Podcast Archive
Interview David Arnold
David Arnold, famous for his James Bond soundtracks, reveals to us his favourite films and film music.
TRACKLIST
- You only live twice/Nancy sinatra from 'You only live twice' (1967)
- Main title/Danny elfman from 'Pee wee’s big adventure' (1985)
- Tomorrow belongs to me/Mark lambert from 'Cabaret' (1972)
- Theme/Bernard herrmann from 'Taxi driver' (1972)
- Theme/Gontiti from 'Nobody knows' (2004)
- Charmaine/Lucienne delyle from 'One flew over the cuckoo’s nest' (1975)
- I have but one heart/Al martino from 'The godfather' (1972)
- Man with a harmonica/Ennio morricone from 'Onceuponatimeinthewest' (1968)
- Mean green mother/Levi stubbs from 'Little shop of horrors' (1986)
- The hero/Queen from 'Flash gordon' (1980)
- Suddenly seymour/Llen green & rick moranis from 'Little shop of horrors' (1986)
Ugo Tognazzi
In this show we look at some of the films starring Ugo Tognazzi, the great Italian comic actor.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Ennio morricone from 'Il federale' (1961)
- Puvio theme/Armando trovajoli from 'The magnificent cuckold' (1964)
- Main title/Carlo rustichelli from 'The climax' (1967)
- Main titles music/Luis bacalov from 'La bambolona' (1968)
- Main theme/Armando trovajoli from 'Il commissario pepe' (1969)
- Main theme/Fred bongusto from 'Come have coffee with us' (1970)
- Main title theme/Carlo rustichelli from 'In nome del popolo italiano' (1971)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from 'Property is no longer a theft' (1973)
- Vincenzina/Enzo jannacci from 'Romanzo popolare' (1974)
- Theme/Armando trovajoli from 'The bishop’s bedroom' (1977)
- Theme/Riz ortolani from 'First love' (1978)
- Titles theme/Ennio morricone from 'Il gatto' (1977)
- Il vizietto/Ennio morricone from 'La cage aux folles' (1978)
The Fondas
This episode looks at the work of three generations of the Fonda family.
TRACKLIST
- A thousand dreams of you/Red norvo not from 'You only live once' (1937)
- Red river valley/Jo stafford not from 'The grapes of wrath' (1940)
- The tank/handcuffs/Bernard herrmann from 'The wrong man' (1956)
- Jill’s theme/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in the west' (1968)
- Theme song/The glitterhouse from 'Barbarella' (1968)
- Walk on the wild side/Brook benton from 'Walk on the wild side' (1962)
- Easy come, easy go/Johnny green from 'They shoot horses, don’t they?' (1969)
- Love theme/Michael small from 'Klute' (1971)
- If six was nine/Jimi hendrix from 'Easy rider' (1969)
- Race with the devil/Gene vincent not from 'Race with the devil' (1975)
- Rock n’ roll is here to stay/Danny & the juniors from 'Split image' (1982)
- Tupelo honey/Van morrison from 'Ulee’s gold' (1997)
- Opening titles music/Danny elfman from 'A simple plan' (1998)
Cool Cat Coburn
In this episode we discuss the career of 'cool cat' James Coburn.
TRACKLIST
- She’s ready to be free/Clear light from 'The president’s analyst' (1967)
- Main theme/Elmer bernstein from 'The great escape' (1963)
- Opening titles music/Stu phillips from 'Dead heat on a merry go round' (1966)
- Theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Our man flint' (1966)
- Where the bad guys are gals/Jerry goldsmith from 'In like flint' (1967)
- Main titles music/Roy budd from 'The carey treatment' (1972)
- Main theme/Roy budd from 'The internecine project' (1974)
- Wiener blut op.354/Johann strauss from 'Cross of iron' (1977)
- I forgot more than you’ll ever know/Skeeter davis from 'Affliction' (1997)
- End titles music/Anthony marinell from 'American gun' (2002)
- Nice and easy/Frank sinatra from ''
Who Was Belinda Lee?
