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Obsession

Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by obsession to mark the release of Fifty Shades of Grey. The Classic Score of the Week is Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo.

In the week of the much anticipated release of "Fifty Shades of Grey", Matthew Sweet features the Danny Elfman score and considers film music inspired by obsession.

The programme includes music from Of Human Bondage; American Beauty; The Talented Mr Ripley; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; Peeping Tom; Lolita; Eyes Wide Shut; Fatal Attraction; Last Tango In Paris and Sleeping With the Enemy.

The Classic Score of the Week is Bernard Herrmann's "Vertigo".

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Sat 14 Feb 2015 16:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erroll Garner

    PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971): Misty

    Orchestra: 101 Strings.

  • Thomas Newman

    AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999): Dead Already

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.
    • DREAMWORKS : 4502332.
    • DREAMWORKS.

  • Gabriel Yared

    THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999): Crazy Tom

    Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • NAIVE : K1645.
    • NAIVE.

  • Reinhold Heil

    PERFUME - STORY OF A MURDERER (2006): Meeting Laura

    Composer: Tom Tykwer. Composer: Johnny Klimek. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Singer: Chenn Reiss. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Brian Easdale

    PEEPING TOM (1960): The Murder/A Childhood in Film/Peeping Tom

    Performer: Paul Bateman.
    • SILVA SCREEN : FILMXCD331.
    • SILVA SCREEN.
    • 7.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    VERTIGO (1958): Prelude and Rooftop/Scene D'Amour

    Conductor: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Bernard Hermann Orchestra.
    • VARESE SARABANDE : VSD5759.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • Bob Harris

    LOLITA (1962): Opening Titles

    Composer: Nelson Riddle. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Maurice Jarre

    FATAL ATTRACTION (1987): Main Theme

    Conductor: Maurice Jarre. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Gato Barbieri

    LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972): Last Tango In Paris Part 1

    Ensemble: Gato Barbieri and his Orchestra.
    • RYKODISC : RCD10724.
    • RYKODISC.
    • 1.

  • Danny Elfman

    FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (2015): Did That Hurt?

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (1991): Morning on the Beach

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.

  • Kristin Øhrn Dyrud

    COHERENCE (2014): Coherence

    Performer: Kristin Øhrn Dyrud.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Feb 2015 16:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Related Links

  • (www.independent.co.uk)
  • (www.theguardian.com)
  • (www.allmusic.com)
  • (www.filmsite.org)
  • (www.theguardian.com)
  • (www.bernardherrmann.org)