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Post by london777 on Mar 26, 2020 16:32:13 GMT
Max Steiner's scores can sometimes be hard to take. Bette Davis complained about his score for Now, Voyager, saying it was obtrusive, and I have to agree--listening to those whining violins throughout that movie, especially when they nearly drown out the dialogue, can be irritating. My rule for scores, as for camera wizardry, is that, if you are consciously aware of them while watching the film, it is a black mark. Once the movie is finished is the time for analysis and appreciation. It is the director's film. For anyone else to obtrude is like interrupting the Sermon on the Mount or when God was dictating the Ten Commandments. You write that the score in Now, Voyager irritates you. You are lucky. Scores in 90% of movies irritate me.  Observe how Ingmar Bergman uses scores. A brief passage here and there, maybe just a couple of notes. And the rest is silence. Masterly.
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