Turkish Bond and Indian Potter
Matthew Sweet is joined by New Generation Thinker Iain Smith for a look at how popular film titles and music often appear remade and adapted in other countries around the world.
As part of a weekend profiling Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, Matthew Sweet is joined by film historian Iain Smith, a past member of scheme, for a look at one of his pet interests - how popular English speaking film titles and their music often appear adapted and remade in other countries of the world.
Virtually every major franchise has its equivalent local version in some part of the world. It could be a Turkish or Filipino interpretation of James Bond or an Indian take on Harry Potter. Sometimes the music bares a strong resemblance to the original as well. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the many different takes on the James Bond franchise and Matthew and Iain give particular attention to the "Eurospy" phenomenon of the 60s and 70s.
This sharing of ideas also works the other way round, and Matthew and Iain look at how Hollywood has taken inspiration from French cinema, Bollywood and Japan. The programme includes music from 'True Lies', 'Sommersby', 'UpperSeven - The Spy with Ten Faces', 'OK Connery', 'Kung Fu Hustle', 'Dastak', 'Pearl Harbor', and 'Battle beyond the Stars'. The Classic Scores of the week are Fumio Hayasaka's 'The Seven Samurai' and Elmer Bernstein's 'The Magnificent seven'.
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John Barry
James Bond 007 Tribute
Composer: Thomas Newman. Music Arranger: Tushar Lall. Ensemble: The Indian Jam Project. -
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Brad Fiedel
True Lies - Harry Makes his Entrance
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Shirley Walker.- True Lies - Music From The Motion Picture.
- EPIC.
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Vladimir Cosma
La Totale! - Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Cosma.- Bande Original du Film La Totale!.
- EMI France.
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Danny Elfman
Sommersby - End Credits
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Sheffer.- Sommersby - Music From The Original Soundtrack.
- Elektra Records.
- 16.
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John Barry
From Russia With Love - 007 Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- From Russia With Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- EMI USA.
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Bruno Nicolai
Upperseven: The Spy with Ten Faces - Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- The Eurospy Film Music Collection.
- Quartet Records.
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Ennio Morricone
OK Connery - Man for Me
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Ok Connery (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Digitmovies.
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Raymond Wong
Kung Fu Hustle - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Composer: Albert Leung. Singer: 黄圣依. Orchestra: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.- Kung Fu Hustle (Music From The Motion Picture).
- Varèse Sarabande ?.
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Nino Rota
Aashiq - Tum Kya Jano Dil Karta Tumse
Performer: Udit Narayan. Performer: Alka Yagnik. -
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Rajesh Roshan
Dastak - Tumhe Kaise
Performer: Abhijeet Bhattacharya.- Dastak.
- RPG.
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Hans Zimmer
Pearl Harbor - December 7th
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Pearl Harbor (Music From The Motion Picture).
- Warner Bros. Records.
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Rachel Portman
The Lake House - Il Mare
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- The Lake House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Lakeshore Records.
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Fumio Hayasaka
Seven Samurai - Interlude
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Fumio Hayasaka.- Soundtrack Factory.
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Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven - Titles and Calvera
Orchestra: The Phoenix Symphony. Conductor: James Sedares.- The Magnificent Seven.
- Koch International Classics.
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John Barry
The Persuaders - Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Themeology: Best Of John Barry.
- Columbia.
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