1953_Tales of the Pale August Moon, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, music by Fumio Hayasaka Hayasaka, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 41, left his mark on the music of many of Kurosawa’s films, including Rashomon and Ikiru. In Mizoguchi’s masterpiece, music plays a crucial role in creating the supernatural, phantasmagorical atmosphere of the film.
1954_Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, music by Franz Waxman
A pulsating jazz drum, a restless clarinet hinting at a theme, a backdrop of strings infused with blue notes. The main theme of the soundtrack for Rear Window is an ode to the city, its rhythms, and its impulses.
1957_Aparajito, directed by Satyajit Ray, music by Ravi Shankar
Winner of the Golden Lion, which incurred the wrath of the divine Luchino, who was in competition with White Nights, the second chapter of the Apu Trilogy is an absolute masterpiece. It finds in Ravi Shankar’s sitar the ideal instrument to elevate the sublime clarity of Ray’s gaze, a gaze that is divine, recreating reality as it settles upon it…
