Friday Night: The Great Film Composer's

Radio 2 as they run down ideas finally come back to the composers and so...

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In this special Friday Night is Music Night concert Ken Bruce introduces scores from the likes of Maurice Jarre(Lawrence of Arabia), Bernard Herrmann(Psycho and Vertigo), John William(Star Wars and ET), Ennio Morricone(Cinema Paradiso, Danny Elfman(Batman), James Horner(Titantic) and Howard Shore(Fellowship of the Ring). We'll also remember a couple of Great British film composers - John Barry and Ron Goodwin. Ken's guest's are the Olivier winning singer Leanne Jones and the young British violinist - Tamsin Waley-Cohen. During the interval relive the chills and thrills of some of cinema's great horror moments in the company of composer Neil Brand and film critic Rosie Fletcher. It's a bloodcurdling bolt through the music that scared us as much as the action in The Omen, Psycho, Bride of Frankenstein, The Exorcist, Carrie, The Wicker Man and The Shining.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b020t59d/Friday_Night_is_Music_Night_The_Great_Film_Composers/

As they said in the Goon Show: "It's all in the mind you know."

James Horner and Danny Elfman but no Alex North? What bollox.

Radio 2 alas do seem utter idiots. But then with Horner it's always Titanic. Small mercies and all that.

I'm glad if anything to see Ron Goodwin's name mentioned.

Oddly reminds me to try and find, somehow, Malcolm Arnold's Dunkirk theme.

Largo's Shark wrote:

James Horner and Danny Elfman but no Alex North? What bollox.

Indeed. North is essential.