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Changing the Way We Think

Matthew Sweet introduces scores for films that question the way we thinks about cinema, to mark the launch of Sarah Gavron's Suffragette, which features music by Alexandre Desplat.

Matthew Sweet introduces scores for films that question the way we think about the cinema, and about other things as well....

The programme features music from Birth of a Nation; The Assassination of the Duke of Guise; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; The Seven Samurai; The Magnificent Seven; The Robe; Midnight Cowboy; Taxi Driver; The Young Sherlock Holmes; Avatar;and the Classic Score of the Week - Jaws.

Matthew also considers whether film can change our ideas about society in the week that has seen the launch of Sarah Gavron's new biopic, "Suffragette", with music by Alexandre Desplat.

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Sat 17 Oct 2015 15:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Carl Breil

    The Birth of a Nation - Ride of the Klansman

    Composer: Richard Wagner. Conductor: Clyde Allen. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • LABEL X.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise - Introduction and Premiere Tableau

    Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique.
    • MUSIQUE D'ABORD.
  • Frank Churchill

    Snow White and the Seven Dwars - Just Like a Doll's House

    Orchestra: Frank Churchill. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Walt Disney.
  • Paul J. Smith

    Love's First Kiss (Finale)

    Composer: Larry Morey. Composer: Leigh Harline. Composer: Frank Churchill.
    • Walt Disney.
  • Fumio Hayasaka

    The Seven Samurai - Kikuchiyo's Mambo

    Conductor: Fumio Hayasaka. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Toho Music.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven - Titles and Calvera

    Conductor: Elmer Bernstein. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Rykodisc.
  • Alfred Newman

    The Robe - Slave Market and entrance of Caligula

    Performer: Jean Simmons. Conductor: Alfred Newman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • FOX RECORDS.
  • John Barry

    Midnight Cowboy - Theme

    Music Arranger: Nic Raine. Conductor: Nic Raine. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Taxi Driver - Main Theme

    Conductor: Dave Blume. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Varese.
  • Bruce Broughton

    The Young Sherlock Holmes - Main Title

    Conductor: Bruce Broughton. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • INTRADA.
  • James Horner

    Avatar "Jake's First Flight"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: James Horner.
    • AVATAR Music From The Motion Picture Music Composed and Conducted by James Horne.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.
  • John Williams

    Theme From Jaws

    • MCA.
  • John Williams

    One Barrel Chase

    • MCA.
  • Zbigniew Preisner

    Dekalog V - Part 1

    Conductor: Zdzis艂aw Szostak. Orchestra: Katowice Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • John Williams

    Star Was - A New Hope: Cantina Band

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • John Powell

    Pan

    Conductor: John Powell. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • WaterTower Music.

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