Haunting, Mournful Horns in Netflix’s The Crown

A French Horn sits on a stand by Wim Vant Einde for Unsplash
Whatever you might think of The Crown, the big-budget Netflix show about the royals of Britain, there’s no denying it’s got a cracking score. In the first season, it fell decidedly within the Zimmer camp. Gregson-Williams' score wouldn’t have been out of place in Inception or Blue Planet. Sweeping strings alongside tasteful synths with a …