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We asked McCarrol to share his favourite film scores — here’s what he said:

Back to the Future, Alan Silvestri

“It’s probably the best and most popular use of the octatonic scale or the diminished scale. When you dance around these chords, it sounds like it’s flip-flopping on itself. It’s so evocative. It heightens reality. “

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