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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The dictionary defines the word “epic” as a grand or heroic story. In Hollywood the epic is a movie that’s big – really big – and a big movie needs big… -
This week's Film Music Friday is devoted to the music of John Williams. He is arguably the most popular and influential composer of the last 100 years,… -
In part two of our look at music from classic film noir, we'll hear excerpts from Chinatown, On Dangerous Ground, Flamingo Road, Murder My Sweet and Dirty Harry, among others. -
When Aliens Attack is the theme for this edition of Film Music Friday. Movie aliens always seem to want to enslave us, destroy us or eat us (sometimes all three). We'll hear themes from some classic alien invasion movies, including The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, Kronos, Alien and Mars Attacks. -
In his 30+ years as a film composer Franz Waxman created music for such films as The Bride of Frankenstein, Captains Courageous, Sunset Boulevard, A Place… -
Starting in the early 1970's, the London-based National Philharmonic Orchestra produced a long string of albums devoted to classic movie music. On this… -
Excerpts from King Kong, Jurassic Park, The Gambler, Alien and Music for Movies by Aaron Copland. -
This week on Film Music Friday, it's music from the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock was a true auteur, a filmmaker whose influence and artistic… -
In his near-50 year career as a film composer Alan Silvestri has created some of the most popular and beloved themes for movies like Back to the Future,… -
The chase has been a staple of cinema since the days of the Keystone Kops. On this edition of Film Music Friday we'll hear excerpts from some of the great…
