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Radio 3,23 Apr 2022,20 mins

The Music of Nicolas Cage

Sound of Cinema

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a new film, with music by Mark Isham, in which actor Nicolas Cage not only appears but plays the part of himself. Matthew offers this as an excuse to sift through the underscore to Cage's career and features music from films as varied as 'Adaptation', 'Rumble Fish', 'Snake Eyes', 'Face/Off', 'Matchstick Men', 'Ghost-Rider', 'The Croods', 'The Color Out Of Space', 'Mandy' and the new 'The Unbearable weight Of Massive Talent'.

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