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Music and British Animation

Matthew Sweet considers music for British animation as the BFI mark the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine and looks back on some classic children's animation titles.

Matthew Sweet considers music for British animation as the BFI mark the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine. The programme looks back on scores for some of the classic children's animation titles from the likes of Oliver Postgate and Ivor Wood including 'Bagpuss'; 'Ivor the Engine'; and 'Camberwick Green'; music for Jerry and Sylvia Anderson's 'Thunderbirds'; the 1954 'Animal Farm'; and 'Watership Down' and 'Yellow Submarine'. The programme also features music from Aardmann Animation features 'Chicken Run' and the recent 'Early Man'; as well as Raymond Briggs's 'Ethel and Earnest' and The Snowman'.

And on a similar theme, as Incredibles 2 reaches UK screens this week, there's a chance to hear some of Michael Giacchino's new score.

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Sat 14 Jul 2018 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Faulkner

    Bagpuss (1974): The Bony King Of Nowhere, The Prima Ballerina, Mouse Round

    Composer: Sandra Kerr. Composer: Trad.. Singer: Sandra Kerr. Singer: Oliver Postgate. Singer: John Faulkner.
    • Bagpuss: The Songs & Music.
    • SMALL FOLK.
    • 1,21,14.

  • John Powell

    Chicken Run "Main Titles"

    Composer: Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Chicken Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA.

  • Julian Nott

    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit "Wallace & Gromit"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Wallace & Gromit The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
    • 19.

  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    Early Man "Dug's Theme"

    Composer: Tom Howe. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Early Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal Music.
    • 5.

  • Don Barreto

    La Belle Creole

    Ensemble: Don Barreto & His Cuban Orchestra.
    • Don Barreto "1932-1935".
    • Harlequin Records.
    • 1.

  • Vernon Eliott

    Ivor the Engine (1959): Theme

    Performer: Vernon Eliott. Singer: Oliver Postgate.
    • Ivor The Engine & Pogles Wood - Original Television Music By The Vernon Elliott.
    • TRUNK RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Freddie Phillips

    Camberwick Green (1966): Music Box

    Performer: Freddie Phillips.
    • Themes From Children's 大象传媒.
    • 大象传媒.
    • 14.

  • Freddie Phillips

    Camberwick Green (1972): Windy Miller's Song

    Performer: Freddie Phillips. Singer: Brian Cant.
    • Camberwick Green.
    • 大象传媒.

  • Johnny Hawksworth

    Roobarb and Custard

    Orchestra: Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra.
    • This Is The Return of Cult Fiction.
    • Virgin.
    • 36.

  • Mike Batt

    The Wombling Song

    Performer: Mike Batt.
    • All Together Now (Children's Favourite TV Themes).
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 21.

  • Alain Legrand

    The Magic Roundabout

    • Themes From Children's 大象传媒.
    • 大象传媒.
    • 16.

  • Barry Gray

    Thunderbirds Are Go (1966): Thunderbirds Theme, Alan's Dream, Martian Mystery

    Orchestra: Barry Grey Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Gray.
    • Thunderbirds Are Go.
    • EMI.
    • 1-3.

  • M谩ty谩s Seiber

    Animal Farm (1954): Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Angela Morley

    Watership Down (1978): End Credits

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Orchestra: Marcus dodd.
    • Watership Down: The Original Soundtrack From The Film.
    • VOCALION.
    • 7.

  • Roger Waters

    The Wall (1984): Another Brick In The Wall

    Ensemble: Pink Floyd.
    • The Wall.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Carl Davis

    Ethel And Ernest (2016): Opening

    Performer: Carl Davis.
    • Ethel And Ernest.
    • DECCA Digital Download.

  • Howard Blake

    The Snowman (2016): The Snowmen's Dance

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Howard Blake.
    • The Snowman / The Story Of The Snowman.
    • CBS.
    • 6.

  • Clint Mansell

    Loving Vincent (2017): The Sower with Setting Sun

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Loving Vincent.
    • MILAN.
    • 12.

  • Paul Leonard鈥怣organ

    Walking With Dinosaurs (2013): 3 BFF

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Walking With Dinosaurs.
    • BFD.
    • 14.

  • Michael Giacchino

    Incredibles 2 (2018): Incredits 2

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
    • Incredibles 2.
    • WALT DISNEY DOWNLOAD.
    • 26.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Jul 2018 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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