This show looks at the turbulent life and career of Belinda Lee, a green-eyed beauty from Devon.
TRACKLIST
- Meet mr. callaghan/Les paul from 'Meet mr. callaghan' (1954)
- St. louis blues/Cleo laine from 'Blackout' (1954)
- Theme/Benjamin frankel from 'Footsteps in the fog' (1955)
- Opening titles music/Bruce montgomery from 'Eyewitness' (1956)
- But you/Jimmy parkinson from 'The secret place' (1956)
- La ballade des drageurs/Maurice jarre from 'Les drageurs' (1959)
- Je cherche apres titne/Henri crolla not from 'Ce corps tant desire' (1959)
- You are my destiny/Paul anka from 'I magliari' (1959)
- Opening titles music/Willy mattes from 'She walks by night' (1960)
- Night club song/Belinda lee from 'Satan tempts with love' (1960)
- Opening titles music/Carlo rustichelli from 'It happened in ‘43' (1960)
- Original soundtrack/Nino roti from 'Ghosts of rome' (1961)
- You’re lost little girl/The doors from ''
Sex, Lies And Soderbergh
This episode looks at the developing style of director Steven Soderbergh.
TRACKLIST
- Garbage/Mark a. mangini from 'Sex, lies & videotape' (1989)
- Tiger rag/The mills brothers from 'King of the hill' (1993)
- The seeker/The who from 'The limey' (1999)
- Redemption road/Sheryl crow from 'Erin brockovich' (2000)
- Going under/Rockers hifi from 'Traffic' (2000)
- Eronel/Thelonius monk from 'Solaris' (2002)
- All men are freezing/Robert pollard not from 'Bubble' (2005)
- Soundtrack/David holmes from 'The girlfriend experience' (2009)
- The forgotten people/Thievery corporation from 'Side effects' (2013)
- Hard hustle/Nftl maybe from 'Unsane' (2018)
- Oxytocin/Billie eilish from 'Kimi' (2022)
- Spirit in the sky/Norman greenbaum from 'Ocean’s eleven' (2001)
The Con
This episode features some of the best films involving a confidence trick.
TRACKLIST
- The prisoner’s song/Vernon dalhart from 'Lady for a day' (1933)
- Toccata in c minor/Js bach from 'House of games' (1987)
- Cara bambina/Nino rota from 'Il bidone' (1955)
- March/John addison from 'I was monty’s double' (1958)
- The entertainer/Scott joplin from 'The sting' (1973)
- Je roule/Petula clark from 'The girl in the car with glasses & a gun' (1970)
- Opening titles music/Johnny dankworth from 'Perfect friday' (1970)
- White rabbit/Jefferson airplane from 'The game' (1997)
- Don’t fence me in/Bing crosby not from 'Nobody lives forever' (1946)
- Mon homme/Arletty from 'Angels over broadway' (1940)
- Soundtrack/Elmer bernstein from 'The grifters' (1990)
Solo
In this show we look at some compelling films featuring a single actor’s performance.
TRACKLIST
- Pyramid song/Radiohead from 'Inside' (2023)
- That’s the glory of love/Big bill broonzy from 'The terminal' (2004)
- Main titles theme/Anthony collins from 'Robinson crusoe' (1954)
- Amen/Alex ebert from 'All is lost' (2013)
- Mera joota hai japani/Raj kapoor from 'Gravity' ((’SHREE 420’) 2013)
- Brush those tears from your eyes/Evelyn knight from 'Duel' (1971)
- Baby/Dickon hinchliffe from 'Locke' (2013)
- In the lap of the mountain/Garrett wall from 'Buried' (2010)
- Return to sender/Elvis presley from 'Cast away' (2000)
- Welcome to lunar industries/Clint mansell from 'Moon' (2009)
Early Deneuve
In this show we look at the outstanding early work of French actress Catherine Deneuve.
