#film-score

#film-score

Scary music actually excites me, but the piece that most sends shivers down my spine is the music in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho. I've seen it numerous times and even though I know what's coming, the stabbing knife synched with Bernard Herrmann's score always freaks me out. More recently, I went through a phase of watching Japanese and Korean horror films.

But it wasn't a given Bowers would compose the score for Proudfoot's feature debut, " The Eyes of Ghana." "Because it's a lot of work, right? It's like, 'OK, it's six months of my life,' Proudfoot told IndieWire during an interview at the 2025 Middleburg Film Festival. "When you decide, 'OK, this project feels like it's part of my body of work,' it's a big decision, one that I take seriously.

"He really was such a genius at combining rhythm, texture, instrumentation and melody in such a powerful and unique way," said composer Daniel Pemberton.