dramatic | judge | underscoring | verdict |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:40:41 - Hank talks to the inmates | prison | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:03 - Ma asks for any disagreement from the other gangsters | gangster | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:42:32 - Gangsters leave the room | gangster | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:42:52 - Verna and Big Ed argue | angry | dramatic | gangster | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:44:42 - Man sets up trap for Cody | mysterious | prison | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:49:56 - Cody talks to Big Ed's friend | prison | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:04:01 - The prison walls | dramatic | prison | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:04:07 - Warden talks with Cody | mysterious | prison | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Danger (Dramatic) | 1:05:23 - Cody makes his escape with a gun and forces the doctor to make a phone call | down | dramatic | mickey-mousing | prison | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:05:40 - Other inmates are gathered to meet with Cody | prison | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:06:02 - Cody takes control of the prison room and plans his break | dramatic | prison | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:07:13 - Cody forces men out at gun point | dramatic | prison | prison break | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:13:51 - Verna sneaks out of her bedroom | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:14:13 - Verna looks for a way out | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:16:24 - Big Ed prepares for Cody's arrival | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:16:51 - Cody and Verna enter the house and prepare to trick Big Ed | mysterious | sneaking | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:19:20 - Big Ed's body falls down the stairs | beans | death | dramatic | rolling | stairs | statue | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 1:26:39 - Hank sneaks out | mysterious | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:31:42 - Hank works on a tracking device and attaches it to the truck | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:33:58 - Hank goes to the gas station washroom | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:34:25 - Cody asks man to go and get Hank | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:36:06 - Bo Creel shuts the truck door on Hank | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Danger | 1:36:22 - The gangsters hide in the truck and Bo starts it up | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:37:08 - Police dispatcher relates message | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:39:20 - Quick cuts between agents and treasury men | dramatic | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:40:42 - Truck pulls in to factory | tense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:41:22 - Agents map coordinates of the tanker's location | dramatic | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:42:42 - Hank looks out the window | dramatic | stinger | suspense | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Danger (Dramatic) | 1:48:48 - Gangsters run away | dramatic | running | underscoring |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:49:08 - Gangsters run away | dramatic | running | underscoring |
| Thirteen Women (1932) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:07:14 - May falls to her death | circus | dark | death scene | dying | falling | performer | trapeze | underscoring |
