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With the release of 'Stuber' this week, Michael Dowse's action comedy about a taxi driver and a terrorist, with music by Joseph Trapanese, Matthew Sweet considers the differing ways in which cars appear in films, and the music that has been created to underscore them.

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 15:00

Music Played

  • Barry Gray

    Supercar (1951-52) - Theme

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • ITV 50 Cult Themes.
    • EMI.
  • Larry Adler

    Genevieve (1953) - Waltz

    Performer: Larry Adler.
    • Classic British Film Music Vol. 2.
    • Filmophone.
  • Riz Ortolani

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) - Theme

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • MGM Records.
  • Ron Goodwin

    Monte-Carlo or Bust (1969) 聳 Schickel Shamble

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
    • Chandos.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Great Race (1965) - Overture

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Great Race (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) 聳 Main Title / Toot Sweets

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Varese Sarabande.
  • Marvin Hamlisch

    The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 聳 Ride to Atlantis

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Spy Who Loved Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • EMI.
  • Howard Shore

    Crash (1996) 聳 Main Title

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Great Race (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Great Race (1965) - Overture

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • David Cronenberg's Crash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan.
  • Dickon Hinchliffe

    Locke (2013) 聳 Ivan Locke

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Locke (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Fiction Records.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Taxi Driver (1976) - Suite

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Taxi Driver (Original Soundtrack Recording).
    • Arista.
  • Joseph Trapanese

    Stuber (2019) 聳 Main Title / I knew You

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Stuber (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Fox Music.
  • Hoyt S. Curtin

    Wacky Races Theme

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Television's Greatest Hits: 5: In Living Colour.
    • ILC.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Great Race (1965) - Overture

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Great Race (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Kursk (2019) 聳 Theme

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.

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  • Sat 13 Jul 2019 15:00

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