North by Northwest (1959). Bernard Herrmann #wagner

HopkinsCinemAddicts on Bernard Herrmann:

...he always flaunted his knowledge of Wagner by saturating his scores with Wagnerian waltzes, despite the lack of popular interest in Wagner and despite the films not being set in 19^th century Vienna (a time period which Wagner is more suited for).

This is the best analysis I've read re: the music in North by Northwest.