Anton Karas asked a stunned Karas if he would compose the music for the film. Karas protested, saying he had never actually written music. As Karas later told the story, the director insisted and invited Karas to England. The Austrian became homesick and asked to be allowed to return. Reed told him he could—as soon as he had written the music. Under this pressure Karas wrote his Harry Lime theme. The film—with the music a contributing factor—was a gigantic success, and Karas' life was changed drastically. As a result, he toured all over the world and performed for many celebrities, among them
Aftershock (2012 film) a group of doctors in Buffalo. Distribution rights were presold to recoup the budget costs. López had previous experience shooting using Digital SLR cameras, and after screen tests, convinced Roth that with the right lenses and lighting it would look like 35mm film. The entire movie was recorded using a Canon EOS 5D camera. It initially received a NC-17 rating, and consequently had to be re-edited so that it would achieve an R rating. Rotten Tomatoes gives "Aftershock" a score of 37% rating based on 51 reviews. Metacritic gives a 39 rating, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on reviews