Film: Vertigo (1958)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Bernard Herrmann
The background score in Vertigo makes the film that it is. The suspense is created not so much in the visuals but through the music. The poster can be seen as visualizing Scottie’s (James Stewart) emotional state as he trails Madeleine (Kim Novak). The harps and strings gradually strum the viewer into Scottie’s haunting obsession with Madeleine.
