North by Northwest (1959). Bernard Herrmann /fandango beat/

(RottenTomatoes.com)

I have to say until now, I didn't know what fandango meant. Sedgwick Clark:

The music of California composer Harry Partch (1901-1974) is genuinely unique, played only on instruments he himself created. My interest has been known to wander in his longer works, but his 17-minute Daphne of the Dunes (1958; rev. 1967) was an aural delight and never outstayed its welcome. I was struck by the similarity of the work’s opening rhythm to the fandango beat in Bernard Herrmann’s title music for Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959).

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