Film Music

North By Northwest Highlights Listening To The Movies - Thurs June 12 9am

richsims — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:21:22 -0500

1959's North By Northwest is understandably considered Alfred Hitchcock's greatest film and a quintessential music masterpiece by Bernard Herrmann. As a kid, I used to go the the theater just to hear this compelling score so tune in as we listen to Joel McNeely conducting a new version of this Hitchcock picture to end all pictures and a soundtrack "filled with rich motivic development, original orchestration and fascinating rhythms". Thurs June 12 9am. read more »

Spotlight on Film Music Giant John Williams Thursday January 17 @ 9am

richsims — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:28:06 -0600

Tune in Thursday January 17 @ 9AM for Listening To The Movies.

It's fair to say that John Williams single handedly brought back the classic Hollywood orchestral soundtracks to the silver screen with his partnerships with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. He has composed the music and served as a music director for more than one hundred films, received forty-five Academy Award nominations making him the Academy's most nominated living person.

He has been awarded five Oscars, seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty Grammys, four Golden Globes, four Emmys and numerous gold and platinum records. He is considered the 'Billion Dollar Composer' in box office movie sales and has some of the most recognizable music in all of film. Who can't hum themes from Star Wars, Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Superman and Harry Potter just to name a few. read more »

Ben-Hur Highlighted on Listening To The Movies - Thursday Dec 20th 9am

richsims — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:45:35 -0600

Tune in Thursday Dec 20th 9-10am during the first half hour for highlights of Miklos Rosza's stunning and magnificent score Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. This 1959 winner of 11 Academy Awards is one of the most honored films of all time portraying some of the most enthralling music ever written for the screen. read more »

Highlighting Film Music Great Bernard Herrmann Thur July 12 9am

richsims — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:33:52 -0500

Join me as I honor my favorite and one of the greatest film music composers of the twentieth century, Bernard Herrmann.
Herrmann was a "master at evoking psychological nuance and dramatic tension through music, often using unheard-of instrumental combinations to suit the dramatic needs of a film. His scores are among the most distinguished ever written."

I will highlight excerpts from his memorably chilling score Psycho, the suspense & romance of North By Northwest, Vertigo, the Sci Fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, the fantasy adventure 7th Voyage of Sinbad and more.

Tune in for an unforgettable Listening to the Movies experience. Thursday, July 12 9am. read more »