The Best Music in Film

Nelly Kaplan

(Le Regard Picasso, Néa)

S&S: What is your favourite film soundtrack music and why do you like it so much?
"The Cotton Club (1984), by Francis Ford Coppola, for the perfect symbiosis between sight and sound."
S&S: In what ways does music best enhance a film?
"Music should never be “pleonastic”..."
S&S: Which film either has music that you wished you'd written or is one you would like to rescore and why?
"The song 'Moi je m'en balance', in my film La Fiancée du Pirate (1969)."
Last Updated: 29 Sep 2008