> This is, by far, the most interesting and well-written post I’ve seen on this forum. As a fan of both the film and its music, this was engrossing, excellently researched, and probably the pinnacle of your writing for this rundown

Very kind. Thanks!

I had no intention of doing this much of a deep dive on the score, but after casually reading a few articles about it over the holidays I got curious about something that wasn't fully clarified, only to find it covered in another article that itself raised other questions, and down and down I went further into the research vortex - to the point that my wife had to casually and then not so casually remind me to take a break.