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July listener requests

Saturday Cinema - July 26, 2025

This week on Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel plays two hours of listeners’ requests for music from their favorite films and TV shows, including How to Train Your Dragon, The Cardinal and Mission: Impossible. Listen now!

Playlist

Silverado: Themes
Composer: Bruce Broughton
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80141

The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Torn Curtain: Suite
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1051

The Big Country: Main Theme
Composer: Jerome Moross
Conductor: Tony Bremner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Silva 1048

Lazy Afternoon
Composer: Jerome Moross
Soloists: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Erato 10789

The Cardinal: Stay with me
Composer: Jerome Moross
Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA 60393

How to Train Your Dragon: This is Berk
Composer: John Powell
Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 67012

How to Train Your Dragon: Test Drive
Composer: John Powell
Soloists: Anna Lapwood, organ
Sony 67609

The Boy Who Could Fly: End Title
Composer: Bruce Broughton
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80231

The Rocketeer: To the Rescue and End Titles
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80342

The Maltese Falcon: Main Title
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Conductor: William Stromberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 557701

Blade Runner: Love Theme
Composer: Vangelis
Soloists: Vangelis, piano
London/Decca 29594

Revolutionary Road: End Title
Composer: Thomas Newman
Conductor: Thomas Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Nonesuch 517387

The Hunt for Red October: Hymn to Red October
Composer: Basil Poledouris
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80342

Spirit Orchestra Suite
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Conductor: Martin Gellner
Orchestra/Ensemble: ORF Radio Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Sony 89905

Henry V: Non nobis domine
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Nic Raine
Orchestra/Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Silva 6015

The Fountainhead: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 136

Mission Impossible: Suite
Composer: Danny Elfman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
MCA 11550

Seabiscuit: Suite
Composer: Randy Newman
Conductor: Thomas Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 772

The Magnificent Seven
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Stanley Black
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
MCA 25192

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