New Year New Music - Experimenting with music for film
Matthew Sweet explores some of the experimental ventures in music for film from composers who have strived to create new sounds and evoke new aural worlds to underscore the movies.
Matthew Sweet looks at some of the experimental ventures in music for film from composers who have strived to create new sounds and evoke new aural worlds to underscore the movies.
Recorded as part of Radio 3's New Year - New Music Season, the programme features scores by Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Philip Glass, Peter Maxwell Davies, Jon Brion, Bebe and Louis Baron, Mario Nascimbene, Hans Zimmer, Basil Kirchin, Mr Ozio, Carter Burwell and Nathan Johnson.
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Alexandre Desplat
The Danish Girl (2015): The Danish Girl
- DECCA.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
The Devils: Execution and End Scene
Ensemble: Aquarius. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- NAXOS : 8572408.
- Naxos.
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Bernard Herrmann
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953): The Sea/The Undersea Forest
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Jerry Goldsmith
Planet of the Apes (1968): Main Title
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.- VARESE SARABANDE : VSD5848.
- VARESE SARABANDE.
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Ennio Morricone
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1977): Violenza Inattesa/Silence in the Chaos
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- DRG : 32911.
- DRG.
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Ennio Morricone
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1977): Violenza Inattesa/Silence in the Chaos
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- DRG : 32911.
- DRG.
- 5/6.
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Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi (1980): Koyaanisqatsi - Opening
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
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Peter Maxwell Davies
The Boyfriend (1971): Honeymoon Fantast/Sur La Plage/I Could be Happy
Ensemble: Aquarius. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- NAXOS : 8572408.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
The Boyfriend (1971): Honeymoon Fantast/Sur La Plage/I Could be Happy
Ensemble: Aquarius. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- NAXOS : 8572408.
- NAXOS.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
The Boyfriend (1971): Honeymoon Fantast/Sur La Plage/I Could be Happy
Ensemble: Aquarius. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- NAXOS : 8572408.
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Jon Brion
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2005): Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra Cond. By Composer. -
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Louis and Bebe Barron
Once Around Altair (from The Forbidden Planet)
- PHILIPS : 4464032.
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Mario Nascimbene
Barabbas (1962): The Whipping of Christ
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Nascimbene. -
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Hans Zimmer
The Dark Knight (2008): Why So Serious/I'm not a Hero
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.- WARNER : 9362498600.
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Basil Kirchin
Primitive London (1965): Primitive London 6
- TRUNK RECORDS.
- TRUNK RECORDS.
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Mr. Oizo
Rubber (2010): Bellyball Road and La Caoutchouc
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Carter Burwell
Blair Witch 2 - Book of Shadows (2000): Shadow Dance
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Milan.
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Mica Levi
Under the Skin (2013): Love
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- Milan.
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Nathan Johnson
Looper (2012): Following The Loop
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra Cond. By Composer.- CUT NARRATIVE.
Broadcast
- Sat 2 Jan 2016 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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