TRACKLIST
- La vice & la vertu/Michel magne from 'La vice et la vertu' (1963)
- I will wait for you/Michel legrand from 'The umbrellas of cherbourg' (1964)
- Sophisticated thrilling/Chico hamilton from 'Repulsion' (1965)
- La vie de chÂteau/Michel legrand from 'La vie de chÂteau' (1966)
- Opening titles music/Michel legrand from 'The young girls of rochefort' (1967)
- Opening titles music/Maurice le roux from 'La chamade' (1968)
- Manon/Serge gainsbourg from 'Manon 70' (1968)
- Lyon/Antoine duhamel from 'Mississippi mermaid' (1969)
- Etude opus 10 no.12 in c minor/Pollini/chopin from 'Tristana' (1971)
- C’est ainsi ques les choses arrivant/Isabelle aubret from 'Un flic' (1972)
- Accadde a venezia/Ennio morricone from 'The murri affair' (1974)
- A pair of twins/Michel legrand from 'The young girls of rochefort' (1967)
Anti-War Films
This episode looks at some outstanding anti-war films.
TRACKLIST
- Traditional georgian music/Unknown from 'Father of a soldier' (1964)
- Der treue husar/Unknown not from 'Paths of glory' (1957)
- Prologue & overture/Venyamin basner from 'Destiny of a man' (1959)
- A walk in the sun/Earl robinson from 'A walk in the sun' (1945)
- Opening credits/James horner from 'The boy in the striped pyjamas' (2008)
- Tannhauser/Richard wagner from 'Come and see' (1985)
- Hungarian dance no.5/Johannes brahms from 'The great dictator' (1940)
- Suite/Mikhail ziv from 'Ballad of a soldier' (1959)
- Main titles theme/Moisey vainberg from 'The cranes are flying' (1957)
- Emily/Frank sinatra from 'The americanisation of emily' (1964)
- Theme/Niazi diasamidze from 'Tangerines' (2013)
- These boots are made for walkin’/Nancy sinatra from 'Full metal jacket' (1987)
No Escape
This episode looks at some films set on aeroplanes.
TRACKLIST
- Zigeuner/Billy regis band not from 'Zero hour!' (1957)
- Stayin’ alive/The bee gees from 'Airplane!' (1980)
- Where do i begin?/The chemical brothers from 'Red eye' (2005)
- Original score/James horner from 'Flight plan' (2005)
- Opening titles music/Malcolm arnold from 'No highway in the sky' (1951)
- Original score/Malcolm arnold from 'The night my number came up' (1955)
- Endless sleep/Marty wilde not from 'Jet storm' (1959)
- Feelin’ alright/Joe cocker from 'Flight' (2012)
- Opening titles music/Alfred newman from 'Airport' (1970)
- The parachutes/Jerry goldsmith from 'Air force one' (1997)
- Sweet home alabama/Lynyrd skynyrd from 'Con air' (1997)
Never Mind The Godfather
In this episode we look at some of Robert De Niro's lesser known great roles.
TRACKLIST
- Swamp/Talking heads from 'The king of comedy' (1982)
- I’ll never be free/Mose allison from 'The score' (2001)
- Sympathy for the devil/The rolling stones from 'The fan' (1996)
- Freaky styley/The red hot chilli peppers from 'Night & the city' (1992)
- Out of reach/John mayall from 'City by the sea' (2002)
- Tia’s tango/Bruce roberts from 'Flawless' (1999)
- We’re no angels/George fenton from 'We’re no angels' (1989)
- It all went down the drain/Boz scaggs from 'Copland' (1997)
- Hey cowboy/Lee hazlewood from 'What just happened' (2008)
- Wag the dog/Mark knoffler from 'Wag the dog' (1997)
- Come fly with me/Frank sinatra from 'Midnight run' (1988)
Dynamic Duos
This episode looks at some famous screen pairings.
