Leonard Bernstein's Lone Film Score, "On the Waterfront"

Nathan Cone — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:47:48 +0000

Leonard Bernstein wrote only one original film score in his career, for Elia Kazan’s classic film, “On the Waterfront,” starring Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, a troubled longshoreman and one-time contender who’s gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd. Like Brando’s character, Bernstein’s score is a mixture of tenderness, violence, and nobility.