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View ArticleAn interesting year in soundtracks
I’ll leave it to Dana Stevens to suggest the best film music of the year. I just want to point out 5 scores that are worth your attention even if you have not seen and have no intention of seeing the...
View ArticleFrom the Vaults: Composer John Barry with David Garland
John Barry, the five-time Oscar-winning composer of films such as "Born Free" and "Out of Africa," and who wrote the signature music for nearly a dozen James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice"...
View ArticleJohann Johannsson: Miners' Hymns
Iceland is home to one of the most vibrant music scenes in the world, and Johann Johannsson is one of its leading composers. He creates haunting and evocative soundscapes for orchestral brass or...
View ArticleStar Trek - The Original Music for the Original Series
The original Star Trek television series ran for just three seasons (1966-1969), but it made an indelible impact on viewers, fans, and American culture. Along with the stories, characters, and visuals...
View ArticleJames Ivory on Richard Robbins
Film director James Ivory (b. 1928) visits Movies on the Radio to discuss his films and his collaborations with composer Richard Robbins. Merchant Ivory films such as A Room With a View, Howard's End,...
View ArticleThe Thrilling Sounds of Late Hitchcock
A new restoration of Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" is just out, and recently John Williams's music for Hitchcock's "Family Plot" (1976) was issued for the first...
View ArticleThe Surprising Sounds of 'Looper,' with Composer Nathan Johnson
The movie "Looper" gives us a science-fiction action-thriller strong on character and setting, with an intricate time-travel plot. To score the unusual film, composer Nathan Johnson created a virtual...
View ArticleThe Scintillating Sounds of Sword and Sorcery
Tales of swords and sorcery have been lighting up screens for many years. These adventures can be traced back to ancient myths, and encompass movies from "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" and "Conan the...
View ArticleDanny Boyle on Picking Music for 'Trance,' 'Trainspotting' and More
In the films of English director Danny Boyle, music frequently emerges as an important (if unseen) character. The drug-addict drama Trainspotting was fueled by a jam-packed, manic soundtrack of songs...
View ArticleThe Animating Spirit of Ray Harryhausen
Special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen died on May 7 at age 92, but his legacy lives on. His genuinely awesome stop-motion animation, which he called "Dynamation," brought dinosaurs, sea monsters,...
View ArticleSummer Of '93: Digable Planets' Ishmael Butler; Movie Soundtracks; Minor Empire
Join Soundcheck all this week as we revisit landmark albums, singles and watershed moments that sizzled in the summer of 1993. Plus, special guests join us to look back at movies, pop culture and city...
View ArticleSummer Of '93: Blockbuster Soundtracks With 'Movie Date'
There was a lot happening musically during the summer of '93 -- and there was also a lot happening in the movie theaters. The blockbuster hit "Jurassic Park" -- directed by Steven Spielberg and scored...
View ArticleSummer TV Reruns: Music from TV Classics of the 1960s
In ye olden days of television, back when viewing choices were limited to ten or so channels (plus maybe a couple more in the snowy UHF hinterland), the three networks would air repeats during the...
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In a Woody Allen State of Mind
Woody Allen’s latest film "Blue Jasmine" is getting great reviews and although it doesn't feature any classical music on the soundtrack, there are plenty of well-known uses of classical music in...
View ArticleDirector Danny Boyle; Omar Sosa Gets 'Kind Of' Blue'; Adam Davidson On Ticket...
In this episode: Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle talks about an unseen character from most of his films, the soundtrack. Boyle tells Soundcheck about handpicking music for Trainspotting, 28...
View ArticleHouse Of Horrors: Movie Date's Scariest Sounding Films
It takes a lot to make a great horror film: creative makeup, realistic special effects, tight close ups, and passable acting. But great sound also plays a massive role in scary movies.Sonic moments are...
View ArticleHouse Of Horrors: Scaring Us Through Sound Design
Sound is an essential ingredient to any scary movie or scary TV show. Yesterday, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman from The Takeaway’s Movie Datepodcast offered up some classic soundtracks from The...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: "Movies on the Radio LIVE!" Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner host a live event with WQXR's David Garland to discuss music in film and are joined by prolific film composer Howard Shore.
View ArticleGet To Know This Year's Best Original Song And Score Oscar Nominees
Music is a major part of what makes going to the movies an experience. This year's Academy Award fields for Best Original Song and Best Original Score are dominated by a who's-who in the pop and...
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