The film's music was composed by Bernard Herrmann.  Herrmann had composed for Welles for his Mercury Theatre radio broadcasts.  Because it was Herrmann's first motion picture score, RKO wanted to pay him only a small fee, but Welles insisted he is paid at the same rate as Max Steiner.

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