Imaginary Films
Matthew Sweet explores the trend among composers of creating scores for imaginary films.
Matthew Sweet explores the trend among composers of creating music for films that do not actually exist. Matthew looks at music for "Imaginary films", music written for films that don't exist and also scores for lost films. He interviews Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen from the production company "Two Steps From Hell" about the new phenomenon of "Epic Music" - a genre of orchestral music that has appeared from their creation of music for film trailers, which is often different from the music that features in the final film. The Classic Score of the week is from "Gaslight", a film that was nearly lost as Matthew explains.
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John Alden Carpenter
Persia Rising (from Lost Themes II)
Performer: John Carpenter. Performer: Cody Carpenter. Performer: Daniel Davies.- Sacred Bones Records.
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Franz Schreker
Four Little Pieces for Full Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Ruzicka. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- Koch.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Accompanying Music to a Film Scene (Extract)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Neil Richardson
Approaching Menace
- Play It Again Sam.
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Two Steps From Hell
Photos in Darkness
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Two Steps From Hell
Invincible
Ensemble: Two Steps From Hell.- Two Steps from Hell.
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Globus
Arcana
Ensemble: Globus.- Imperativa Records.
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Globus
A Thousand Deaths
Ensemble: Globus.- Imperativa Records.
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audiomachine
Whisper of Wonders
Ensemble: audiomachine.- Audiomachine.
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John Alden Carpenter
Halloween - End Credits (20th Anniversary Recording)
Conductor: John Carpenter. Orchestra: The Bowling Green Philharmonic.- VARESE SARABANDE.
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John Alden Carpenter
Angel's Asylum (from Lost Themes II)
Performer: John Carpenter. Performer: Cody Carpenter. Performer: Daniel Davies.- Sacred Bones.
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Bronis艂aw Kaper
Gaslight (1944) - Opening Credits
Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. -
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Richard Addinsell
Gaslight - Prelude (1939)
Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.- ASV.
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Heitor Pereira
Angry Birds (2016) - Angry Birds Movie Score Medley
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Sat 14 May 2016 15:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
