Frankly, as brilliant as Stravinsky was, born in 1882 he was 50 when Steiner was making his first strides in film music, and without a doubt found the whole art form and process alien.
Great stuff, Morricone! Thanks for that. Loved the last Raksin paragraph (short n' sweet), and the "Editor's Final Note" too. Wonderful duel there. "As told to Ingolf Dahl" will be of interest to Mr T. Row...