Movies on the Radio
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Michael Giacchino Premieres his Music for 'Star Trek...
Composer Michael Giacchino returns to Movies on the Radio for the broadcast premiere of selections from his score to "Star Trek Into Darkness."
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More Mood Than Melody: The Mysteries of Modern Movie...
Host David Garland considers scores that make their impact using atmospheric sounds and effects. Featured scores include "To the Wonder," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Broadchurch."
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Music for Mother Nature
Hear soundtracks from Ernst Reijseger for Werner Herzog, Elmer Bernstein for National Geographic, George Fenton and Sarah Class for the BBC, and more.
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When Opening Credits Star the NYC Skyline
One of the most beautiful of movie stars, whose glamour has graced thousands of films, is the New York City skyline. Tell us your favorite opening-credit sequence featuring New York.
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The Scintillating Sounds of Sword and Sorcery
Tales of swords and sorcery have been lighting up screens for many years - from "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, to television shows such as "Game of Thrones."
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Inspired by Bach
The majestic music of Johann Sebastian Bach has enhanced and influenced many film scores, including "Fantasia," "The Beast with Five Fingers" and "The Brotherhood of the Bell."
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The Indelible Humphrey Bogart
The American Film Institute has ranked Humphrey Bogart as its number-one American Screen Legend, the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
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In Like a Lion: Music for Cinematic Storms
Extreme weather has played a prominent role in movies from "The Wizard of Oz" to "Life of Pi." Roaring thunder and flashing lightning have accompanied many a film climax.
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Music by the Oscar Contenders
Host David Garland gives listeners the chance to evaluate the contenders by presenting music from this years Oscar nominees for best musical score.
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My Tardy Valentine
It's not too late for love, is it? Valentine's Day has just passed, but Movies on the Radio is still feeling the ardor.
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Evoking China
David Garland offers film music that brings East and West together, blending Chinese and western instruments and traditions in colorful, exciting ways.
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The Dynamic Film Music of Quincy Jones
David Garland presents an overview of Quincy Jones' movie music, including highlights from "The Color Purple," "The Italian Job," "In the Heat of the Night," and more.
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George Duning: Master of Tenderness
George Duning (1908-2000) may not have the most familiar name in soundtrack composing, but his music is striking and unforgettable.
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The Dark Drama of Film Noir
The Film Noir genre may be best known for its hard-boiled heroes, deceitful dames, and deeply shadowed stories and cinematography, but music also plays an important part in these dark dramas.
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Oscar Nominees for Best Score, and the Musical Urgency...
Host David Garland is joined by Slate.com film critic Dana Stevens to present music from these scores.
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The Varied Talents of Richard Rodney Bennett
Richard Rodney Bennett, who died on Dec. 24, was a composer known for the diversity of his work, which included everything from cabaret songs to symphonies.
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Christmas at the Movies
There have been many Christmas scenes in movies, and host David Garland unwraps their accompanying music. Highlights include It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th Street and The Bishop's Wife.
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Howard Shore's 'Hobbit' and Alexandre Desplat's 'Zero...
Howard Shore previews his score for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Plus: Alexandre Desplat shares his music for "Zero Dark Thirty."
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Star Trek: The Original Music for the Original Series
A new 15-CD box set contains every note of music composed for the original "Star Trek" television series. One of the set's producers talks about the dramatic, evocative music heard on the show.
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A Conversation with Alexandre Desplat
Composer Alexandre Desplat joins David Garland to discuss his music including recent scores for "Moonrise Kingdom," "Rust and Bone," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Argo."
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The Music of James Bond
David Garland features music from several Bond films, including the new "Skyfall," plus some of John Barry's own comments on writing for James Bond, from a 1992 interview.
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Presidential Politics
David Garland features highlights from John Williams' new score for "Lincoln," plus "Nixon" and "JFK" and Marc Shaiman's "The American President."
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Haunting Soundtracks IV: 'Musique Fantastique'
David Garland is joined by Randall Larson, author of Musique Fantastique, a seminal book about horror film scores. He talks about his love of movie music and some of his favorite scores.
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Haunting Soundtracks 3: Supernatural Sounds
Tonight, supernatural sounds from "Poltergeist," "The Uninvited," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The House of Usher" and many other supernatural thrillers.
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Haunting Soundtracks Part 2: Monsters We Love
Creatures from outer space and the Black Lagoon! Werewolves! Giant apes, giant spiders, and humongous radioactive dinosaurs! These are some of the monsters we love, even if the love isn't reciprocated.
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Haunting Soundtracks Part 1
Throughout October, the spookiest month, David Garland presents an intriguing range of music from Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy films.
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The Surprising Sounds of 'Looper'
The movie "Looper" gives us a science-fiction action-thriller strong on character and setting, with an intricate time-travel plot. Composer Nathan Johnson joins David Garland to talk about creating its sonic world.
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Unexpected Power
In Paul Thomas Anderson's new film "The Master," Jonny Greenwood's striking score doesn't only heighten the emotions of the story, it adds new dimension by not "playing" the scene in an expected way.
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The 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" was issued for the first time.
