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Bridging Art and Popular Music

Rather than features songs from the 1970s in the recent Patty Hearst biopic, the filmmakers recruited composer Scott Johnson to write the soundtrack. His dense score combines synthesizers with heavy percussion, but retains the accessibility of pop music.

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Other segments from the episode on September 28, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 28, 1988: Interview with Tom Waits; Review of the album "She Loves Me: Original Broadway Cast"; Interview with Scott Johnson; Commentary on the parlor game …

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