Episode 2
Stewart Copeland looks at the power of music to tell stories as he meets film director Francis Ford Coppola, musical duo Ibeyi, folk legend Martin Carthy, rapper Talib Kweli and his old friend Sting.
Stewart Copeland continues his mission to understand how music works by exploring its extraordinary power to tell stories.
His journey includes meetings with film director Francis Ford Coppola, who explains how simple musical devices transformed the most famous scenes in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, his old friend Sting, who describes the secrets of his songwriting process, rapper Talib Kweli, who looks at the power of music in protest, and the French-Cuban Ibeyi sisters, who show how music has kept the Yoruban tradition alive. Finally, he meets the man who composed one of the shortest but most effective musical stories ever written - the Intel bongs!
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Music Played
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The Kinks
You Really Got Me
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Danny Elfman
Farewell
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Shirley Walker
Ice Dance
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Green Day
The Simpsons Theme (From The Simpsons Movie)
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Shirley Walker
Ice Dance
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath (Live)
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jamming
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Handel: Solomon Hwv 67 / Act 3 - The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba
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Herbert
Strong
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
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Sting
Englishman In New York
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Simon & Garfunkel
Scarborough Fair
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N.W.A
Straight Outta Compton
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Talib Kweli
Get By
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Golden Flamingo Orchestra
The Guadian Angel Is Watching Over Us (feat. Margo Williams)
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The Police
Does Everyone Stare
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Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra
The Ride of The Valkyries
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Stewart Copeland |
Editor | Angus Sutherland |
Series Editor | Sam Anthony |
Executive Producer | Jez Nelson |
Director | Nico Wasserman |
Production Company | Somethin' Else |
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Jan 2020 21:30
- Sat 25 Jan 2020 01:25
- Sat 16 Apr 2022 00:05
- Fri 17 Feb 2023 23:55
- Mon 20 Feb 2023 01:20
- Mon 26 Aug 2024 00:40