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Martin Scorsese has always been an extraordinary man, not only due to his own directorial achievements, but also because of his huge knowledge and love for the history of cinema. Scorsese has not only marked his name in the time line of the art form, but also spent countless hours discussing, preserving and  documenting the history that he is now a part of. Video Essay: "The Martin Scorsese Film School" from Flavorwire on Vimeo . This recent video essay by Flavorwire discusses some of the films that make up a brief history of cinema. You can find out more at www.nofilmschool.com or visit www.fastcocreate.com for a list of the films. (Ignore their utterly stupid, hyperbolic titles and the comments section.)

To round off the series of ‘Tunes’ featuring Bernard Hermann, I’m featuring his final ever score. The soundtrack to Martin Scorsese’s 1976 New Hollywood masterpiece. Taxi Driver. Recording apparently finished hours before Hermann’s death in 1975 and Scorsese’s film was released to incredible critical acclaim. It became the seminal film of a generation. Hermann’s score meanwhile becoming something of a revered cult classic amongst soundtrack-lovers, traded amongst collectors like the guns and drugs of the film. Not his most famous or recognisable, but for me at least, easily one of his best. Like all great film soundtracks, the music in Taxi Driver becomes the landscape of film as much as the imagery. The palpable tensions and inner madness of the main character Travis Bickle ripple across the eardrums like some sort of sleaze filled tsunami. Slate.com has a great article about the soundtrack. “What resulted from their collaboration is an astonishing piece of film music ...