Remixes and Reimaginings: RR Bennett, Nyman and Sawhney
Donald Macleod explores the varied mix of classical, rock, jazz and world music in modern British film music. With works by RR Bennett, Nyman, Rachel Portman and Nitin Sawhney.
The last few decades have seen a previously unimaginable diversity of styles in British film music - with award-winning rock, dance and electronica scores by Pink Floyd, Massive Attack and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood - and music that increasingly blurs lines between genres by figures such as Michael Nyman and Nitin Sawhney.
Amidst all of this, Richard Rodney Bennett's extraordinary ability across a vast array of styles, from avant-garde modernism to jazz to quintessential British classicism, made him one of the most sought-after British composers in film.
Film music expert David Huckvale joins Donald Macleod for a final time to discuss his legacy - and the extraordinary crosspollination of musical genres in British film music at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Murder On The Orient Express
- CLOUD NINE: CNS5007.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
The Billion Dollar Brain - Ambush
Orchestra: Soundtrack.- Kritzerland: KR 20013-8.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
The Billion Dollar Brain-Main Theme
Orchestra: Soundtrack.- Kritzerland: KR 20013-8.
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Patrick Doyle
Henry V - Non Nobis, Domine
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI: CDC 749919.
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Patrick Doyle
Henry V - The Death Of Falstaff
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI: CDC 749919.
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Patrick Doyle
Henry V - O' For A Muse Of Fire
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI: CDC 749919.
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Nitin Sawhney
A Throw Of Dice - The Kiss
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Hussey.- RADIO FANDANGO: 4029758841020.
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Nitin Sawhney
A Throw Of Dice - King Sohat
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Hussey.- RADIO FANDANGO: 4029758841020.
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Michael Nyman
The Draughtsman's Contract - Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.- MN: MNRCD105.
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Michael Nyman
Drowning by Numbers "Trysting Fields"
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.- Film Music 1980 - 2001.
- Venture.
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Michael Nyman
Drowning by Numbers -Sheep And Tides
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.- VIRGIN: CDVE967.
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Michael Nyman
Drowning by Numbers - Knowing The Ropes
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.- VIRGIN: CDVE967.
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Rachel Portman
Emma
Orchestra: Soundtrack.- HOLLYWOOD: HWR 2150422.
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