Rank
Matthew Sweet presents a programme of music for the films associated with one of the most potent forces in British cinema: Hull-born producer Joseph Arthur Rank.
Matthew Sweet presents a programme of film music marking Radio 3's Uproot festival, held in Hull - the 2017 UK City of Culture. The programme is inspired by films associated with one of the driving forces of British cinema, Hull-born Joseph Arthur Rank. His Rank Organisation films were famously prefaced with a sequence featuring a man striking a giant gong, and they brought us some of our best loved titles, and with them, some great scores: "In Which We Serve", "Brief Encounter", "A Matter of Life and Death", "Genevieve", "Reach for the Sky", "Carve Her Name with Pride" etc.
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Eric Rogers
CARRY ON DOCTOR (1967) - Suite
Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gavin Sutherland. -
Georges Auric
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (1945) - Main Titles and The Battle
Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba. -
William Walton
HENRY V (1944) - Epilogue
Performer: Choristers of Westminster Cathedral. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus. Performer: Neville Marriner. -
Norman Wisdom
TROUBLE IN STORE (1953) - Don't Laugh At Me
Performer: Norman Wisdom. Orchestra: Norrie Paramour Orchestra. -
Larry Adler
GENEVIEVE (1953) - Main Theme
Performer: Larry Adler. -
William Alwyn
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958) - Main Theme
Performer: Rumon Gamba. Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. -
Doreen Carwithen
BOYS IN BROWN (1949) - Suite
Performer: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Gavin Sutherland. -
Bruce Montgomery
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (1954) - Titles
Performer: Muir Mathieson. Performer: Studio Orchestra. -
Philip Green
THE SINGER NOT THE SONG (1961) - Theme
Performer: Philip Green. Performer: The Knightsbridge Strings. -
James Bernard
FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL (1974) - The Monster Recovers
Performer: Hugh Bean. Performer: philip martell. Performer: Studio Orchestra. -
Tony Banks
THE SHOUT (1978) - From The Undertow
Performer: Tony Banks. -
Laurie Johnson
THE BELSTONE FOX (1973) - Suite
Performer: Laurie Johnson. Performer: Studio Orchestra. -
John Addison
REACH FOR THE SKY (1956) - Reach For The Sky
Performer: Rumon Gamba. Performer: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. -
Eric Rogers
CARRY ON MATRON (1972)
Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gavin Sutherland.
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