Talking Soundtracks: Interview with Steven C. Smith - The Music of Bernard Herrmann Part 1

Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast · Jan 20, 2023 · 1h 11m

In June 2021, for TALKING SOUNDTRACKS, Jason Drury talked to the four-time Emmy nominated journalist, writer, and producer of over 200 documentaries about music and cinema, Steven C Smith, about his book MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER.

In May 2022, Jason had the opportunity to talk to Steven again about his first book, published in 1991, about another pioneering and influential composer in the history of film music, A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann.

In part one of this in-depth two-part series, Smtih discusses how…