<p>Rampaging onto the AFI’s list at #13 is Max Steiner’s score for the 1933 fantasy adventure classic <em>King Kong</em>. Did Steiner invent film music in the first place? Does this music have more in common with modern scores or silent film accompaniment? And, whatever became of King Kong’s acting career?</p>

#15 – Vertigo

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