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...just the look that makes this happen. There is also the music. Max Steiner, who wrote it, was a consummate Hollywood professional with credits stretching from "Gone With the Wind" to "Casablanca," from "The Big Sleep" to "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." There's no space to do him justice here; suffice it to say that his score for "Kong" is unprecedented...
...Steiner GEORGE KARGER/TIMEPIX Watching what Steiner did in "Kong" expanded my appreciation of all film scores, an appreciation I've never lost, and for which I am appropriately grateful. The rich scoring of Kong set me up for Bernard Herrmann a couple years later, when I finally caught up with "Citizen Kane...
...Steiner was one of the artists who changed all that. He wrote a very long, entirely original, and completely integrated score for "Kong." There were themes for all the principals, intriguing orchestrations, and passages of great melodic or rhythmic sophistication. I am listening to one playing in my brain as I write this, and have been humming these melodies for over 30 years...
...Steiner homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/steinerlib/index.htm...
...Steiner, who describes herself as a long-time environmental activist, got involved after she got a flier from Friends of the White Geese. She even leafleted for a while...