TRACKLIST
- Trail of the lonesome pine/Laurel & hardy from 'Way out west' (1937)
- Long gone (bowling green)/Sidney poitier from 'The defiant ones' (1958)
- Don’t be shy/Cat stevens from 'Harold & maude' (1971)
- Love forever/Bobby bare from 'Scarecrow' (1973)
- Jungle jim at the zoo/Elephant’s memory from 'Midnight cowboy' (1969)
- Deep night/Rudy vallee from 'Bonnie & clyde' (1967)
- The odd couple theme/Neal hefti from 'The odd couple' (1968)
- Turtle shoes/Bobby mcferrin & herbie hancock from 'Twins' (1988)
- La marsellaise/Claude j.r. de lisle from 'The crossing of paris' (1956)
- William tell overture/Rossini from 'The lone ranger' (1949)
- Batman theme/Neal hefti from 'Batman' (1966)
The Crazy World Of Cronenberg
This show describes the singular world of David Cronenberg.
TRACKLIST
- Rooms in a museum/Eugene cines from 'Shivers' (1975)
- Main titles music/Howard shore from 'The brood' (1979)
- Main titles music/Howard shore from 'Scanners' (1981)
- Soundtrack music/Howard shore from 'Videodrome' (1983)
- The yankee doodle boy/George m. cohan from 'The dead zone' (1983)
- Help me/Bryan ferry from 'The fly' (1986)
- In the still of the night/The five satins from 'Dead ringers' (1988)
- Crash/Howard shore from 'Crash' (1996)
- Life of a fool/Paul burch from 'A history of violence' (2005)
- Slavery & suffering/The red army choir from 'Eastern promises' (2007)
- Kiss him goodbye/Bananarama not from 'Maps to the stars' (2014)
- Vulcain/Claude vasori from 'Rabid' (1977)
Monroe Magic
In this episode we focus on Marilyn Monroe's film career.
Recent Westerns
In this show we look at the recent revival in western films.
TRACKLIST
- End titles music/James newton howard from 'News of the world' (2020)
- Holding all my love (or you)/Julianna raye from 'Open range' (2003)
- The devil’s right hand/Steve earle from 'Brokeback mountain' (2005)
- Soundtrack/Alexandre desplat from 'The sisters brothers' (2018)
- My son/Eddie montgomery from 'Old henry' (2021)
- Streets of laredo/Arlo guthrie not from 'The ballad of buster scruggs' (2018)
- Everlasting arms/Arr. carter burwell from 'True grit' (2010)
- Soundtrack/Marco beltrani from '3:10 to yuma' (2007)
- You’ll never leave my heart/Ed harris from 'Appaloosa' (2008)
- Freedom/Hamilton & boynton from 'Django unchained' (2012)
- John dunbar theme/John barry from 'Dances with wolves' (1990)
24 Carat Cagney
In this episode we look at some of James Cagney's best roles.
TRACKLIST
- Taps/Daniel butterfield from 'Doorway to hell' (1930)
- The darktown strutters ball/Hoagy carmichael not from 'Taxi!' (1931)
- Maple leaf rag/Scott joplin from 'The public enemy' (1931)
- When your lover has gone/Eddie condon from 'Blonde crazy' (1931)
- San francisco bay/Lee oskar not from 'He was her man' (1934)
- You bother me an awful lot/Ann dvorak from 'G-men' (1935)
- Angels with dirty faces/Cab calloway from 'Angels with dirty faces' (1938)
- Don’t give up the ship/Tommy dorsey from 'Each dawn i die' (1939)
- My melancholy baby/Priscilla lane from 'The roaring twenties' (1939)
- Five o’clock whistle/Glenn miller from 'White heat' (1949)
- Opening credits music/Carmen dragon from 'Kiss tomorrow goodbye' (1950)
- Yankee doodle dandy/James cagney from 'Yankee doodle dandy' (1942)
Venice In Film
This show looks at the use of Venice as a location in films.
