This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from Exodus. This 1960 score was written by Ernest Gold. This film centered on the rise of the modern Israeli state. Gold chose to incorporate many Jewish themes as part of the score. Beyond that, the score shares many common traits with "epic" movies of the period. There are some unique elements in the brass such flutter tonguing and horn shakes that were less common in score of the era. As one would expect, many of the climactic parts of the film offer the best opportunities for brass with thinly scored parts and other parts in octaves.
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