The music theme becomes ominous just as Richard Widmark's name appears.
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I never noticed that little detail. But I liked the music generally. It had a light-hearted feel that kind of fitted the film.
shareMusically, the phrase would've come up at that moment whatever name displayed at that time.
shareYes, but it's just too brilliant to be a coincidence. Bennett likely shaped the melody to have it turn dark when the name of the actor who plays the one truly vile and rotten character of the whole story appears. It's not too obvious, as the beginning of the credits has the same phrase, but once you rewatch it knowing the story, it's amusing.
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Loved the musical score...should've won the Oscar that year.
shareVery Cool You Mentioned This. I did notice it, and it was great.
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Richard Rodney Bennett's score for Murder on the Orient Express is one of my favorite movie soundtracks ever. So many good tracks: Kidnapping (creepy), Orient Express theme (majestic), Princess Dragomiroff theme (melancholic), The Knife/The Body/ Remembering Daisy (mysterious) etc. But one of my my favorite parts was always 6:53-8:18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myc3A4spmJQ
Tension when Poirot and Bianchi have to decide what to do with the killers. And then relief.
Right after this, that final poignant moment (8:18) between Lauren Bacall and Jacqueline Bisset and the rest of the cast. Their story reached full circle there. Superb.
Nino Rota's main theme for Death on the Nile is magnificent also.