Nils Frahm's Favorite Film Music

“I have always respected and admired filmmakers. I believe no other type of artist generally works harder than the director. A good director is like a great musician, since films are like long songs or albums, only even more complicated.

One could add: a musician is even more like a filmmaker, so his or her compositions respect the art of storytelling, timing, and the change of atmosphere. Sometimes you find directors who are talented musicians themselves, ready to record their own soundtrack. If they aren’t, they can still decide to work entirely without music. Often they cannot make the music, and they need musicians...