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Edith talks to Rachel Portman

Edith Bowman curates your weekly selection of standout scores and soundtracks, talks to Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman and discovers Graham Norton's Pick of the Flicks.

Your weekly guide to the best in film television, and video game soundtracks, with Edith Bowman, including the latest releases from Jonny Greenwood and his music to Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, and David Fleming’s score to the most recent Superman movie.

In Harmonising Hollywood, Wolf Hall composer Debbie Wiseman delves into John Barry’s music for Dances with Wolves, Graham Norton chooses his Pick of the Flicks, and Edith talks to Rachel Portman, the first female composer to win an Oscar, about her career scoring movies like Emma, Chocolat, and The Cider House Rules, as well as writing music for the concert hall and the BBC Proms.

59 minutes

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Sat 1 Nov 202516:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa "Main Theme"

  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest "Overture"

  • David Fleming

    Superman "Last Son"

    • Troll Court.

  • John Williams

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone "Harry's Wondrous Worlds"

  • Hans Zimmer

    Interstellar "Cornfield Chase"

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Mica Levi

    Under the Skin "Love"

  • Jonny Greenwood

    One Battle After Another "One Battle After Another"

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo‐Brunt.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

  • Ron Goodwin

    633 Squadron "Main Theme"

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Nov 202516:00
    BBC Radio 3

Podcast

  • Sound of Cinema

    Your weekly roundup of the finest film scores and movie music with Edith Bowman.