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Celebrating women in the movies

Saturday Cinema - 07/29/23

Saturday Cinema celebrates women and the various roles they play in the movies — moms, stage moms, stepmoms, grandmothers, aunts, nannies — from Mama Rose in Gypsy to Mrs. Doubtfire. Listen now with guest host Bonnie North.

Episode Playlist

Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
Jule Styne
Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
4:50

Steel Magnolias: Suite
Georges Delerue
Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration
Studio Orchestra
8:08

Forrest Gump: Suite
Alan Silvestri
Forrest Gump Original Motion Picture Score
Studio Orchestra
Alan Silvestri, conductor
6:34

Dumbo: Baby Mine
Frank Churchill/Ned Washington
Lang Lang: The Disney Book
Lang Lang, piano
4:52

Terms of Endearment: Theme
Michael Gore
Hollywood's Greatest Hits
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:54

Cinderella Waltz
Richard Rodgers
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:58

Mrs. Doubtfire: Main Title
Howard Shore
Mrs. Doubtfire: Original Soundtrack Album
Studio Orchestra
Howard Shore, conductor
3:00

Psycho: A Narrative for Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann Movie Music: The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
14:29

Little Women: Dr. March's Daughters
Alexandre Desplat
Little Women Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra
Alexandre Desplat, conductor
4:47

The Sound of Music: Medley
Richard Rodgers
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:49

Brave: Suite
Patrick Doyle
Brave: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
London Symphony Orchestra
James Shearman, conductor
9:15

Alien: Main Title
Jerry Goldsmith
Alien
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Lionel Newman, conductor
3:35

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Mildred Goes to War
Carter Burwell
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra
Carter Burwell, conductor
1:23

Little Women: Suite
Thomas Newman
Little Women Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
London Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Newman, conductor
17:38

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