In article , Blanche
wrote:

One of the characteristics of a good movie score is that you
don't notice it.

But how can you *not* notice the opening fanfare of Star Wars?

by being totally grabbed by the whole experience, not just the music.
The music is there to add/enhance/emphasize, not to scream "HEY
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC"


Or
the closing montage? (hm...don't think I spelled that right)

The closing montage is for the crediots (think snigglet) :-)



A characteristic of a great movie score is that it fits perfectly
with the film moment, highlights it...

yes, which is different than having the audience be thinking about
the music rather than the story. (an exception might be the Cantina
scene in Star Wars, Episode 4, "A New Hope".


What would the shower scene in Psycho be *without* the music?

Don't know. I don't think I've ever seen a Hitchcock movie.

--
Bob Noel
(gave up looking for a particular sig the lawyer will hate)