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The Final Frontier

Matthew Sweet introduces music from this week's featured new release, Alfonso Cuarón's space adventure "Gravity", with music by Steven Price. This week's theme looks at film scores created for films about exploration and adventure - at the edge.

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Sat 9 Nov 201316:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - chorale-prelude BWV.639

    Performer: Unknown.
    • Superb Records : 0146922ERE.
    • Superb Records.
    • 1.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Star Trek V - The Final Frontier: Life is a Dream

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • EPIC : 4659252.
    • Epic.
    • 9.

  • James Horner

    The New World

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: James Horner.
    • SILVA SCREEN : SILDCD1200.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.

  • Clint Mansell

    The Fountain - Death Is The Road To Awe

    Ensemble: Mogwai.
    • NONESUCH : 7559799012.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 9.

  • Cliff Martinez

    Solaris - The First Sleep

    Ensemble: Unknown ensemble. Conductor: Bruce Fowler.
    • Solaris (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Edel.
    • 2.

  • Alex North

    2001 - A Space Odyssey: Main Title

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • VARESE SARABANDE : VSD 5400.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 1.

  • Alfred Newman

    How The West Was Won - Main Title

    Conductor: Alfred Newman.
    • Silva Screen : SILCD1309.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 10.

  • Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn

    Cannibal Fantasy

    • Film Music 1980 - 2001.
    • Venture.

  • Steven Price

    Gravity

    Ensemble: Unknown. Lyricist: Steven Price.
    • WaterTower Music : 2322283.
    • 16.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Scott of the Antarctic - Scott on the Glacier; The Deaths of Evans and Oates

    Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos : CHAN105293.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra - Opening fanfare

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Brilliant Classics : 7591/5.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 1.

  • Vangelis

    1492 - Conquest of Paradise: Opening and Conquest of Paradise

    Ensemble: Unknown. Lyricist: Vangelis.
    • EASTWEST : 4509910142.
    • Eastwest.
    • 1.

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  • Sat 9 Nov 201316:00
    BBC Radio 3

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