What do Die Hard, Dead Poets Society and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective all have in common? They all feature music from Beethoven's popular Symphony No. 9! It's questions like that you may get answered on KPR's Film Music Friday at 7:06 p.m.
Film Music Friday celebrates the use of classical music in movies, as well as classic symphonic scores created especially for motion pictures. Whether is J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue from Monty Python and the Meaning of Life or Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture from Caddyshack or Bellini's "Casta Diva" from The Bridges of Madison County, classical music and opera has provided the background for movies since the age of silent film. With the advent of sound, pioneering composers like Max Steiner and Erich Korngold created memorable scores for films like King Kong and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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The term "B-Movie" refers to low budget films or serials that were often on the bottom half of a double feature. On this week's Film Music Friday, we'll dive into the music of B-Movies, with excerpts from Lost Continent, The Fighting Devil Dogs, The Three Mesquiteers, Tormented and more. -
We're going to war with the movies on this week's Film Music Friday, with themes from such classic war films as The Lost Patrol, Destination Tokyo, Sahara, Patton and more. -
For this week's Film Music Friday we're celebrating Halloween with memorable movie monster music! We'll hear themes from Nosferatu, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Them! and many more. -
On this week's Film Music Friday we take another deep dive into the music of film noir, with music from Double Indemnity, Laura, Journey Into Fear and much more. -
This week's Film Music Friday features movies based on best-selling books. We'll hear music from Forever Amber, Captain Blood, Giant, Gone with the Wind and more. -
One of the most prolific composers in films, Hans Zimmer's music has two received two Oscars, , a BAFTA, and three Golden Globes. On this week's Film Music Friday we'll hear Zimmer's work on Driving Miss Daisy, the Batman films, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rango and more. -
This week, we take a deep dive into jazz in films, with music from Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, Sweet Smell of Success, Bullitt and more. -
Space aliens invade the Earth on this week's Film Music Friday, when we feature themes from The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, Mars Attacks and more. -
Film Music Friday revisits the Western this week, with classic scores for The Alamo, Virginia City, Last Train from Gun Hill, Guns of the Magnificent Seven and more. -
Film Music Friday takes to the air this week, as we focus on aviation films. We'll hear music from The Spirit of St. Louis, The Dambusters, 633 Squadron, The Aviator and more.
