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  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour – Henry Mancini

    Jun 22nd, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, film scores, henry mancini, ken nail, soundtracks, The silver, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores. t’s convenient – and easy – to lump the music of Henry Mancini (1924-1994) into […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: Herrmann and Hitch

    Jun 15th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, Film music, film scores, ken nail, soundtracks, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores. Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock were both creative geniuses in their own right. But the […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: The Music of Film Noir

    Jun 8th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, film noir, film scores, ken nail, soundtracks, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores. Springing from a fertile mix of hard-boiled crime fiction and German expressionist cinematography, film noir […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: Swords and Sandals

    Jun 1st, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, ken nail, soundtracks, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores.  This week’s subject: “Swords and Sandals,” takes its title from an Italian film genre that […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: Michael Kamen

    May 16th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, film scores, ken nail, Michael Kamen, soundtracks, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores.  This week we’ll be listening to music from American composer Michael Kamen (1948-2003). Kamen left […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: Jerry Goldsmith

    May 4th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, film scores, jerry goldsmith, ken nail, Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores.  This week we turn our focus to American composer Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004). Goldsmith left a […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour: Max Steiner

    Apr 26th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, film scores, ken nail, Max Steiner, Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour

    Max Steiner (1888-1971) composed the music for over 300 films, winning three Academy Awards along the way. But if he’d stopped at one, he’d still be remembered. Prior to King Kong (1933), the role of music in “talkies” was uncertain. Afterwards, it was clear that a film soundtrack should be an integral part of the […]

  • John Williams: 60 Years of Great Themes

    Apr 20th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, John Williams, ken nail, Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour, soundtracks

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores. This week the spotlight is on John Williams. Just the mention of the name is […]

  • The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour presents “Wings: Film Music Takes Flight”

    Apr 12th, 2022 | By Ken Nail
    Tags: Film music, ken nail, Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour, soundtracks

    Film music sets the mood and helps elicit the emotional responses that make a good movie a great movie. Each week on CharlottesvilleClassical.org, The Silver Screen Soundtrack Hour takes a listen to music from the wide world of film scores.  Aviation and flying are popular subjects for movies. But to capture that feeling of flight, […]

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