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Legends like AC/DC and The Beatles all trace their roots back to one artist who changed the face of rock n’ roll forever.

He couldn’t avoid church music, but that doesn’t mean he had to totally embrace it. Writing the score for Edward Berger’s thriller “Conclave,” set inside the Vatican during the election of a new pope, ...