On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel Music shares music from films that feature sweeping stories and great costumes, including Elizabeth and Essex, The Lord of the Rings, Titanic and How the West Was Won. Listen now!
Playlist
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Overture
Composer: Erich Korngold
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 185
The Lord of the Rings: Suite
Composer: Howard Shore
Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: James Galway, flute
DG 3024
Black Panther: United Nations/End Credits
Composer: Ludwig Goransson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Hollywood 2018
Phantom Thread: Phantom Thread I
Composer: Jonny Greenwood
Conductor: Robert Ames
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Contemporary Orchestra
Nonesuch 564777
The Heiress Suite
Composer: Aaron Copland
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 61699
Cleopatra: Main Title
Composer: Alex North
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460
My Fair Lady: Main Title
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops 4
Henry V: Non nobis domine
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49919
The English Patient: Convento di Sant’Anna
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Conductor: Angele Dubeau
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
Analekta 8733
The Last Emperor: Theme
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62788
Titanic: Hymn to the Sea
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: James Horner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Sissel, soprano
Sony 91475
Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri’s Theme and End Credits
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sony 74708
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Suite
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Conductor: Mark Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
ABKCO 81302
Death on the Nile
Composer: Nino Rota
Soloists: Massimo Palumbo, piano
Chandos 9771
Shakespeare in Love: Main Title
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80535
All About Eve: Main Title
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 183
The Entertainer
Composer: Scott Joplin
Orchestra/Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble
EMI 47193
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