Women in Film
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel created an influential means of measuring the significance of the role women play in film. Matthew Sweet plays music from films that pass the Bechdel Test.
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel created an influential means of measuring the significance of the role woman play in film: Does the film contain a conversation between two women about something other than a man?
Reflecting International Women's Day on Sunday, Matthew Sweet features music for films that pass the Bechdel Test.
Featured scores includes "Thelma and Louise", "Gone With The Wind", "Silence Of The Lambs", "The Portrait Of A Lady", "The Princess Mononoke", "Orlando", "Annie Get Your Gun". The Classic Score of the Week is Alfred Newman's "All About Eve".
Matthew also profiles scores by some of the foremost women film composers, including Lesley Barber, Lisa Gerrard, Doreen Carwithen, Rachel Portman, Anne Dudley, Jocelyn Pook, Laura Rossi and Debbie Wiseman.
@bbcradio3 #womensday.
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Hans Zimmer
THELMA AND LOUISE (1991): Titles (Thunderbird)
Performer: Hans Zimmer.- MCA : MCD10239.
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Max Steiner
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939): Apotheosis
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt. -
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Howard Shore
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991): Finale
Conductor: Howard Shore. Orchestra: M眉nchner Symphoniker.- MCA : MCD10194.
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Wojciech Kilar
The Portrait of a Lady (1996): End Credits
Conductor: Nic Raine. Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra.- DECCA : 4550112.
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Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams
SHREK 2 (2004): Prince Charming
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Joe Hisaishi
THE PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997): Legend of Ashitaka
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.- TOKUMA JAPAN : TKCA71168.
- TOKUMA JAPAN.
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Sally Potter
ORLANDO (1993): Maze
Composer: David Motion. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- VARESE SARABANDE : VSD5413.
- VARESE SARABANDE.
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Irving Berlin
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950): Anything You Can Do
Performer: Howard Keel. Performer: Betty Hutton. Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra.- WARNER : 8122766692.
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Alfred Newman
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950): Main Title and Prologue
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Lesley Barber
THE MOTH DIARIES (2011): Titles
Performer: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Lisa Gerrard
ORANGES AND SUNSHINE (2010): Let the Rest Go
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Doreen Carwithen
THREE CASES OF MURDER (1955): Opening Titles
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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Rachel Portman
THE DUTCHESS (2008): End Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Anne Dudley
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE (2005): None Can Die
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Jocelyn Pook
HEIDI (2005): Heidi
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. -
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Laura Rossi
SONG FOR MARION (2012): End Credits
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88765468352.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Debbie Wiseman
WILDE (1997): Who Has Dared To Wound You
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- MCI MUSIC : MPRCD001.
- MCI MUSIC.
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Thomas Newman
ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000): Useless
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- SONY CLASSICAL : SK89239.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Ilan Eshkeri
STILL ALICE (2014): Speech
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.
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