The year 1945 was difficult for everyone. But no matter what hardships they faced, music was always there to bring smiles to people's faces, and distract them from reality, even if just for a few ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RASCOE: Horrendous is how Hans Zimmer's music for the movie "Blitz" has been described. But that's exactly what he was going for, trying to capture the feel of nightly bombing ...