A Perfect Murder — score question - Blu-ray Forum

MacEachaidh · 08-30-2012, 10:14 AM

OK, this may be a little obscure, but I'm hoping someone here might have the knowledge to solve my question.

In the opening adultery sequence of A Perfect Murder — from 0:01:40 to 0:02:05 on the BD — there's a motif in the score based on soaring strings that sounded instantly familiar to me the first time I heard it, and I can't help thinking it's a reference to another score, but I can't place it. Can anyone help?

(For what it's worth, it goes D-F-D-C1-B or r : f : r : d' : t )

Of course I thought of "Dial M" first, but that doesn't seem to be it. It may just be one of those familiar-sounding riffs, of course, but it's hugely distinctive, and it doesn't occur again openly stated, but does appear in a muted form in the underscoring of some of the more tense scenes. It's turned into a bit of an earworm — it's stuck in my thoughts, and I keep hearing it.

Can anyone put me out of my misery, please?

Monterey Jack · 08-30-2012, 02:10 PM

YouTube link? It's been a while since I watched the movie or listened to the score.

08-30-2012, 10:14 AM	#1
MacEachaidh Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Edge of the Accretion Disc Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:4	A Perfect Murder — score question OK, this may be a little obscure, but I'm hoping someone here might have the knowledge to solve my question. In the opening adultery sequence of A Perfect Murder — from 0:01:40 to 0:02:05 on the BD — there's a motif in the score based on soaring strings that sounded instantly familiar to me the first time I heard it, and I can't help thinking it's a reference to another score, but I can't place it. Can anyone help? (For what it's worth, it goes D-F-D-C1-B or r : f : r : d' : t ) Of course I thought of "Dial M" first, but that doesn't seem to be it. It may just be one of those familiar-sounding riffs, of course, but it's hugely distinctive, and it doesn't occur again openly stated, but does appear in a muted form in the underscoring of some of the more tense scenes. It's turned into a bit of an earworm — it's stuck in my thoughts, and I keep hearing it. Can anyone put me out of my misery, please?

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08-30-2012, 02:10 PM	#2
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:710	YouTube link? It's been a while since I watched the movie or listened to the score.

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