The film's most famous musical theme, the sensuous, saxophone-driven "So Close to Me Blues," was only partly composed by Bernard Herrmann. Martin Scorsese wanted a smooth jazz cue to underscore a scene with Iris and her pimp "Sport." Jazz was not Herrmann's forte, so he asked his friend Christopher Palmer to arrange something from his existing material. Palmer took the first four bars of the song "As the Wind Bloweth" from Hermann's 1970 musical "The King of Schnorrers," expanded the melodic line with a jazzy twist, and gave the piece a new title. Herrmann was so pleased with the result, he made it a recurring motif throughout the film.

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