Flicks and Music

“I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It

can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or

slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link

between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.”

Film composer Bernard Herrmann.