The Best Music in Film

Ken Russell

(The Music Lovers, Tommy)

S&S: What is your favourite film soundtrack music and why do you like it so much?
"Strangers on a Train! (1951), Dimitri Tiomkin: Who else could write such great music depicting two-toned shoes."
S&S: In what ways does music best enhance a film?
"By bringing the image into super-sharp focus."
S&S: Which film either has music that you wished you'd written or is one you would like to rescore and why?
"The music John Corigliano wrote for the Mexican hallucination sequence in Altered States (1980)."
Last Updated: 29 Sep 2008