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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This week's Film Music Friday looks at sword-and-sandal movies, those historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. We'll hear music from 300, Spartacus, Ben-Hur, Jason and the Argonauts, Red Sonja and more. -
For Valentine's Day, this week's Film Music Friday features some romantic themes from movies like Love Actually, Cinema Paradiso, Casablanca, The Piano, Much Ado About Nothing and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday explores music for Kings, Queens and Presidents, with excerpts from The Adventures of Robin Hood, Juarez, Air Force One, Henry V, JFK and more. -
The Warner Brothers studio made some of the first films with synchronized music scores and, thanks to the work of brilliant composers like Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, virtually invented the language of film music. This week on Film Music Friday we feature the "sound" of Warner Brothers films, including music from Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon, Giant, Charge of the Light Brigade and more. -
Composers sometimes create brilliant music for movies that just don't deserve it. This week, a deep dive into good music from bad movies, including Red Sonja, Timeline, The Core and The League of Extradorinary Gentlemen. -
Over the last 90 years, the Newman family of composers has helped define the art of film music, and received nearly 100 Oscar nominations. This week on Film Music Friday, we'll hear works members of this talented family, with excerpts from Beau Geste, How the West Was Won, The Natural, The Shawshank Redemption and more. -
In his nearly 50-year career as a film composer, Miklos Rozsa contributed scores to Biblical epics, romantic dramas and film noir thrillers. On this week's Film Music Friday, we focus on his music for adventure films, including Ben-Hur, Knights of the Round Table, Green Fire, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and others. -
The World's Greatest Detective has been a part of films since 1900, and is the most portrayed human literary character in film and television history. This week's Film Music Friday delves into Sherlock Holmes in the movies, with music from The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Young Sherlock Holmes and more. -
From Blazing Saddles to Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid to Galaxy Quest, this week's Film Music Friday is all about the movie spoof! -
'Tis the season for Christmas movies! On this Film Music Friday we're hearing music from holiday classics like It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Polar Express, A Christmas Story and more.
