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1. Cat People (1942)

One of the most versatile composers of the 1930’s and 1940’s was Roy Webb, whose twenty-five year tenure with RKO Pictures resulted in a plethora of effective and memorable film scores in a wide variety of musical styles and film genres.

Sunday, 03 August 2008 | 1148 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

2. D.O.A. (1950)

Rudolph Maté’s memorable film noir thriller, D.O.A. (1949), concerned an innocent man who suddenly realizes he’s been murdered with a slow-acting and irreversible poison, and who becomes desperate to learn who committed the crime...

Sunday, 30 March 2008 | 1320 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

3. Hands of the Ripper (1971)

One of the best horror movie scores of the 1970s was for Hammer Film’s 1971 thriller, HANDS OF THE RIPPER. The film was a poignant story of a young woman possessed by the unwholesome spirit of her father – Jack the Ripper. The picture benefitted from a literate script, excellent direction, convincing performances, and fine production values.

Monday, 24 November 2008 | 548 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

4. One Million B.C. (1940)

German-born Werner Heymann started out working for the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, until gaining employment as the assistant to the musical director at UF A, the German film company, in 1925.

Tuesday, 09 September 2008 | 606 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

5. Seven Samurai (1954)

One of the most respected of Japanese films is Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 adventure film, SEVEN SAMURAI. A superb cinematic achievement in many ways, its affecting storyline and dynamic action sequences did not forsake Kurosawa’s penchant for delicate beauty...

Monday, 07 April 2008 | 1568 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

6. The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Elliott Nugent’s archetypal thriller is a stagey but extremely entertaining treatment of what’s become a familiar concept: a group gathers for the reading of a will in a mysterious old house and one by one they begin to die.

Tuesday, 05 August 2008 | 550 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

7. The Music for Orca: Tragedy of a Whale (1977)

ORCA is a 1977 film that came and went without much ado and is not particularly remembered with any great fondness, yet its style and grace has the ability to overpower its obvious JAWS-influenced storyline.

Sunday, 14 June 2009 | 578 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

8. The Werewolf of London (1935)

The 1930’s were the great training ground for film music. Although music for motion pictures actually had its roots in the scores written or recorded to accompany silent movies, film music faced its greatest challenges and developments in the 30’s...

Sunday, 06 April 2008 | 915 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report