Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!
James Cameron's 'Titanic' earned 11 Academy Awards, including both music categories. You probably remember the first time in the movie when you saw the Titanic out at sea. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll listen to the music that accompanied that breathtaking cinematic moment.
Will the Oscar for best score be 'Dunkirk,' 'The Last Jedi,' or something else? Saturday Cinema host Lynne Warfel surveys this year's nominees and pulls for a winner that just might be a surprise on Sunday night.
With the best movie sequence of all time -- the chariot race -- 'Ben-Hur' also boasts one of the longest musical scores ever written, recorded in one of the most epic recording sessions ever scheduled.
Rachel Portman was the first female composer to win an Oscar for best musical or comedy score, for 'Emma' in 1996. But the later-nominated 'Cider House Rules' is one of her best scores.
Ennio Morricone's score to 1966's 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is one of the most memorable and influential soundtracks in history.
Well-known as a movie-making wunderkind, Charlie Chaplin was also known to dabble in the musical arts.
You might think you know everything by multi-Oscar-nominated film composer John Williams, but there's a lot of his work that has flown under the radar. On this week's Flicks in Five and Saturday Cinema, Lynne Warfel surveys Williams' less-familiar music.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at the work of Michael Giacchino. She will share some of his score to 2009's 'Star Trek,' which cleverly interweaves elements of Alexander Courage's melodies from the original TV series' score from the 1960s.
One of the great composers of Hollywood's Golden Age is Hungarian-born Miklos Rozsa. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear the 'Love Theme' from Rosza's score for 'The Lost Weekend'.
He considered film music to be 'operas without words' and his movie scores earned three Oscar nominations -- including one win for best original score. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Erich Wolfgang Korngold and shares music from his soundtrack to 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.'
Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!
