Next Stop: The Twilight Zone

Mid-century America was full of new – and for some, disturbing – changes. A television show captured this unease with psychological suspense and brilliant erudition by creator Rod Serling – The Twilight Zone. Today on The Score we’re giving a nod to the genre spawned by that ground-breaking series with a look and a listen to the music from films …

Instantly Iconic Themes

Hitchcock said of his movie Psycho that the soundtrack by Bernard Herrman was one third of the film. Now be honest … you just imagined the screeching violin notes played for the shower scene, didn’t you? Today it’s Instantly Iconic Themes, music so recognizable it has become part of our lexicon. I’ll play a snippet of the theme, and you guess at the film. You’ll hear …