My first uneducated guess within the glimpse of an eye was Mission Impossible. But the whole composition develops to something dynamic. And it's classy.
It's that trill intro. But you know what? That trill thing was actually something Richard Wagner did in the 19th century that modern film composers simply stole over and over. Listen to the intro to
Die Walküre, the Ride of the Valkyries sequence, and you'll hear the trill, only he did it MUCH better than me or anyone else.
Wagner was not a nice man by any stretch of the imagination. He hated and was jealous of anyone he thought insufficiently appraciated him, such as the great German composers Brahms and Mendelssohn.
But his music was not only genius, it is the basis for all film scoring today. It's the essence of dramatic film music. Sure, there have been modern updates, but they only go so far. The grandfather is Wagner.
There are times that I wish I didn't relate so strongly to what Wagner did. But...I can't blame his music for his personality. The music is what matters to me.
I would also like to add in honor of Maerti, that German classical music, starting with Michael Praetorius, Bach, and going right into the 20th Century composers, is something the world should forever respect and appreciate.
My 11 year old granddaughter just had a nice role a Berlin-based production of the US musical
Fiddler on the Roof. It was an astoundingly good, if not a brilliant production, and it garnered great reviews in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Culture. It's a thing to be shared amongst all people. Most of you know I feel this way. I'm never gonna stop saying it.
