Emmy-nominated producer and author Steven C. Smith joins us for a tour of film noir musical scores and their composers. This is the first of a two-part episode. The composers and movie scores we discuss, including music clips, are indicated below:

Adolph Deutsch - The Maltese Falcon (6:30)

Miklos Rozsa - Double Indemnity (10:45), Criss Cross (18:40), The Killers (21:40)

George Bassman - The Postman Always Rings Twice (28:45)

David Raksin - Laura (31:40), Force Of Evil (38:50)

Roy Webb - Murder My Sweet (43:20)

Max Steiner - The Big Sleep (47:05)

NOIR CITY Detroit tickets and All Movie Pass available at: http://redfordtheatre.com/

Steven C. Smith's "Bernard Herrmann and the Music of Desire: An essay on the Composer’s Noir soundtracks" from NOIR CITY #3: http://www.noircitymag.com/noir_city_3.html

A Heart At Fire's Center: The Life And Music Of Bernard Herrmann: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Fires-Center-Bernard-Herrmann/dp/0520229398

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Intro music: Theme from Out Of The Past, by Roy Webb.