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Can Movie Music Be Good Music?

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says that some composers elevate film scores, including Bernard Hermann, who wrote the music for several Alfred Hitchcock movies. A new collection of those compositions is now out on CD.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 3, 1989: Interview with Mercer Ellington; Review of the album "Alfred Hitchcock's Film Music"; Interview with Tom Goodkind, Bruce Paskow, and Lauren Agnelli;…

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