Audrey Hepburnn had chosen a cool metaphor to describe the use of music in a movie: ‘A movie without music is a little bit like an aeroplane without fuel’?
This letter was sent by the actress in 1961, after she heard the musical score for her movie ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ composed by Henri Mancini. It seems she completely got what music can do to a movie. Here is the transcript:
Dear Henry,
I have just seen our picture – BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S – this time with your score.
A movie without music is a little bit like an aeroplane without fuel. However beautifully the job is done, we are still on the ground and in a world of reality. Your music has lifted us all up and sent us soaring. Everything we cannot say with words or show with action you have expressed for us. You have done this with so much imagination, fun and beauty.
You are the hippest of cats – and the most sensitive of composers!
Thank you, dear Hank.
Lots of love
Audrey