BBC Radio and Television start a season of programming dedicated to the composers, songs, and film scores that form the soundtrack to the big screen. The Sound of Cinema season will have programming on Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, and 6 Music for three-four weeks in September and October.
Some of the series:
- BBC Four, starting Sept. 12 — Silent film composer Neil Brand presents a three-part series Sound Of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies, featuring some of the biggest directors of past and present, including Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock, and Martin Scorsese, alongside film scores of cult and blockbuster movies like Star Wars, Inception, Hitchcock’s Psycho, and Gladiator.
- BBC Radio 3, starting Sept. 13 — Three weeks of programming including director Ken Loach and composer George Fenton discussing their 20-year partnership, and a live program with the spookiest scores in cinema from the BFI on Friday the 13th. Two icons of cinema, Terence Stamp and Sir Tom Courtenay, present their music choices in Saturday Classics. The BBC’s Performing Groups play film music Live in Concert; conductors featured in the season include Carl Davis, John Wilson, and Robert Ziegler.
- BBC Radio 6 Music — In a five-part series, big names from cinema including actor Cillian Murphy and Bond film composer David Arnold discuss their favorite film music moments. In a five-part series called Sound of Cinema in the Sunday midday slot, iconic names from the movie world will host a series of one-hour shows picking their favorite film music moments.