Film music

[Stillhomewardbound]

Only so long as you're not alluding to the risible musical version of Lost Horizon by Burt Bacharach & Hal David.

[Beef Oven!]

Only so long as you're not alluding to the risible musical version of Lost Horizon by Burt Bacharach & Hal David.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=event+horizon+movie&biv=i%7C0%3Bd%7CvjfZC9x61bhv_M%3A

[barwickgreen]

We still have not established who came up with the 20. It's such a typical BBC fudge of received opinion and lazy thinking.

[barwickgreen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUs4awmb3-o

[Nick Armstrong]

We still have not established who came up with the 20. It's such a typical BBC fudge of received opinion and lazy thinking.

Agree with your sentence 2; as regards 1, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24060462

esp:

"The final 20 was compiled by film fans and experts from across the BBC, including Radio 2's Simon Mayo, Radio 3's Matthew Sweet and Tommy Sandhu from Asian Network. Film music conductor Robert Zielger has also contributed."

[barwickgreen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIyaRdYgPXI

[barwickgreen]

Agree with your sentence 2; as regards 1, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24060462

esp:

"The final 20 was compiled by film fans and experts from across the BBC, including Radio 2's Simon Mayo, Radio 3's Matthew Sweet and Tommy Sandhu from Asian Network. Film music conductor Robert Zielger has also contributed."

Long sigh.

[barwickgreen]

This should be in it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsTUN1wVrc

[french frank]

Long sigh.

And "The winning track will be revealed on Radio 3 on 27 September and played live by the BBC Concert Orchestra" because at least part of the intention of the entire event is to boost Radio 3's audience figures ... Presumably all the other (slightly) participating services will be telling people to tune in to Radio 3 for the result. Nothing to be done - it's exactly what the commercial radio industry feared. So Radio 3 takes over another Classic FM feature.

Mysteriously, according to the original press release, Radio 2 is playing no part in this other than, as we learn, to provide Simon Mayo as one of the shortlisters. The shortage of interesting film scores in the final list is certainly explained by the young and or/non musical experts. At least one contributor to these boards would have been a better bet ...?

[MrGongGong]

And "The winning track will be revealed on Radio 3 on 27 September and played live by the BBC Concert Orchestra" because at least part of the intention of the entire event is to boost Radio 3's audience figures ...

Ligeti: Lux Aeterna .......?

[johncorrigan]

A film I loved in the last year or so, brilliantly enhanced by the music, was 'Moonrise Kingdom'. Britten, Hank Williams, Francoise Hardy all added the atmosphere to a funny, interesting and most enjoyable cinematic experience - which is part of the purpose of a good soundtrack, I suppose, even if a lot of the music wasn't composed specifically for the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eOI3AamSm8

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sidney Lumet's The Offence probably won't get a mention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Offence

[eighthobstruction]

Philip French on Private Passion at this mo'....giving his personally anecdoted list of film scores....

[Resurrection Man]

I'm sorry but all this themed Film stuff on at the moment, infesting every single programme...even the Early Music Show...... is too much for this ex-R3 listener.

[Stillhomewardbound]

Well, we've probably complained enough so we ought to attempt to compile our own list, or lists, the problem being with the official list it is neither one thing or the other.

I'd envisage something like this:

Best Original Soundtrack

Jaws (John Williams), The Mission (Ennio Moricone), A Touch of Evil (Henry Mancini), The Russia House (Jerry Goldsmith), Bullitt (Lalo Schifrin), Get Carter (Roy Budd), Hobson's Choice (Malcolm Arnold), The Ipcress File (John Barry),
Kagemusha (Shin’ichirō Ikebe)

Best Theme in a Movie

Miss Marple Theme (Ron Goodwin), Laura (David Raksin), Moon River (Henry Mancini), The Piano (Michael Kamen), Love theme, The Godfather (Nino Roto/Carla Savini), The High and the Mighty (Dmitri Tiomkin), Lara's Theme, Dr.Zhivago (Maurice Jarre), Main Theme, Gone With the Wind (Max Steiner) ..., Theme, Schindler's List (John Williams), Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein)

Best Use of Adapted Music in a Film:

Brief Encounter (Rachmaninov Vocalise), 2001 (Strauss, Strauss II, Lygetti), Amadeus (Dies Irae, etc.), The Sting (Joplin), The Quiet Man (Victor Young), Death in Venice (Mahler), Kramer v. Kramer (Vivaldi)


Those are just some suggestions but at least it recognises how and why film's use music. The Radio 3 list says nothing at all on this.