Michael Giacchino is among the most successful film composers working today. He's contributed music to several popular film franchises, including the Mission: Impossible and Jurassic World series, the Star Trek reboot and Marvel films, plus he's become the go-to composer for Pixar films, scoring such box office hits as Up (for which he won an Oscar), Ratatouille and The Incredibles. On this week's Film Music Friday we'll sample some of Giacchino's greatest hits.

Composer Hans Zimmer has provided the music for a staggering number of films during his 30+ year career. On this week's Film Music Friday we'll hear excerpts of his work from Driving Miss Daisy, Intersteller, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight Rises, The Da Vinci Code and others.

Austrian-born composer Max Steiner moved to Hollywood in 1929 and became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He's often referred to as "the father of film music." On this week's Film Music Friday, it's an encore broadcast of our tribute to Max Steiner, with excerpts from his scores for King Kong, Gone with the Wind, Adventures of Don Juan, Casablanca and many more.

In Hollywood it's thought that comedies don't win Oscars. They do, however, produce some pretty entertaining tunes and on tonight's Film Music Friday we'll delve into music for comedy. We'll hear highlights from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Back to the Future, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?, Young Frankenstein and more.

This week on Film Music Friday we'll sample music from movies about real people - the "biopic." Among the films included are Lawrence of Arabia, Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Aviator, Catch Me if You Can, My Left Foot and others.