The return of the Independent Film Festival of Boston to it’s full-scale, pre-pandemic glory was a special milestone for the Boston film community, and I wanted to capture something about that in this year’s trailer score. This being
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) was one of film music’s first and most important innovators. Of the same tradition as Hollywood’s Golden Age romantic-influenced composers, he was a cross-over figure who developed modern approaches that remain staples of film music today.