| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | NIF - not in film | advance plot | child | chromatic wedge | conversing | cut from film | duchess | governess | leading lady | room | tense | underscoring |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Counting | 0:33:30 - Henriette counts tangerine slices | advance plot | calm | child | chromatic sequence | conversing | counting | distracting | duke | governess | illness | leading lady | leading man | pc set | room | tense | wedge | zoom in |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:37:37 - They rise from prayer | added-note chord | child | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conversing | deceptive resolution | duchess | duke | governess | illness | leading lady | leading man | leaving | priest | religious scene | room | somber | tense |
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:46:43 - The Duchess stares at Henriette | chromatic wedge | conversing | duchess | governess | leading lady | linear chromaticism | mysterious | pc set | room | transition | underscoring |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Arms crossing | 0:47:10 - Criminal crosses his arms | arm | chromatic parallelism | comical | criminal | crossing | diminished 7th chord | gangster | mickey-mousing | robbery | rooftop | thief | wedge |
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 |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Doctor Leaves | 0:57:38 - Dr. Clitterhouse leaves | advance plot | doctor | door | exiting | gangster | hero | leading lady | leading man | leaving | linear chromaticism | opening | room | tense | wedge | whole-tone chord |
| 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 |
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) | 1:31:44 - 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 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Underscoring (Comical) | 0:02:20 - Mortimer hides from the reporters | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | comical | disguise | establish character | hiding | leading lady | leading man | looking | marriage | office | reporter | underscoring | whole-tone chord |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:40:30 - Jonathan enters the house | arriving | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | close-up | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | leading man | observing | ominous | pc set | room | walking | zoom in |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:43:08 - Jonathan talks about the operation | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | grabbing | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | struggling | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:49:12 - Jonathan threatens the aunts | advance plot | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | threatening |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:52:48 - Jonathan comes in the window | advance plot | aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | dark | darkness | dissonant bass | doctor | intimidating | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | staring | tense |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 (Dark) | 0:57:04 - Jonathan exits | advance plot | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conversing | crazy person | dark | darkness | dissonant bass | doctor | falling | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | polychord | room | stinger |
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jonathan 2 | 0:58:55 - Jonathan emerges from the shadows | advance plot | bride | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conversing | crazy person | darkness | dissonant bass | doctor | fear | leading lady | leading man | murderer | pc set | questioning | room | sinister |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Action | 0:21:04 - Marlowe runs to the house | action scene | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic sequence | chromatic wedge | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | hurrying | leading man | pc set | private eye | running | street | tense | underscoring |
| Caged (1950) | Marie (Dramatic) | 0:52:43 - Marie pleads with her mother to take the baby | 9th chord | altered dominant | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | despair | dramatic | leading lady | mother | nurse | pleading | prison | prisoner | tragic | turning point |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Shadow Waltz (Ethereal) | 0:24:48 - Peggy peeks out of her door | added-note chord | advance plot | arriving | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | common-tone diminished 7th | entering | gentle | leading lady | mysterious | parallelism | room | sneaking | source to score |
| Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:28:21 - Boys wonder about the alarm | alarm | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | escape | gang | pc set | reformatory | teenager | tense | whistle | wondering |
Crime School (1938) | Escaping | 0:28:32 - Frankie runs and hides | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | dramatic | escape | escaping | hiding | mickey-mousing | police | reformatory | running | sequence | sneaking | teenager | tense | tone cluster |
Crime School (1938) | The Warden (Punishment) | 0:36:22 - Warden defends his punishment | advance plot | chromatic wedge | conversing | dark | evil | hospital | leading man | reformatory | teenager | warden | whole-tone chord |
Crime School (1938) | Unveiling the statue | 0:49:31 - Mark takes the veil off of the statue | 64 chord | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | comedy | gang | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | teenager | tense | uncovering | unveiling |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:06:55 - Frankie hits Spike | advance plot | anger | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dramatic | reformatory | teenager | underscoring |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Fugitive (Traveling) | 0:22:51 - Johnnie's plodding feet | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | countryside | desert | dissonant bass | dramatic | leading man | linear chromaticism | map | mickey-mousing | money | montage | montage | traveling | walking | whole-tone | whole-tone chord |
| Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Fight) | 0:25:41 - Charlie and Joe fight | 42 chord | barn | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | dramatic | fighting | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | mickey-mousing | octatonic scale | punching | villain | warden | whole-tone scale |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Jail Break) | 0:49:16 - Mabel looks up and sees Joe | chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | jail | jail break | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | tense | 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 |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Agitato | 0:39:09 - Lane storms off angrily | agitated | angry | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | hurrying | leading lady | self-borrowing | sheriff | street | walking |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Agitato (Angry) | 0:45:50 - Dan argues with Titus | advance plot | anger | angry | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | club | leading lady | politician | polychord | self-borrowing | sheriff | smashing | stinger | waitress |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Agitato (Angry) | 1:09:25 - Titus leaves | advance plot | agitated | angry | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | leading man | leaving | politician | polychord | sheriff | street | tense |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Anger | 1:12:20 - Titus and Field face off | angry | arguing | bullying | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | conflict | leading man | pc set | politician | room | self-borrowing | sheriff | tense |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Agitato (Angry) | 1:29:00 - Lane goes to confront Titus | advance plot | angry | car | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | dramatic | driving | leading lady | polychord | source and scoring overlap | tense |
Flamingo Road (1949) | Titus (Climax) | 1:31:43 - Lane struggles with Titus | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | climax | club | dramatic | fighting | gun | gunshot | leading lady | major 7th chord | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | struggling | tense |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:24:58 - Matt reacts | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | departing | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | insult | leading man | neighbor | reacting | room | stinger | transition | undercover agent |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Molto Agitato | 0:32:50 - String gets angry | actor | anger | arguing | brother | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | oscillation | pc set | priest | rancher | room | tense |
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Rescue | 0:47:42 - Trev rescues Shelly | actor | chromatic wedge | cliff | climbing | countryside | dramatic | falling in love scene | helping | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love interest | rescue | rescuing | suspect | tense | triumphant |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:10:21 - Wally reacts to the situation | action scene | breaking | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | death | dramatic | escaping | friend | half-diminished 7th chord | hurrying | mickey-mousing | murder | room | running | smashing | sneaking | telephone | underscoring | victim | walking | whole-tone chord | worrying |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Wally runs | 0:11:01 - Wally runs out of the house | action scene | beach | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | dramatic | friend | gun | gunshot | mickey-mousing | running | shooting | victim |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Secret Revealed | 0:39:10 - Mildred argues with Veda | angry | arguing | child | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | harsh | heroine | leading lady | linear chromaticism | octatonic chord | room | tense |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Kay and Veda (Sly) | 1:13:55 - Mildred tells Monte to not see Veda | arguing | breakup | chromatic wedge | chromatic wedge | conflict | disagreement | heroine | leading lady | love interest | ominous | room | sinister | tense | whole-tone chord |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Underscoring (Tense) | 1:18:34 - Veda tells her mother she is married | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | conflict | conversing | daughter | diminished 7th chord | friend | heroine | leading lady | oscillation | reverse stinger | room | tense | underscoring |
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 |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred (Vicious) | 1:23:21 - Veda insults her mother | angry | antagonist | arguing | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | conflict | daughter | heroine | insulting | leading lady | reverse stinger | room | tense | whole-tone chord |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Secret Revealed | 1:45:37 - Mildred finds Veda and Monte together | antagonist | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | climax | dark | daughter | discovering | kissing | linear chromaticism | reveal | room | stinger | tense |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (The Trial) | 1:25:17 - A woman in the courtroom | chromatic wedge | climax | courtroom | crowd | dissonant bass | dramatic | hurrying | knife | lawyer | montage | prosecuting | prosecutor | rushing | witness |
| Caged (1950) | Marie (Checking Out) | 1:32:47 - Marie opens an envelope | advance plot | chromatic parallelism | chromatic wedge | dramatic | guard | leading lady | leaving | looking | polychord | prison | prisoner | ring | solemn | throwing |
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