Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
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It was by no means a sure thing that Star Wars’ innovative beginning endured until the modern day. Here’s the story of its various scrapes with the wrecking ball.
Big heritage shows facing the tyranny of diehard fans can end up taking no risks. The story of how the 12th Doctor’s screen credits came about is an object lesson in how to turn this around.
