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Who to Copy From When You're Scoring a Movie

Sci-fi: Mahler
For anything with ‘star’ in the title.

Fantasy: Dvorak
For when magical men are running in a field.

Prestige drama: Beethoven
It’s always someone’s first time hearing the moonlight sonata.

Costume drama: Brahms
Claaaaassy.

Animated classic: Verdi
Oh they'll swoon.

Cerebral foreign drama: Bach
Like the movie, both really good and really boring.

Shakespeare adaptation: Mendelssohn
The only thing that can sell a sprite.

Historical epic: Wagner
Grand's fine, but grandiose is better.

Romantic comedy: Tchaikovsky
Whenever swelling is desired.

Romantic drama: Liszt
It worked for 19th century girls.

Horror: Bartok
Because Hungarian music is scary.

Royal drama: Vivaldi
Because kings are the classy warlords.

9/22/2014