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 features the sound of Warner Brothers Studios, where modern film scoring was born. We'll hear music from such classics as The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon, Giant, Charge of the Light Brigade and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday dives into the music of movies set at Christmastime, including It's a Wonderful Life, The Bishop's Wife, A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nightmare Before Christmas and more. -
Filmmakers have always been fascinated with the concept of time travel. This week on Film Music Friday, we jump into movies about time travel, including Planet of the Apes, The Time Machine, Somewhere in Time, Edge of Tomorrow, Safety Not Guaranteed and more. -
In Hollywood there's a saying that comedies don't win Oscars. However, that doesn't mean there haven't some awesome comedy films made over the years and this week on Film Music Friday we're hearing music from classics like Blazing Saddles, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Ghostbusters, The Trouble with Harry and lots more. -
One of Hollywood's biggest stars, Humphrey Bogart's film career stretched from about 1930 to his death in 1957, and included some classic films. This week on Film Music Friday, we're hearing music for Humphrey Bogart, with excerpts from The Maltese Falcon, High Sierra, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and more. -
Although his film career was relatively brief - just 16 films - composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold won two Oscars and created music for some of Hollywood's most classic films. On this edition of Film Music Friday, we'll hear Korngold's music for Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, King's Row, The Prince and the Pauper and more. -
This week's Film Music Friday features Sherlock Holmes, one of the most prolific characters in films, with hundred of motion pictures dating back all the way to 1900. We'll hear music from Without a Clue, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Mister Holmes, Young Sherlock Holmes and more. -
Before he became an in-demand composer of film scores, Jerry Goldsmith spent many years working in network radio and TV. This week on Film Music Friday, we'll hear a sampling of scores Goldsmith created for television, including themes from Playhouse 90, The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Room 222 and others. -
This week on Film Music Friday we're hearing the work of three rising young composes - Justin Hurwitz, Pinar Toprak and Ramin Djawadi. Their music's been featured in films like First Man, Whiplash, Captain Marvel, Game of Thrones and Iron Man. -
With Halloween upon us, this week's Film Music Friday features music from some classic horror movies, including Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Beast with Five Fingers, The Fly, It Came from Outer Space and more.
