Great Film Composers: The Music of the Movies
The story of film music from its earliest days, right up to date with such masters of the medium as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
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Season 1
12 episodes
1. The Birth of the Film ScoreThe first edition looks at the decades before the first “talking picture”, 1927’s The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson in dubious blackface. Movies were silent — or were they? If you were watching a Chaplin comedy in a “fleapit”, perhaps. In a fancier picture house you might enjoy a live pianist ad-libbing to what he saw on screen, and, by 1915, DW Griffith’s blockbuster The Birth of a Nation was distributed with a full score to be played by a live orchestra.TV-PGCCNov 20, 2019
2. The 1930s & the Father of Film MusicA look at soundtracks of the 1930s, an era that saw many artists head to Hollywood and bring life to films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Wizard of Oz and Jezebel.TV-PGCCNov 27, 2019
3. The 1940s: The Golden AgeA look at the 1940s, an era that saw many composers head to Hollywood to escape the Second World War, with Miklos Rozsa working on films with Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock.TV-PGCCDec 2, 2019
4. The 1950s: A New DawnA look at film soundtracks of the 1950s, when the the rise of jazz music influenced the sound of movies inlcuding A Street Car Named Desire, Giant and Dial M for Murder.TV-PGCCDec 9, 2019
5. The 1960s: Part OnePart one of two. A look at the soundtracks of the 1960s, including Henry Mancini's work on Breakfast at Tiffany's and Maurice Jarre's score for Lawrence of Arabia.TV-PGCCDec 16, 2019
6. The 1960s: Part TwoPart two of two. More of the soundtracks of the 1960s, featuring a look at the works of composers such as Quincy Jones and John Barry.TV-PGCCJan 8, 2020
7. The 1970s: Part OnePart one of two. A look at soundtracks of the 1970s, when independent film-makers were causing a stir and paving the way for composers like Marvin Hamlisch and Nino Rota.TV-PGCCJan 13, 2020
8. The 1970s: Part TwoPart two of two. The work of Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire and John Williams in the 1970s, when they composed music for films including Alien, All the President's Men and Jaws.TV-PGCCJan 20, 2020
9. The 1980s: Part OnePart one of two. Soundtracks of the 1980s, including John Williams' score for ET, Brad Fiedel's music for The Terminator and Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind's work on The Shining.TV-PGCCJan 27, 2020
10. The 1980s: Part TwoPart two of two. A look at the 1980s soundtracks by Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen and Maurice Jarre, including scores for The Abyss, Rain Man, Die Hard and Mad Max.TV-PGCCFeb 3, 2020
11. The 1990sA look at soundtracks of the 1990s, like Carter Burwell's work with the Coen brothers, James Horner's work on Braveheart and Titanic, and Hans Zimmer's music for Thelma & Louise.TV-PGCCFeb 10, 2020
12. The 2000sA look at the soundtracks of the 2000s and the composers that wrote the scores for blockbusters including Avatar, The Dark Knight and Gladiator.TV-PGCCFeb 17, 2020
Great Film Composers: The Music of the Movies
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The story of film music from its earliest days, right up to date with such masters of the medium as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
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