part history lesson, part educational film, part time-killer for tourists at Universal Studios, Score is a loving tribute that approaches its subject with a hooray-for-Hollywood reverence that people who've never heard
it's the detail that makes this doc so fascinating, exploring everything from how Tom Holkenborg got those epic drums in Mad Max: Fury Road to why you can hear Elfman's Batman theme in every superhero movie since
a lively examination of the role of music in the movies, starting with the observation that there were never really silent movies to begin with; even in the 1890s, films would feature live musical accompaniment
by Chris Knight [National Post ]
