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The story of film music from its earliest days, right up to date with such masters of the medium as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

First Aired

2019-11-20
Last Aired

2020-02-17
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

12
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

Sky Arts

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Season 1

1. The Birth of the Film Score

The first edition looks at the decades before the first “talking picture”, 1927’s The Jazz Singer, wit...More

The first edition looks at the decades before the first “talking picture”, 1927’s The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson in dubious blackface. Movies were silent — or were they? If you were watching a Chaplin comedy in a “fleapit”, perhaps. In a fancier picture house you might enjoy a live pianist ad-libbing to what he saw on screen, and, by 1915, DW Griffith’s blockbuster The Birth of a Nation was distributed with a full score to be played by a live orchestra.Less

2019-11-20

2. The 1930s & the Father of Film Music

A look at soundtracks of the 1930s, an era that saw many artists head to Hollywood and bring life to f...More

A look at soundtracks of the 1930s, an era that saw many artists head to Hollywood and bring life to films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Wizard of Oz and Jezebel.Less

2019-11-27

3. The 1940s: The Golden Age

A look at the 1940s, an era that saw many composers head to Hollywood to escape the Second World War, ...More

A look at the 1940s, an era that saw many composers head to Hollywood to escape the Second World War, with Miklos Rozsa working on films with Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock.Less

2019-12-02

4. The 1950s: A New Dawn

A look at film soundtracks of the 1950s, when the the rise of jazz music influenced the sound of movie...More

A look at film soundtracks of the 1950s, when the the rise of jazz music influenced the sound of movies inlcuding A Street Car Named Desire, Giant and Dial M for Murder.Less

2019-12-09

5. The 1960s: Part One

Part one of two. A look at the soundtracks of the 1960s, including Henry Mancini's work on Breakfast a...More

Part one of two. A look at the soundtracks of the 1960s, including Henry Mancini's work on Breakfast at Tiffany's and Maurice Jarre's score for Lawrence of Arabia.Less

2019-12-16

6. The 1960s: Part Two

Part two of two. More of the soundtracks of the 1960s, featuring a look at the works of composers such...More

Part two of two. More of the soundtracks of the 1960s, featuring a look at the works of composers such as Quincy Jones and John Barry.Less

2020-01-08

7. The 1970s: Part One

Part one of two. A look at soundtracks of the 1970s, when independent film-makers were causing a stir ...More

Part one of two. A look at soundtracks of the 1970s, when independent film-makers were causing a stir and paving the way for composers like Marvin Hamlisch and Nino Rota.Less

2020-01-13

8. The 1970s: Part Two

Part two of two. The work of Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire and John Williams in the 1970s, when they co...More

Part two of two. The work of Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire and John Williams in the 1970s, when they composed music for films including Alien, All the President's Men and Jaws.Less

2020-01-20

9. The 1980s: Part One

Part one of two. Soundtracks of the 1980s, including John Williams' score for ET, Brad Fiedel's music ...More

Part one of two. Soundtracks of the 1980s, including John Williams' score for ET, Brad Fiedel's music for The Terminator and Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind's work on The Shining.Less

2020-01-27

10. The 1980s: Part Two

Part two of two. A look at the 1980s soundtracks by Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen and Mau...More

Part two of two. A look at the 1980s soundtracks by Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen and Maurice Jarre, including scores for The Abyss, Rain Man, Die Hard and Mad Max.Less

2020-02-03

11. The 1990s

A look at soundtracks of the 1990s, like Carter Burwell's work with the Coen brothers, James Horner's ...More

A look at soundtracks of the 1990s, like Carter Burwell's work with the Coen brothers, James Horner's work on Braveheart and Titanic, and Hans Zimmer's music for Thelma & Louise.Less