Music Was Key
When anyone thinks of The Twilight Zone, they immediately hear the chilling, ‘do dee do do’ music notes. However Maurius Constant’s jazz theme song was not used until the second season. For the premiere season, they used an original score by Bernard Herrmann. Hermann was the composer responsible for works like Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Psycho and North by Northwest. However, they felt the score was too much of a downer for the show. Also switching to Constant’s score saved money since he was French and CBS didn’t have to pay union fees for music composed outside America.
Music Was Key
The Real Reason For The Genius Choice In ‘The Silence’
Next, we’re taking you back to “The Silence” where Archie Taylor (Franchot Tone) bets Jamie Tennyson (Liam Sullivan) one million dollars he can’t stay silent for an entire year while living in a glass room. All the while, Taylor taunts him to make him lose. While filming, Franchot Tone did not show up one day. Apparently, he got in a bad accident and half his face got scraped raw. Thus, they needed to shoot only the other half, which ended up turning into a stroke of creative genius. Everyone praised Boris Sagal (the director) for that brilliant move where Tone’s character taunts Tennyson by talking out of the side of his mouth.
The Real Reason For The Genius Choice In The Silence
