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Music Theme from To Kill a Mockingbird

Soundtrack / To Kill a Mockingbird (Film)

The theme for Robert Mulligan's "To Kill a Mockingbird" film (1962) based on (Nelle) Harper Lee's all-time best selling book of the same name. The music, composed by Elmer Bernstein (American composer and conductor known for his many film music), is beautiful, evocative and poignant Americana theme for a great book and film.




The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. To Kill a Mockingbird marked the film debuts of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley.

Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6 years old, and Jem (Phillip Alford), her older brother, live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.


Video Credit:

Theme from "To Kill a Mockingbird" film. Youtube, uploaded by Bobbengan. Accessed July 11, 2017.

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