Started watching Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri Georges Clouzot, and the opening theme to me sounds incredibly similar to the opening music of the Jordan Peele movie Us. I always found the opening of Us ethereal and striking- does anyone know anything about this connection? I couldn’t find much on a quick google
by skimbleshanxi
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Nice!
Honestly, it reminded me of the opening theme in The Shining more, personally. As far as I know, based on what Michael Abel said about the score for Us, I don’t believe there is any direct connection:
“I wanted “Anthem” to sound like an evil march. Like you knew that someone with bad intentions was coming. One thing that Jordan loves to do and is becoming known for is [to] take something you always assumed was safe or innocent and turn it into something else. The children’s voices is one example—Jordan wanted to start with them because he thought it would be super scary.”
– Michael Abel (composer of Us) from an interview with Slate in 2019.