<Tr> <Td> Allmusic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Filmtracks.com </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The musical score for The Silence of the Lambs was composed by Howard Shore, who would also go on to collaborate with Demme on Philadelphia . Recorded in Munich during the latter half of the summer of 1990, the score was performed by the Munich Symphony Orchestra . "I tried to write in a way that goes right into the fabric of the movie," explained Shore on his approach . "I tried to make the music just fit in . When you watch the movie you are not aware of the music . You get your feelings from all elements simultaneously, lighting, cinematography, costumes, acting, music . Jonathan Demme was very specific about the music ." A soundtrack album was released by MCA Records on February 5, 1991 . Music from the film was later used in the trailers for its sequel, Hannibal . </P> <P> The tune played by the music box which Starling finds in the bedroom of Buffalo Bill's first victim is taken from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute . It is, ironically, the tune played by Papageno's magical bells, which charms his enemies and protects him from danger . </P>

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