New Hollywood

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

New Hollywood · In the late 1960s young directors in Hollywood gained more freedom. Their films were more personal and rawer, and the music changed along with them. Sometimes it came from pop music, sometimes from a sober, European corner. The Italian Nino Rota gave The Godfather (1972) a melancholy waltz that begins with a lonely trumpet. For Chinatown (1974), Jerry Goldsmith chose a small, unusual line-up with solo trumpet, strings, pianos and harps. Bernard Herrmann completed the music for Taxi Driver (1976) shortly before his death, with a languid saxophone theme and menacing brass. In this period the score more often became a sparse colour than a large, continuous carpet.

Listening

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  Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) · Nino Rota, 1972
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  Love Theme from Chinatown (Main Title) · Jerry Goldsmith, 1974
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  Main Title · Bernard Herrmann, 1976

In School of Rock

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See also

• David Shire
• Marvin Hamlisch
• Suspense and psychological thriller (Hitchcock)
• Jazz in film
• Pop song, rock and compilation score
• American indie film