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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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. -
Although his film career only included 16 films, composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold helped to shape the language of modern film music. On this edition of Film Music Friday we'll hear some of his landmark scores for The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, Deception, King's Row and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday dives in the whodunit, those twisty, complex murder mysteries that have been around as long as there have been movies. We'll hear music from The Big Sleep, And Then There Were None, Murder On the Orient Express, Knives Out and more. -
Welcome to the jungle! On this week's Film Music Friday, we venture into the world of jungle movies. We'll hear music from King Kong, The Most Dangerous Game, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Phantom, Congo...even George of the Jungle. -
This week Film Music Friday takes a deep dive into the music of science fiction films. We'll hear music from classics like Things to Come, Destination Moon and The Day the Earth Stood Still, plus lesser-known films, including World Without End and The Colossus of New York. -
Composer Jerome Moross was born on August 1, 2013 and, on this edition of Film Music Friday, we'll hear samples of his movie scores, including music from The Big Country, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Jayhawkers and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday takes a deep dive into the adventure film scores of Oscar winner Miklos Rozsa, including music from The Thief of Bagdad, Ben-Hur, Knights of the Round Table and more. -
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.
