A music score was written in 1959 for the film by the directors' friend, composer Alec Wilder. His 1959 score was his second attempt (after the score for winds, brass and percussion which he did for them originally in 1929), and he composed it for a recording of the New York Woodwind Quintet and a percussionist, conducted by Leon Barzin. The film and the 1959 score were later synched together by James Sibley Watson, and this was the version that was placed in the National Film Registry in 2000. Various new scores have been composed to accompany the film, including one by new wave musician Tom Verlaine and guitarist Jimmy Rip,Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip – Music For Experimental Film Retrieved on October 5, 2021 and another by American composer Jean Hasse's version (2010) for the UK ensemble Counterpoise (violin, trumpet, saxophone, piano), this version available to view on YouTube.
A music score was written in 1959 for the film by the directors' friend, composer Alec Wilder. His 1959 score was his second attempt (after the score for winds, brass and .percussion which he did for them originally in 1929), and he composed it for a recording of the New York Woodwind Quintet and a percussionist, conducted by Leon Barzin The film and the 1959 score were later synched together by James Sibley Watson, and this was the version th,at was placed in the National Film Registry in 2000. Various new scores have been composed to accompany the film, including one by new wave musician Tom Verlaine and guitarist Jimmy Rip,Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip – Music For Experimental Film Retrieved on October 5, 2021 and another by American composer Jean Hasse's version (2010) for the UK ensemble Counterpoise (violin, trumpet saxophone, piano) this versio,n available to view on YouTube.