See this film program: Music For Movies: A Celebration Of Bernard Herrmann And Nino Rota

Nino Rota's famous theme for Fellini's 8-1/2

Imagine Hitchcock's Psycho or Scorsese's Taxi Driver without the lacerating, haunting music - or The Godfather films and Fellini's 8-1/2 without the lush scores of Nino Rota. Still masterpieces, just . . . not the same. The music without the movies, however, is well worth a listen as is demonstrated in the program Music For Movies: A Celebration Of Bernard Herrmann And Nino Rota at the Brattle, which is also currently running a series of each composers' films in honor of their centennials. Members of the highly praised local ensembles Cirkestra and the Boston String Players will perform selections from the repertoires of these two extraordinary and influential composers at 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | Wednesday, July 20 @ 7:30 pm | $25; $20 students, seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org.