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Movie Tyrants

Matthew introduces a selection of music that underscores some of cinema's most tyrannical characters, including a range of music as fantastical as The Phantom Menace to Quo Vadis.

Matthew introduces a selection of music that underscores some of cinema's most tyrannical characters. The programme draws on music from Star Wars -Phantom Menace, You Only Live Twice, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Maleficent, The Hunger Games, V for Vendetta, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Great Dictator, Man In The High Castle, Appassionata, Animal Farm, Novecento, The Last King of Scotland, Land of the Blind, and the Classic Score of the Week, Miklos Rozsa鈥檚 music for Quo Vadis.

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Sat 10 Feb 2024 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Star Wars - Return of The Jedi (1983) "Luke and Leia"

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Star Wars 路 Return Of The Jedi (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA VICTOR.

  • John Williams

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace "Duel of the Fates"

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. Choir: London Voices.
    • Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Barry

    You Only Live Twice

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • You Only Live Twice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Capitol.

  • Richard M. Sherman

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Chu-chi face"

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Anna Quayle. Singer: Gert Fr枚be. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Var猫se Sarabande.

  • James Newton Howard

    Maleficent "Maleficent Suite"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Pete Anthony.
    • Maleficent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney.

  • James Newton Howard

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 "The Hanging Tree"

    Singer: Jennifer Lawrence. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Lionsgate.

  • Dario Marianelli

    V for Vendetta "Knives and Bullets (and Cannons too)"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • V For Vendetta (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • EMI.

  • Dominic Muldowney

    Nineteen Eighty-Four: Main Title: "Oceania, 'Tis For Thee"

    Performer: Linda Hirst. Choir: London Voices. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: Dominic Muldowney.
    • Nineteen Eighty-Four (The Music Of Oceania) (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Airstrip One Company.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Great Dictator "The Globe Dance (Lohengrin, Act 1, Prelude)"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Great Dictator - Soundtrack Album.
    • Le Chant du Monde.

  • Henry Jackman

    The Man in the High Castle "Attent盲ter"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Man In The High Castle: Seasons 1 & 2 (Music From The Amazon Original Series.
    • Var猫se Sarabande.
    • 6.

  • Richard Harvey

    Animal Farm: The Song of the Grateful Duck

    Singer: Nicole Tibbels. Singer: King Hannah. Singer: Charlotte Murton-Laight. Choir: Budapest Radio Choir. Orchestra: London Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Harvey.
    • Animal Farm (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Var猫se Sarabande.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Novecento "Romanzo"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Best Of Ennio Morricone.
    • RCA.

  • Alex Heffes

    The Last King of Scotland "The Bonnie Banks O'Loch Lomond"

    Choir: Nyzonza Singers. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Skewes.
    • The Last King Of Scotland (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca.

  • Guy Farley

    Land of the Blind "Maximillian II"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Guy Farley.
    • Land Of The Blind.
    • MovieScore Media.

  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Quo Vadis "Suite"

    Choir: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Rosza: Three Choral Suites.
    • Telarc.

  • Henry Jackman

    Kingsman The Golden Circle: Kingsman Hoedown

    Composer: Matthew Margeson. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Kingsman The Golden Circle (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • La-La Land Records.

  • Jay Wadley

    I'm thinking of Ending Things: Dream Sequence

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 19 Sep 2020 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sat 10 Feb 2024 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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