Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues | 0:01:16 - New York City streets | blues | cut from film | establish setting | fun | Gershwinesque | main title | setting | street | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Reform School Drill | 0:33:18 - Reform school boys exercise outside | comedy | cut from film | exercising | exercising music | gang | jogging | leading man | reformatory | teenager | upbeat | warden |
Crime School (1938) | Reform School Drill | 0:34:09 - Reform school boys exercise outside | comedy | exercising | exercising music | gang | jogging | leading man | reformatory | teenager | upbeat | warden |
Crime School (1938) | Reform School Drill (Coda) | 0:35:01 - Reform school boys exercise outside | comedy | exercising | gang | jogging | leading man | reformatory | teenager | upbeat | warden |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby | 0:03:59 - Wally sees Mildred from the window | conversing | establish character | familiar tune | friend | heroine | jazz | leading lady | on-screen music | restaurant | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda | 0:25:03 - Kay plays football in the street | child | establish character | football | mickey-mousing | playing | street | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay falls | 0:25:12 - Kay falls to the ground | child | establish character | falling | football | mickey-mousing | playing | street | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work | 0:36:12 - Mildred works as a waitress | hectic | heroine | leading lady | montage | restaurant | rushing | serving | upbeat | voice-over | waitress | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Singing Lesson) | 0:37:17 - Veda sings | child | double exposure | heroine | leading lady | montage | on-screen music | room | scored source music | singing | upbeat | voice-over | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | South American Way | 0:37:36 - Veda sings and plays while Kay dances | child | dancing | heroine | leading lady | music scene | on-screen music | playing | popular music | room | singing | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mazurka in B-Flat Major (Tense) | 0:38:47 - Veda plays a Chopin Mazurka | arguing | child | classical music | conflict | familiar tune | heroine | leading lady | on-screen music | playing | quotation | room | scored source music | source music | tense | upbeat | waltz |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Grand Opening) | 0:57:26 - View of Mildred's restaurant | advance plot | restaurant | upbeat | voice-over | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | T’Ain’t No Good | 0:57:37 - Mildred at the opening of her restaurant | advance plot | antagonist | busy | conversing | daughter | dining | friend | guest | heroine | leading lady | popular music | restaurant | serving | source music | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | While You’re Away | 0:59:47 - Monte arrives at the restaurant | advance plot | antagonist | busy | conversing | daughter | dining | friend | guest | heroine | leading lady | love interest | popular music | restaurant | serving | source music | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work (Success) | 1:01:42 - People work in Mildred's restaurant | advance plot | busy | cook | restaurant | server | upbeat | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Order wheel spins | 1:01:45 - Restaurant order wheel spins | advance plot | busy | cook | mickey-mousing | restaurant | server | spinning | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Please Think of Me | 1:01:54 - Monte dances with Veda | advance plot | antagonist | celebrating | dancing | daughter | friend | heroine | jukebox | leading lady | love interest | on-screen music | popular music | restaurant | singing | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Work | 1:08:00 - Montage of restaurants | guest | montage | restaurant | upbeat | voice-over | working |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Polo | 1:08:14 - Veda at a polo match | antagonist | cheering | daughter | field | heroine | leading lady | love interest | montage | playing | polo | sports | upbeat | voice-over | watching |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Sweet Georgia Brown | 1:29:05 - Mildred confronts Wally | advance plot | antagonist | club | conversing | daughter | heroine | jazz | leading lady | on-screen music | popular music | source music | upbeat |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | It Had to Be You | 1:30:25 - Mildred and Veda talk | advance plot | antagonist | club | conversing | daughter | heroine | jazz | leading lady | on-screen music | popular music | source music | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Swing for Sale | 0:04:26 - Dancing at a party | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Ring | 0:06:38 - People at the party | crowd | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 1 | 0:08:50 - People at the party | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | The Prizefighter and the Lady | 0:09:36 - Ward meets Louise | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | on-screen music | party | source music | stride piano | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Stride Piano Improvisation 2 | 0:13:24 - At the party | crowd | dancing | establish character | leading lady | leading man | manager | party | partying | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob In My Heart | 0:00:00 - A rushing train under the opening credits | AABA structure | opening title sequence | popular song | syncopation | train | transcribed by ear | traveling | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Strings) | 0:23:03 - Music is played in a night club | AABA structure | advance plot | dancing | leading lady | night club | popular song | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | Dance | 0:26:27 - Music is played in a night club | AB structure | advance plot | dancing | Latin-American | leading lady | night club | salesman | source music | tango | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Radio Jazz) | 0:32:29 - Music is played on the radio | altered dominant | comedy | dancing | popular song | radio | room | salesman | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Radio Dance Band) | 0:32:46 - Music is played on the radio | AABA structure | chromatic mediant | comedy | dancing | leading lady | popular song | radio | room | salesman | source music | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | There’s a Sob in My Heart (Dixieland) | 0:34:27 - Music is played in a night club | banjo | countermelody | dancing | Dixieland | double exposure | drums | improvisation | jazz | leading lady | montage | night club | popular song | salesman | source music | taxi | transcribed by ear | trombone | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | Hello Beautiful | 0:35:04 - Music is played in a taxi | AABA structure | banjo | dancing | drums | leading lady | montage | night club | popular song | salesman | source music | taxi | transcribed by ear | trombone | upbeat |
Traveling Husbands (1931) | Millie | 0:35:09 - Hot jazz is played in a night club | AABA structure | banjo | dancing | Dixieland | drums | jazz | leading lady | montage | night club | popular song | salesman | source music | taxi | transcribed by ear | trombone | upbeat |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Beverly Hills | 0:01:00 - Cars driving down road in Beverly Hills | Beverly Hills | cheerful | establish location | panning shot | sequential modulation | street | upbeat | voice-over |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Stride Piano | 0:03:20 - Larry arrives at the party | establish character | jazz | lawyer | leading lady | on-screen music | party | sister | source music | upbeat |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Press Club | 0:02:41 - Man serving beer in a bar | bar | bartender | establish setting | jazz | server | serving | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Beau Ideal | 0:00:15 - A newspaper is opened to a detective story | cast list | march | newspaper | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | upbeat |
Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Serenade | 0:56:57 - The End and Cast of Characters | closing credits | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | The End | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Gangster Blues (End Title) | 1:24:33 - Cast list | bluesy | closing credits | end title sequence | not by Steiner | upbeat |
Crime School (1938) | Sue (End Credits) | 1:24:49 - Cast list | bluesy | closing credits | end title sequence | Gershwinesque | not by Steiner | upbeat |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | On the Make (End Cast) | 1:31:03 - End titles | closing credits | end title | not by Steiner | upbeat |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon, and Throw 'Em in the Deep Blue Sea | 0:40:24 - A dance hall | advance plot | club | conversing | dancer | dancing | investigator | jazz | jazz band | leading man | on screen music | source music | upbeat |
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) | Blues (Piano) | 0:18:14 - People talking in a club | advance plot | blue note | club | conversing | gangster | leading lady | leading man | mistress | score to source | source music | upbeat |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Stack o’ Lee Blues | 0:43:17 - Jazz musicians playing in a club | advance plot | club | Dixieland | musician | on-screen music | playing | singer | singing | source music | upbeat |
State’s Attorney (1932) | Business in F | 0:43:46 - Jazz musicians playing in a club | advance plot | club | conversing | dancing | daughter | jazz | lawyer | leading man | love interest | on-screen music | source music | upbeat |
Three Who Loved (1931) | My One Ambition is You | 0:14:21 - Phil turns on the radio | AB structure | advance plot | cheerful | conversing | dancing | pleasant | radio | room | source music | upbeat |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | El Capitan March | 0:28:41 - Jurors deliberate | advance plot | conversing | juror | jury room | leading lady | march | radio | source music | upbeat |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | I’m Just Wild About Harry | 0:52:40 - Spencer sings | advance plot | juror | jury room | on-screen music | singing | source music | upbeat |
Ladies of the Jury (1932) | All in Favor of Taking a Ride Say Aye | 0:56:03 - Mayme sings | advance plot | juror | jury room | on-screen music | singing | source music | upbeat |
Headline Shooter (1933) | King Kong March | 1:00:16 - The End | end title | march | The End | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | The Train | 0:01:33 - A rushing train | chromatic mediant | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | rushing | sorting | train | train | train whistle | transcribed by ear | transition | traveling | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Blue Streak | 0:01:54 - A circus poster | ABA structure | circus | circus music | conversing | cousin | establish character | establish place | horoscope | letter | performer | reading | source music | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Circus Music | 0:03:44 - June talks to Hazel | AB structure | circus | circus music | conversing | cousin | establish character | performer | source music | upbeat |
Thirteen Women (1932) | Spring, Beautiful Spring | 0:04:48 - June and May perform | ABA structure | circus | circus music | death scene | performer | performing | source music | swinging | trapeze | upbeat |
Men of America (1932) | Cimarron B | 0:00:43 - Cast list | cast list | folk song | opening title sequence | self-borrowing | transcribed by ear | upbeat |
Men of America (1932) | Hey! Hey! | 0:26:27 - Man turns on car radio | advance plot | car | criminal | listening | mode mixture | radio | self-borrowing | source music | upbeat |
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Run Around | 1:01:51 - The End | 9th chord | altered dominant | end title sequence | mode mixture | self-borrowing | The End | transcribed by ear | upbeat |