Breaking Free: Serialism and the Cinema
Matthew Sweet on Schoenberg's influence on film music. Including Leonard Rosenman, Miklos Rozsa, Scott Bradley, Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire, Ernest Gold and Elisabeth Lutyens.
Matthew Sweet looks at the influence of Schoenberg on film music - not least in the scores of Leonard Rosenman, Miklos Rozsa, Scott Bradley, Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire, Ernest Gold, Johnny Mandel, Humphrey Searle, Benjamin Frankel and Elisabeth Lutyens.
Although Schoenberg never wrote a score to accompany an actual film he was very interested in the medium and lived his final years in Hollywood where several of the leading Hollywood composers attended his composition classes. His revolutionary ideas about "twelve tone" composition made a sizable impact on film music as Matthew explores and illustrates in this programme.
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Ernest Gold
On The Beach (1959) - Main Theme/The Desolate City
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Gold. -
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MiklΓ³s RΓ³zsa
King of Kings (1961) - Temptation
Conductor: MiklΓ³s RΓ³zsa. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
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Jerry Goldsmith
Freud (1962) - Main Title
Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
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Johnny Mandel
Point Blank (1967) - Opening Titles
Conductor: Johnny Mandel. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
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David Shire
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974) - Main Title
Conductor: David Shire. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
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Humphrey Searle
The Haunting (1963) - Opening
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
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Benjamin Frankel
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - The Prelude
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis. -
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Benjamin Frankel
The Prisoner (1955) - Solitary Confinement
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis. -
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Elisabeth Lutyens
The Skull (1965) - Suite
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen. -
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Kathryn Kluge
Silence (2016) - Meditation
Composer: Kim Allen Kluge. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
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- Sat 7 Jan 2017 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
