Jerry Goldsmith wrote his legendary score to the film in only ten days. Originally, Polanski had hired the relatively unknown Phillip Lambro to pen the score, which the director wanted to sound like music from the 1930s. Evans and Towne weren’t convinced, but it was only when Polanski invited his friend, Polish composer Bronislau Kaper, to see the film, and Kaper told Evans “It’s a great film, but you have to change the music,”
