Her "philosophyoflove" has become the commontheme of many women writersinTaiwan since 1950's, and her elegant, lucid and tenderstyleisalso imitated andinherited.
In turn, Vertigo's lovetheme makes a poignant return in North by Northwest, as does the vertigo chord when Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint have their turn clutching Hitchcock's precipice.
Accompanied by a full string orchestra, he plays "Midnight Sun" with gravitas and then, a few tracks later, engages in a harmonica-and-bass duet (with Marc Johnson) on the "Spartacus LoveTheme" that's more about intimacy than grandeur.
"Madeleine's Theme" gradually swells into the full love melody, which makes its initial appearance as Scottie and Madeleine drive to the sequoia forest, then fragments into a gathering nightmare during the stable sequence.