The women that score
Matthew Sweet reflects on how gender representation in film scoring has changed in the 25 years since Rachel Portman composed Emma and collected the Oscar for best soundtrack.
It鈥檚 25 years since Rachel Portman composed the music for Emma and collected an Academy Award for Best Soundtrack, the first woman to merit such recognition, since which time there has been an array of talented female composers all eager to follow her lead - and yet a recent survey noted that an annual list of top 250 box office rated films, 94% of them were scored by men.
Matthew Sweet marks International Women鈥檚 Day with a look at woman who score films, featuring a wide ranging selection of music from across a variety of genres. The programme includes great pioneers of the past, such as Elisabeth Lutyens and Shirley Walker, as well as some of the excitingly diverse, up-and-coming names, hungry for attention now.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Next
Music Played
-
![]()
Rachel Portman
Emma; End Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.- Hollywood Records.
-
![]()
Shirley Walker
Batman Mask of the Phantasm; Main Title & Ski Mask Vigilante
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- La-La Land Records.
-
![]()
Pinar Toprak
Captain Marvel
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Hollywood Records.
-
![]()
Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir
Joker; Meeting Bruce Wayne
Performer: Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir.- WaterTower Music.
-
![]()
Laura Karpman
Regarding Susan Sontag
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Lakeshore Records.
-
![]()
Lesley Barber
Manchester By The Sea "By The Sea Chorale", "Minimalist Piano and Strings"
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Manchester by the Sea (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Milan.
-
![]()
Mica Levi
Monos; Guerreros & Aullido
Performer: Mica Levi.- Lakeshore Records.
-
![]()
Elisabeth Lutyens
The Skull; End Titles
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.- NMC.
-
![]()
Brittany Allen
Z; Story of a Family & Imagination
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Lakeshore Records.
-
![]()
Carly Paradis
Line of Duty; Opening Title Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- World Productions Group.
-
![]()
Natalie Holt
Herself; The Lass
Singer: Una Palliser. -
![]()
Alexandra Harwood
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Decca.
-
![]()
Amelia Warner
Wild Mountain Thyme; Welcome To Ireland
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Lakeshore Records.
-
![]()
Isobel Waller-Bridge
Vita and Virginia; End Credits Part 1
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Varese Sarabande.
-
![]()
Rachel Portman
Emma; Main Titles, Sewing and Archery & Proposal
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.- Hollywood Records.
-
![]()
Aidan O鈥橰ourke
Iorram - Infuse my eyes with molten grey skies
Performer: Aidan O鈥橰ourke.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 Mar 2021 15:00大象传媒 Radio 3
Moon River: The story of the 1962 Oscars Best Song winner
"Wherever you're going, I'm going your way..."
Podcast
-
![]()
Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
