[Frameworks] Musical Noir?

[Gene Youngblood]

For me, the greatest noir music scene ever made is this famous one from Bela Tarr’s Damnation, which isn’t even a noir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-NGzMM45A8 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-NGzMM45A8> 

And because I watched it again last night, I’d like to mention the scene in Hitchcock’s Secret Agent, with Swiss folk singers swirling coins in porcelain milk bowls. It has nothing to do with noir, but it is absolutely inspired sound design — a haunting, ethereal atmosphere for espionage. An opposite effect in the same film is the nerve-wracking sustained tone from a pipe organ. Hitch was on a roll in this under-appreciated gem from 1936.

> On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Edo <edo.choi87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Henry Hathaway's "Niagara" - the use of the Rainbow Tower's carillon as
> a recurring element on the soundtrack (it's one of the first things we
> hear in the film after the title music), as well as a central plot
> device and location, is quite haunting, anticipatory of similar effects
> in "Vertigo".
> 
> edo
> 
> On 6/18/15 11:10 PM, Shashwati Talukdar wrote:
>> I am looking for examples of the use of music and songs in films that
>> can be described as noir. Where music plays an integral role in moving
>> the film along. Mainstream examples also welcome.
>> 
>> -- 
>> regards,
>> 
>> Shashwati Talukdar
>> 夏雪莉
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