Thirteen Women (1932)

Film Music Structure for Thirteen Women

Number	Scene Type	Time	Theme	Variant	Gesture	On-screen
1	opening title sequence	0:00:00	RKO Tower			RKO radio tower
2		0:00:15	The Star			Book cover of the novel Thirteen Women
3		0:00:34	Thirteen Women			Cast list on the pages of a book
4		0:01:11	Ursula			A quotation about suicide
5	transition	0:01:33	The Train			A rushing train
6	establish character	0:01:54	Blue Streak			A circus poster
7		0:03:44	Circus Music			June talks to Hazel
8	death scene	0:04:48	Spring, Beautiful Spring			June and May perform
9		0:06:18	Drum Roll			June and May perform
10		0:07:14	Underscoring (Dramatic)			May falls to her death
11	establish character	0:07:16	The Swami			The swami
12		0:07:52	Thirteen Women	Destiny		Ursula talks to the swami
13		0:08:18	The Swami	Past Life		The swami talks to Ursula
14		0:08:37	Ursula	Romance		The swami kisses Ursula
15		0:08:56	Ursula	Horoscope		The swami talks to Ursula
16		0:09:11	Ursula	Fate		The swami predicts Ursula's fate
17		0:09:53	The Swami	Rising Tension		The swami shrinks from Ursula's gaze
18		0:10:05	Ursula	Hypnotic		Ursula hypnotizes the swami
19		0:10:46	The Swami	Sleeping		Ursula leaves the swami
20	advance plot	0:10:57	Thirteen Women	Horoscope		Ursula looks at the horoscope
21		0:11:16	Ursula	Agitato		Ursula tears up the horoscope
22		0:11:28	Ursula	Dark		Ursula reads a horoscope
23		0:11:45	Ursula	Exotic		Ursula forges the swami's signature
24	murder scene	0:12:29	Ursula	Violent		Newspaper headline
25		0:12:36			Hazel murders husband	Hazel murders her husband
26		0:12:41	Dramatic Agitato			Hazel screams
27		0:23:07	Ursula + The Train	Exotic		Helen points the gun at herself and cries
28		0:24:18	Ursula	Suicide		Helen commits suicide
29	advance plot	0:28:11	Serenade			Jo plays the piano
30		0:32:54	Ursula	Exotic		Burns enters the house
31		0:33:10	Ursula	Romance 2		Burns kisses Ursula
32		0:33:37	Ursula	Mysterious Waltz		Ursula talks to Burns
33		0:33:52	Ursula	Exotic 2		Ursula talks to Burns
34		0:34:06	Ursula	Exotic		Ursula argues with Burns
35	climax	0:59:03	Ursula	The End		Ursula jumps to her death