Editing Double Indemnity (section)

==Soundtrack==
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Wilder liked [[Miklós Rózsa]]'s work on ''Five Graves to Cairo'' and hired him to score ''Double Indemnity''. Wilder suggested a restless string figure to reflect the conspiratorial activities of Walter and Phyllis. He had in mind the opening of [[Franz Schubert]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)|Unfinished Symphony]]'', which is heard onscreen in the scene at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. Rózsa liked the idea, and Wilder was enthusiastic about the score as it took shape.<ref name="sikmain"/>{{rp|210–11}}<ref name="rozmain">[[Miklós Rózsa|Rózsa, Miklós]] (1982). ''Double Life: The Autobiography of Miklós Rózsa''. New York: Hippocrene Books. {{ISBN|978-0-88254-688-9}}.</ref>{{rp|119}}

Paramount's music director [[Louis Lipstone]] reprimanded Rózsa for writing "[[Carnegie Hall]] music"; Rózsa mistook this as a compliment. Lipstone suggested he watch ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' to learn how to properly score a film. He felt Rózsa's music was more appropriate for ''[[The Battle of Russia]]''.<ref name="sikmain"/>{{rp|210–11}}<ref name="rozmain"/>{{rp|121}} He expected Paramount's artistic director [[Buddy DeSylva]] to agree, but when DeSylva heard the music, his only note was that there should be more of it.<ref name="rozmain"/>{{rp|122}} The score was nominated for an Academy Award, and the success brought Rózsa more studio work.<ref name="rozmain"/>{{rp|122}}

===Locations===
Exterior shots of the Dietrichson house in the film were shot at a [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] house on 6301 Quebec Drive in [[Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles|Beachwood Canyon]]. The production team copied the interior of the house, including the spiral staircase, on a Paramount soundstage.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/features/la-hm-brunken-pictures,0,5555841.photogallery Prinzing, Debra. "Mae Brunken's Beachwood Canyon Home in the Hollywood Hills."] ''[[Los Angeles Times]].'' September 4, 2009.</ref>

The [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] station in Burbank was used in the film with a prop sign for Glendale; the site now hosts the Burbank [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] station.<ref>[[Alain Silver|Silver, Alain]] and [[James Ursini]] (2024). ''From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir''. Philadelphia: Running Press. {{ISBN|978-0-7624-8493-5}}. p. 118</ref> Walter Neff's apartment building was located at 1825 North Kingsley Drive in Hollywood, and the [[Hollywood & Western Building]] also appears in the film.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/double-indemnity-film-locations.html | title = Double Identity: Film Locations | last = Cress | first = Robby | date = May 17, 2009 | work = Dear Old Hollywood | access-date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>