Archive for tag: Jerry Goldsmith

Keeping Score – Musique Noir: Investigating the Sound of Film Noir

2 April, 2009 (19:48) | by Robert C. Cumbow, Film music, Film Noir | By: Robert C. Cumbow

The sound of noir—plaintive sax solos, blue cocktail piano, the wail of a distant trumpet through dark, wet alleyways, hot Latin beats oozing like a neon glow from the half-shuttered windows of forbidden nightspots. You walk the sidewalks of big, lonely towns, with no destination in mind, following only the sounds, guided by them, wondering [...]

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Keeping Score – Scary Music for Scary Movies

22 October, 2008 (00:43) | by Robert C. Cumbow, Film music, Horror | By: Robert C. Cumbow

In the spirit of the Halloween season, here’s a list of 13 movie scores that stand out as landmarks in the honorable tradition of writing music designed to scare the pants off the movie viewer. 13. Jaws, John Williams, 1975. Any responsible list of scary movie music has to acknowledge the achievement of John Williams [...]

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