All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Heaven Theme (Expressivo) | 2:17:25 - Henriette leaves with Henry Field | comforting | death | gravestone | graveyard | grieving | hopeful | leading lady | minister | resolution | voice-over | wave |
Deep Valley (1947) | Libby 2 (Stormy) | 0:35:27 - Waves hitting the shore | conflict | construction site | crew | dark | leading lady | leaving | mother | pleading | storm | tense | waves | working |
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 |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Transition | 0:00:10 - Starring list and wave effect | 9th chord | bold | chromatic scale | dissonant bass | fanfare | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | tense | title of film | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred | 0:00:23 - Main title, cast list, and wave effect | AABA structure | cast list | foreign key modulation | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | triumphant | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred B | 0:00:52 - Cast list and wave effect | 9th chord | appoggiatura | cast list | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | enharmonic modulation | foreign key modulation | gentle | mickey-mousing | name on screen | opening title sequence | optimistic | romantic | sequential modulation | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred | 0:01:23 - Cast list and wave effect | cast list | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | optimistic | pedal tone | romantic | triumphant | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Somber) | 0:01:37 - A house on the beach | added-note chord | beach | establish setting | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | optimistic | pedal tone | somber | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Pier) | 0:02:15 - Santa Monica pier at night | chromatic parallelism | dock | establish character | fragmentation | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | pondering | sequence | somber | walking | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Tragic) | 0:02:42 - Mildred walks out onto the dock | altered dominant | dock | establish character | half-diminished 7th chord | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | pondering | sequence | somber | suicide | tragic | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Waves rumbling | 0:03:15 - Policeman convinces Mildred not to jump | conversing | dock | establish character | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | police | somber | suicide | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Beach House | 0:42:49 - Mildred and Wally drive up to the beach house | 9th chord | arriving | beach house | driving | friend | heroine | leading lady | ocean | peaceful | transition | water | wave |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Frolicking in the Surf | 0:51:05 - Monte and Mildred run to the water | 9th chord | 64 chord | beach | falling in love scene | foreign key modulation | frolicking | heroine | jaunty | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | playful | running | splashing | swimming | water | waves |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Waves | 0:51:11 - Waves crash onto the beach | 64 chord | beach | calm | falling in love scene | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | rolling | splashing | waves |
Is My Face Red? (1932) | Sailing 2 | 0:21:30 - Boat cuts through the waves | boat | parallelism | sailing | sailor | tense | transcribed by ear | transition | waves | whole-tone |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | The Beach | 0:08:11 - Bob walks onto the beach | action scene | beach | calm | leading man | ship wreck | stumbling | walking | wave effect |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Russian Waltz (The Sea) | 0:09:15 - The ocean | beach | dramatic | establish setting | leading man | looking | ocean | wave effect |
Mara Maru (1952) | The Storm | 1:11:04 - A wild storm at sea | advance plot | double exposure | dramatic | ocean | rain | raining | ship | storm | waves | wind |
Mara Maru (1952) | Very Stormy | 1:21:22 - A waves splashes onboard | action scene | antogonist | captain | cross | diver | dramatic | leading lady | leading man | love interest | private eye | rain | ship | storm | tense | treasure | walking | wave | wave effect | wind | worker |
Mara Maru (1952) | Mara Maru (Stormy) | 1:22:41 - Gregory on the deck of the ship | captain | dramatic | gun | leading man | rain | ship | storm | stumbling | tense | transition | walking | wave | wind |
Mara Maru (1952) | Sailing (Stormy) | 1:22:59 - Gregory enters the boat | antagonist | arriving | captain | dark | dramatic | gun | leading man | rain | ship | storm | transition | walking | wave | wind |
Mara Maru (1952) | Boat crashing | 1:23:31 - The boat crashes | antagonist | captain | chase scene | crashing | dark | dramatic | leading man | mickey-mousing | private eye | rain | rock | ship | ship wreck | storm | wave | wind |
Mara Maru (1952) | Hurrying | 1:23:36 - People running from the boat | antogonist | chase scene | chasing | cross | escaping | fleeing | frantic | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | private eye | rain | rock | running | ship | ship wreck | storm | wave | wind | worker |