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.
Every Friday host Darrell Brogdon will bring you magnificent movie music on Film Music Friday.
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We'll take some epic journeys on this week's encore broadcast of Film Music Friday, with music from Lawrence of Arabia, Journey to the Center of the… -
On this week's Film Music Friday we enter the world of the B-movie, where time, money and inspiration are often in short supply. However, despite working… -
On this week's Film Music Friday, it's an encore broadcast of our Sherlock Holmes show, featuring music from TV and movies about the World's Greatest… -
On this encore broadcast of Film Music Friday, we feature movies about small teams working together to overcome mighty odds. We'll hear music from… -
This week on Film Music Friday, we visit some strange and exotic places in cinema, with music from Stargate, Mysterious Island, Hidalgo, The Most… -
This week on Film Music Friday it's the work of composer Danny Elfman. As a devoted film fan (but not an aspiring film composer), Elfman has said that… -
On this week's encore broadcast of Film Music Friday, we explore the music of composer Bernard Herrmann. We'll hear music from Citizen Kane, North by… -
Would horror movies be as frightening without the scary music? With Halloween nearly upon us, tonight's Film Music Friday spotlights some of the music for… -
Some movies are disasters. Others are disaster movies. On this edition of Film Music Friday we'll sample music from some classic (and some not-so-classic)… -
In this one-hour edition of Film Music Friday, we'll hear themes from I Was Monty's Double, The Three Worlds of Gulliver, Hobson's Choice and Sky Captain…
