Song of the Day: Frankenstein (“The Tower”) [YouTube link], composed by Alexandre Desplat, is central to the creation scene in this 2025 film, directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and the Oscar-nominated Jacob Elordi as the Creature. Critics have been divided in their assessment of the film’s various departures from Mary Shelley‘s Gothic novel. But the director’s reimagining of the tale is nourished by the film’s dark, Oscar-nominated string-infused score, which evokes suspense, horror, tragedy, regret—and forgiveness.
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