Ep 7: Hollywood Nocturne -- Classic Film Noir Scores, with Steven C. Smith (Part 1)

Emmy-nominated producer and author Steven C. Smith joins us for a tour of film noir musical scores and their composers. This is the first of a two-part episode. The composers and movie scores we discuss, including music clips, are indicated below: Adolph Deutsch - The Maltese Falcon (6:30) Miklos Rozsa - Double Indemnity (10:45), Criss Cross (18:40), The Killers (21:40) George Bassman - The Postman Always Rings Twice (28:45) David Raksin - Laura (31:40), Force Of Evil (38:50) Roy Webb - Murder My Sweet (43:20) Max Steiner - The Big Sleep (47:05) NOIR CITY Detroit tickets and All Movie Pass available at: http://redfordtheatre.com/ Steven C. Smith's "Bernard Herrmann and the Music of Desire: An essay on the Composer’s Noir soundtracks" from NOIR CITY #3: http://www.noircitymag.com/noir_city_3.html A Heart At Fire's Center: The Life And Music Of Bernard Herrmann: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Fires-Center-Bernard-Herrmann/dp/0520229398 Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org. Intro music: Theme from Out Of The Past, by Roy Webb.

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NOIR TALK is a podcast devoted to discussing the Film Noir Foundation. It is the foundation’s mission to find and preserve noir films in danger of deterioration, damage or loss, and to ensure that high quality prints of these classic films remain in circulation for theatrical exhibition to future generations. The views and opinions of guests do not necessarily reflect those of the Film Noir Foundation, or its directors and advisors.