The Bad and the Beautiful Raksin and Rozsa-distillations of romantic gesture harmonic language of Tchaikovsky. Exemplary of craft of orchestration episodic, lacking both overall propulsion and convincing harmonic development. Bad and Beautiful-Having not seen the movie, I lacked the images to go with the melodies, but absolutely felt that images were necessary. The music almost felt one-sided, or rather a explanatory tool present without that thing that it was made to explain. This was a great concert.
Film music does make thrilling concert music.
This was a great concert. Psycho because of its wide recognition and melodrama was a suitable piece for concert. You don't need images, the music stands with its own evocation. Herrmann deserves more exposure. The music from Hitchcock films.