Keeping Score

Fritz Lang's brilliant sci-fi epic Metropolis arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray this week looking richer and more beautiful than at any time since its original release. A genuine eye opener it also arrives with a full orchestral score rather than the Giorgio Moroder techno version specially commissioned a few years ago. Which begs the following question: Just how important is the right score for a movie?

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