Suspense Of Disbelief: The Essential Alfred Hitchcock Collection...music by various artists

Suspense Of Disbelief: The Essential Alfred Hitchcock Collection
Format: CD, Compilation
Released: 2010
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack

Tracklist:
1     –Jeff Alexander     Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Main Theme     0:25
2     –Jeff Alexander     Music To Be Murdered By     4:10
3     –Muir Mathieson     Vertigo - Prelude And Rooftop     4:44
4     –Bernard Herrmann     North By Northwest - Kidnapped     2:15
5     –Dimitri Tiomkin     I Confess - Main Theme     3:28
6     –Jeff Alexander     After You've Gone     3:18
7     –Doris Day     Que Sera, Sera     2:06
8     –Dimitri Tiomkin     Dial M For Murder - Main Theme     3:17
9     –Francis Poulenc     Rope - Mouvements Perpetuels     1:14
10     –Bernard Herrmann     The Trouble With Harry - Main Theme     2:15
11     –Miklós Rózsa     Spellbound - Dream     3:01
12     –Bernard Herrmann     North By Northwest - Fashion Show     5:19
13     –Franz Waxman     Rear Window - Juke Box #6     2:29
14     –Alfred Hitchcock     Alfred Hitchcock's Leading Ladies     0:31
15     –Muir Mathieson     Vertigo - Scene d'Amour     5:08
16     –Dimitri Tiomkin     Strangers On A Train - Prologue/Duet For Four Feet     17     –Alfred Hitchcock     Alfred Hitchcock, Master Manipulator     1:25
18     –Bernard Herrmann     Psycho - Prelude     2:01
19     –Bernard Herrmann     North By Northwest - Overture     2:16
20     –Miklós Rózsa     Spellbound - Main Theme     4:44
21     –Lyn Murray     To Catch A Thief - Main Theme     1:48
22     –Muir Mathieson     Vertigo - The Necklace, The Return And Finale     7:20
23     –Jeff Alexander     The Hour Of Parting     2:26

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Snake Eyes Original Score by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Depending on your viewpoint, director Brian De Palma has been frequently lauded/taken to task for liberally appropriating the stylistic flourishes of other directors. And if De Palma's biggest "inspiration" on Snake Eyes is Alfred Hitchcock, the director found an admirable, if unlikely, semblance of frequent Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann in Ryuichi Sakamoto. Though better known for more delicate, electronic, and ethnically tinged work, here Sakamoto does a truly amazing Herrmann impression, cranking up the brass and swirling the strings into an unsettling sonic maelstrom that would've done late '50s Hitch proud.

Snake Eyes instantly begins with an awesome theme played out on lush violins. It echoes Bernard Herrmann classic scores to Hitchcock movies. Usually when a score imitates another movie it doesn't stand on its own. But the Snakes Eyes score manages to come into its own and still be original. Sakamoto's score ends with the beautiful 'Snake Eyes-Long Version'. It's a shame that this came out in the modern day. If this score accompanied a classic movie it would have been well-remembered. It is an alternately fun and lush score to De Palma's underrated and visually stunning film. Sakamoto's haunting theme (best on extended track 11) is a loving tribute to Morricone and Herrmann and the cheesy '70s gangster film thrill/scare cuts are a treat. Also includes 2 vocal tracks by Meredith Brooks and LaKiesha Berri.

1. Snake Eyes
2. Assassination
3. The Hunt
4. Julia's Story #1
5. Tyler And Serena
6. Kevin Cleans Up
7. You Know Him
8. Blood On The Medals
9. Crawling To Julia
10. The Storm
11. Snake Eyes(Long Version)
12. Sin City - Meredith Brooks
13. The Freaky Things - LaKiesha Berri

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