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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During his long career, John Wayne rode the West accompanied by music written by some of Hollywood's finest composers. This week on Film Music Friday, we'll hear examples, including music from The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo, True Grit and more. -
This week on Film Music Friday we're featuring rejected film scores. Among the films we'll hear whose initial scores were tossed out are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Torn Curtain, Platoon, The Exorcist and more. -
For the Fourth of July, Film Music Friday celebrates the music of patriotic films, including Captain America, Air Force One, Patton, Independence Day and more. -
Composer David Raksin created scores for more than 100 films and 300 TV shows, and penned the song standard "Laura". This week on Film Music Friday we're hearing the work of David Raksin in films, including The Bad and the Beautiful, Laura, Forever Amber, The Big Combo and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday is a complete hoax! That's because we're featuring music from films about hoaxes, including Capricorn One, The Ladykillers, Now You See Me and Quiz Show, among others. -
This week's Film Music Friday features music from the films of Audrey Hepburn, including Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, War and Peace, Charade and more. -
We're time traveling on this week's Film Music Friday, with music from The Time Machine, Somewhere in Time, Time Bandits and even a Star Trek movie! -
The movies go to war in this week's Film Music Friday! We'll hear music from classic war films like Sahara, Destination Tokyo, A Bridge Too Far, Patton and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday features music from some movies you may have missed, including The Rocket Post, The Quarry, Ammonite and The Escapist. -
We visit some strange and exotic places on this week's Film Music Friday, with music drawn from The Most Dangerous Game, The Thief of Bagdad, Land of the Pharoahs, The Abyss and more.
