Bernard Herrmann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is one of the most highly regarded in film history, most of all because the music does so much to create the suspenseful and sometimes […]
Comparing Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho Score and Sinfonietta (1936) Read More
Although the score for The Dark Knight was a collaboration between Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, the composers divided up the music for the two main villains of the film,
Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 4 of 6: The Dark Knight Read More
Like Batman Begins, the music of The Dark Knight was composed by both Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Of course many themes from the first movie reappear in this
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Like his music for The Lord of the Rings films, Howard Shore’s score for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey makes extensive use of the technique of leitmotif (see my earlier post on this
The Hobbit: A Musical Journey Read More
In my last post, I discussed the variations on the most prominent theme in Batman Begins: a two-note motive of D-F for Batman. But there are three other themes that
Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 2 of 6: Batman Begins Read More
When Max Steiner was asked to write the score for Casablanca, he was told to use the popular song “As Time Goes By” as a love theme for the two
The Love Theme in Casablanca: As Time Goes By Read More