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Painting Music
Wonderfully colorful music has been composed to celebrate the dramatic, artistically heroic lives of painters in films such as "Lust for Life," with Kirk Douglas and "Pollock," with Ed Harris.
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James Ivory on Richard Robbins
Film director James Ivory visits Movies on the Radio to discuss his films and his collaborations with composer Richard Robbins in this encore episode.
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Batman!
David Garland presents musical highlights from a range of Batman movies including The Batman's very first film appearance through to the "Dark Knight Rises".
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Marvin Hamlisch on Film and in the WQXR Studio
David Garland presents some of Marvin Hamlisch's first film score, composed for 1968's "The Swimmer," plus selections from Hamlisch's score for "Sophie's Choice," and others.
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Philip K. Dick at the Movies
"Blade Runner," "Minority Report," and "Total Recall" are a few of the many films based on Philip K. Dick's imaginative, provocative stories. David Garland presents music from these and other movies.
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Marvelous Movie Musicals with John Wilson
David Garland welcomes British orchestra leader, conductor, arranger, and musicologist John Wilson to talk about making new recordings of classic scores.
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Jerry Goldsmith on TV
The talented, innovative composer Jerry Goldsmith died on July 21, 2004. On this anniversary of his death we celebrate his abundant creativity and resourcefulness by hearing some of the scores he wrote for TV.
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The Night of the Hunter
It's taken a while, but "The Night of the Hunter," directed by Charles Laughton in 1955, is now considered a masterpiece of American cinema. Hear its unique soundtrack.
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Rom Coms
The heart-warming, dramatic and rollicking music of romantic comedies comes to Movies on the Radio. Scores from Nora Ephron films are featured, including highlights from "Julie & Julia," "You've Got Mail" and "Hanging Up."
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man has made the leap from comics to TV and film several times, and the latest effort to bring him to the big screen is "The Amazing Spider-Man." David Garland presents highlights from James Horner's score.
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Star Trek: The Motion Pictures
Music from the first six "Star Trek" movies, plus the 2009 cinematic re-launch of the franchise. These include scores by Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner and Michael Giacchino.
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War Memorial
Highlights from several war movie scores, including Elmer Bernstein's "The Great Escape," Jerry Goldsmith's "Patton," Bernard Herrmann's "The Naked and the Dead," John Williams' "Saving Private Ryan," Carmine & Francis Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," Johnny Mandel's "The Americanization of Emily," and Thomas Newman's "Jarhead."
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Ridley Scott's Musical Vision
Director Ridley Scott has made some unforgettable films. His latest, "Prometheus", is a prequel to one of his earliest, "Alien." Between those two visionary science fiction films Scott created an interesting array of movies, including "Gladiator," "Black Hawk Down," "Thelma & Louise," "Legend," and "Blade Runner."
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Marvel-ous Heroes
David Garland offers highlights from Alan Silvestri's score for "The Avengers," plus music from other Marvel-ous movies including "Captain America," "Thor," "The Hulk" and others.
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Hugo Friedhofer: Composing Emotions
This week's show features scores from Hugo Friedhofer's "The Young Lions," "One-Eyed Jacks," "The Bishop's Wife," "An Affair to Remember" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
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Titanic Scores
One hundred years ago tonight the immense, "unsinkable" passenger liner Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. David Garland presents music from several films about the famous disaster.
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Easter Epics
Hollywood's Biblical epics do everything on a large scale. On this week's show, host David Garland offers suites from "King of Kings," by Miklos Rozsa, and "The Greatest Story Ever Told," by Alfred Newman.
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James Newton Howard's 'The Hunger Games' and More
This week, David Garland presents music from such James Newton Howard-scored films as "The Fugitive," "King Kong," "Snow Falling on Cedars" and the current hit "The Hunger Games."
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Evoking Ireland
The exuberant and melancholy aspects of traditional Irish music make it well-suited to the moods of film scoring. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, movie music tinged with the color of the Emerald Isle.
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Mars, Bringer of Music
This week, Michael Giacchino's score for "John Carter," plus music from many other Martian movies including "Mars Attacks!," "Mission to Mars," "Robinson Crusoe On Mars" and "Red Planet."
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Good Dog!
Invite your pet to "sit!" and listen as Movies on the Radio goes to the dogs. David Garland presents music from great dog movies.
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Scoring at the Super Bowl
On Saturday at 9 pm, Ray Castoldi, the music director of Madison Square Garden, talks about playing the live musical soundtrack to the Super Bowl.
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Evoking China, Part Two
Concluding WQXR's China in New York festival, David Garland offers more film music that brings together East and West, blending Chinese and Western instruments.
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Evoking China
Hear film music by Tan Dun, Lee Tzung Chen, and Wong Fei-hung, as well as Rachel Portman, Alexandre Desplat, and others, from films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Banquet".
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Les Baxter: Exotic and Dramatic!
Composer Les Baxter had a flair for colorful, dramatic music. He created "exotica" classics like "Quiet Village" and one of the first pop recordings to feature the keening, electronic sound of the theremin.
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John le Carre at the Movies
Author John le Carre's novels of Cold War intrigue have been the basis for quite a few movies, including the brand new thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." David Garland presents musical highlights.
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