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Soundtracks on the cutting edge

Extra Eclectic - Sept. 11, 2024

Editor’s note: Audio for this program is available for only 30 days after broadcast due to rights restrictions.

Some of today’s most inventive classical composers are finding Hollywood to be a place where their work is increasingly embraced — and in demand. On this edition of Extra Eclectic, we hear highlights from a special concert at the 2024 BBC Proms Festival celebrating some of these creative cinematic sounds. Host Steve Seel brings us music by Son Lux from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, Bryce Dessner from Sing Sing, Hildur Gudnadottir from Tar and more. Listen now!

Playlist

The Village: Morning
James Newton Howard
Gavin Greenaway, conductor
Studio Orchestra
Hilary Hahn, violin
Sony 984303

The Menu: Amuse-Bouche
Colin Stetson
Robert Ames, conductor
London Contemporary Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms

Everything Everywhere All at Once: excerpts
Son Lux
Robert Ames, conductor
London Contemporary Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms

Postcard from Earth: excerpts
Robert Simonsen/Brendan Angelides
Robert Ames, conductor
London Contemporary Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms

Tar: For Petra
Hildur Gudnadottir
Robert Ames, conductor
London Contemporary Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms

Sing Sing: excerpts
Bryce Dessner
Robert Ames, conductor
London Contemporary Orchestra
2024 BBC Proms

The Theory of Everything: Suite
Johann Johannsson
Anthony Weeden/Ben Foster, conductor
Studio Orchestra
Backlot 280

The Fountain: Together We Will Live Forever
Clint Mansell
Feico Deutekom, piano
Zefir 9654

Oppenheimer: Fission
Ludwig Goransson
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Studio Orchestra
Back Lot 103139

There Will Be Blood: Suite
Jonny Greenwood
Andre de Ridder, conductor
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
DG 20031

Amelie: Comptine d'un autre ete
Yann Tiersen
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
London/Decca 5721874

Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out of Balance): Pruit Igoe
Philip Glass
Michael Riesman, conductor
Philip Glass Ensemble
Nonesuch 79506

The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman, piano
Warner 54928

On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter
Lorenz Dangel, conductor
Max Richter Orchestra
DG 4835014

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