How 12 Angry Men Did Justice to Justice

12 Angry Men spawns the modern courtroom procedural and Kris Maddigan’s approach to composing a jazz score for Cuphead, the video game.

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For our latest installment of American Icons, Studio 360’s Sam Kim explores 12 Angry Men, the courtroom drama that has inspired jurists—and Hollywood script writers—for decades. And how Kris Maddigan, a first-time video game composer, wrote a three-hour long jazz album for the popular indie game Cuphead.

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