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First Contact

Matthew Sweet presents music for films about contact with new worlds, new people and extra-terrestrials in the week of the relase of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi film Arrival.

Matthew Sweet with music for films about contact with new worlds, new people and extra-terrestrials, in the week of "Arrival", a new Sci Fi film with a score by Jóhann Jóhannsson.

The programme features music from "The New World"; "1492 - Conquest of Paradise"; "The Mission"; "The Abyss"; "First Men In The Moon"; "The Terrornauts"; "The War of the Worlds"; "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"; "ET - The Extra Terrestrial" and "Arrival".

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19 minutes

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Sat 12 Nov 201615:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Star Trek - First Contact (1996) - End Title

    Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • James Horner

    The New World (2006) - The New World

    Conductor: James Horner. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Vangelis

    1492: Conquest Of Paradise (1992) - Conquest of Paradise

  • Ennio Morricone

    The Mission (1986) - On Earth As It Is In Heaven

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Alan Silvestri

    The Abyss (1989) - Main Title

    Conductor: Alan Silvestri. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Laurie Johnson

    First Men In The Moon (1964) - Pursuit and escape from the moon/End Title

    Conductor: Laurie Johnson. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Elisabeth Lutyens

    The Terrornauts (1967)

    Conductor: philip martell. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Leith Stevens

    War of the Worlds (1953) - Main Title

    Conductor: Leith Stevens. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Leith Stevens

    War of the Worlds (1953) - The Thing

    Conductor: Leith Stevens. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Leith Stevens

    War of the Worlds (1953) - The Scanning Eye

    Conductor: Leith Stevens. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Leith Stevens

    War of the Worlds (1953) - End Title

    Conductor: Leith Stevens. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • John Williams

    Roy's First Encounter

  • John Williams

    Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Arrival (2016) - Arrival

    Conductor: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Alan Silvestri

    Contact (1997)

    Conductor: Alan Silvestri. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Arrival (2016) - Kangaru

    Conductor: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Nov 201615:00
    BBC Radio 3

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