Cape Fear cover

Cape Fear

Composer
Released

Cape Fear is Martin Scorsese’s virtuoso remake of a 1960s psychological horror film, one full of ironic self-awareness of the horror-movie cliches out of which it is fashioned. Herrmann’s score, taken from the original film and inserted into the new one, is both campily over-the-top and thrillingly tense, an able partner in crime to Scorsese’s frenetic cutting and zooming.

Sean Wood

Recommended by

Suggestions
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion cover

David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices
Schnittke: Concerto For Choir cover

Schnittke: Concerto For Choir

USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, Valery Polyansky
Takemitsu: Visions, November Steps cover

Takemitsu: Visions, November Steps

Hiroshi Wakasugi, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Woman in the Dunes cover

Woman in the Dunes

Toru Takemitsu
Regards sur l'Infini cover

Regards sur l'Infini

Katharine Dain, Sam Armstrong
Balter / Saunier cover

Balter / Saunier

Ensemble Dal Niente, Deerhoof, Marcos Balter