On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel plays two hours of listeners’ requests for music from their favorite films and TV shows, including The Great Race, Dunkirk and Jane Eyre. Listen now!
Playlist
The Color Purple: Main Theme
Composer: Quincy Jones
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Itzhak Perlman, violin
Dunkirk: End Titles
Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch/Lorne Balfe/Hans Zimmer
Conductor: Gavin Greenaway/Benjamin Wallfisch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
The Great Race: Pie in the Face Polka
Composer: Henry Mancini
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: James Galway, flute
RCA 60917
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Main Theme
Composer: Ernest Gold
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Rykodisc 10704
They Call Me Mr. Tibbs: Main Title
Composer: Quincy Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Primary Wave 500609
Now, Voyager: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 136
Marnie: Prelude
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1030
Jane Eyre: My Edward and I
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
London/Decca 17609
Jane Eyre
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 420946
Home Alone: Holiday Flight
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Sony 48232
The Cider House Rules: End Credits
Composer: Rachel Portman
Conductor: David Snell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
The Piano: The Promise
Composer: Michael Nyman
Conductor: Angele Dubeau
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
Analekta 8743
Once Upon a Time in the West: Suite
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
London/Decca 25323
La Dolce Vita
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: Derek Wadsworth
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
Silva 1024
Strangers on a Train: Short Suite
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1101
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: excerpts
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
DG 4861706
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