Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
2013 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Ended · BBC Four
Documentary
TMDB 7.5 · 2 votes
Series celebrating the art of the cinema soundtrack, as Neil Brand explores the work of the great movie composers and demonstrates their techniques.
Episodes
- S01E01The Big Score2013-09-1259m
The classic orchestral film score emerged in the 1930s via the work of European-born composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
- S01E02Pop Goes the Soundtrack2013-09-1960m
Neil Brand explores how great movie soundtracks work and looks at the 1960s composers who embraced jazz, rock and pop in film scores. Contributors include Martin Scorsese, Richard Sherman and Lalo Schifrin.
- S01E03New Frontiers2013-09-2660m
Changing technology has taken film soundtracks in new directions and changed perceptions on how they should be made. Includes an interview with Vangelis, who shares his inspiration for the Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner scores.
