The Sound of an Upside-Down World: Jerry Goldsmith’s Landmark Score for Planet of the Apes (1968)
Jon Fitzgerald, Philip Hayward · Music and the Moving Image · 2013
Abstract Planet of the Apes (1968) portrays an "upside-down" world populated by dominant apes and inferior, primitive humans. This article examines ways in which screen composer Jerry Goldsmith draws on a range of twentieth-century classical music techniques to create a landmark orchestral film score that enhances the impact of the strange and confronting narrative.