The Modern Prometheus
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the Frankenstein story to mark the release of the film Morgan.
200 years ago this year, a group of English literati, holidaying in Switzerland, which included the poet Lord Byron and his physician Dr John Polidori, Mary Shelley, her step-sister Claire Clairemont, and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, decided to pass the summer evenings entertaining each other with the telling of supernatural stories. The seeds were sown for one of the most enduring of all horror tales - Frankenstein.
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the Frankenstein story in the week of the release of Luke Scott's debut feature "Morgan". The programme highlights music from the Universal Studios series of films from the '30s and '40s; from the Hammer Collection of the '60s and '70s; and from some of the more recent cinematic incarnations of the story.
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Music Played
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Thomas Dolby
Gothic (1987) - Phatasmagoria
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Bernhard Kaun
Frankenstein (1931) - Theme
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. -
Frank Skinner
Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Monster's Rampage & Finale
Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg. -
Life Toward Twilight
Life Toward Twilight's score for Edison's Frankenstein of 1910 (2008)
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Hans J. Salter
Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) - Main Title & Freeing the Monster
Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny. -
Leonard Salzedo
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - Main Title
Conductor: John Hollingsworth. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
James Bernard
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) - End Credits
Conductor: John Hollingsworth. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
Patrick Doyle
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) - The Creation
Conductor: David Snell. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
Irving Berlin
Young Frankenstein (1974) - Puttin On The Ritz
Singer: Gene Wilder. Singer: Peter Boyle. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
Maurice Jarre
The Bride (1985) - Main Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
Franz Waxman
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - The Creation & The Tower Explodes
Orchestra: Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. -
Richard Band
Bride of Re-animator (1990) - Main Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. -
Marco Beltrami
Ben Hur (2016) - Chariots of Fire
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Sat 3 Sep 2016 16:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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