TRACKLIST
- Laura’s theme/Pino donaggio from 'Don’t look now' (1973)
- Main theme/Lalo schifrin from 'The venetian affair' (1967)
- Opening titles music/Riz ortolani from 'A girl called jules' (1970)
- Opening titles music/Nino rota from 'The stranger’s hand' (1954)
- Opening titles music/Francis lai from 'The forbidden room' (1977)
- Opening titles music/Ennio morricone from 'Who saw her die?' (1972)
- Willow weep for me/Billie holiday from 'Eva' (1962)
- Amore vole/Nicola arigliano from 'The comfort of strangers' (1990)
- Dance of the hours/Amilcare ponchielli from 'The honey pot' (1967)
- Adagietto symphony no.5/Gustav mahler from 'Death in venice' (1971)
- Summertime in venice/Jerry vale from 'Summertime' (1955)
Plague Films
In this episode we look at films based upon pandemics and the after effects.
TRACKLIST
- Coronation march/Giacomo meyerbeer not from 'So long at the fair' (1950)
- I know why/Glenn miller not from 'Panic in the streets' (1950)
- Opening titles/Hans salter from 'The killer that stalked new york' (1950)
- I’m still on my way/Ann turkel from 'The cassandra crossing' (1976)
- Theme from a summer place/Max steiner from 'The omega man' (1971)
- The piedmont elegy/Gil melle from 'The andromeda strain' (1971)
- Main title theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'The satan bug' (1965)
- Days of wine & roses/Michael lang from 'Outbreak' (1995)
- All i want is you/U2 from 'Contagion' (2011)
- Ven a orillas del rio/Laura quiroz from 'A year of the plague' (1979)
- Vampire bop/Sawtell & shefter from 'The last man on earth' (1964)
Who Killed Mimsy
This episode looks at the work of actress Mimsy Farmer, an underrated ingénue.
TRACKLIST
- Riot on sunset strip/The standells from 'Riot on sunset strip' (1967)
- The chequered flag/Davie allan & the arrows from 'Wild racers' (1968)
- Crying song/Pink floyd from 'More' (1969)
- The girl from salina/Christophe from 'The road to salina' (1970)
- Come un madrigal/Ennio morricone from 'Four flies on grey velvet' (1971)
- Death waltz/Nicola piovani from 'The perfume of the lady in black' (1974)
- Theme/Justone de roubaix from 'The suspects' (1974)
- Theme/Giancarlo charamello from 'La traque' (1975)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from 'Autopsy/macchi solari' (1975)
- Dangerous flight/Stelvio cipriani from 'Concorde affaire' (1979)
- The girl from trieste/Riz ortolani from 'The girl from trieste' (1982)
- Main theme/Pino donaggio from 'The black cat' (1981)
- Theme song/Claudio simonetti from 'Bodycount' (1986)
Rising Sun Cinema
This episode looks at some of the best cinema to emerge from Japan.
TRACKLIST
- Original score/Toru takemitsu from 'Woman in the dunes' (1964)
- Traditional/Ryu chishu from 'The flavour of green tea over rice' (1952)
- Opening titles music/Ichiro saito from 'Floating clouds' (1955)
- Kyo machiko/Traditional from 'Ugetsu monogatari' (1953)
- Original score/Riichiro manabe from 'A wife confesses' (1961)
- Opening titles music/Hikaru hayashi from 'The naked island' (1960)
- Soundtrack/Jo pinna not from '24 eyes' (1954)
- Theme/Ryuichi sakomoto from 'Merry christmas, mr. lawrence' (1983)
- Opening titles music/Sei ikeno from 'Woman of the lake' (1966)
- Theme/Kinoshita chuji from 'The human condition: part two' (1959)
- Soundtrack/Isaac schwartz from 'Dersu uzala' (1975)
James Caan
This show looks at the career of James Caan, known for 'The Godfather', but whose work contains other gems.
TRACKLIST
- Main theme/Riz ortolani from 'The glory guys' (1965)
- Main theme/Nelson riddle from 'El dorado' (1966)
- Titles music/Leonard rosenman from 'Countdown' (1967)
- Glory glory/The rascals from 'Rabbit, run' (1970)
- Mcguire's rock/Jack elliott from 'T.r. baskin' (1971)
- Nice to be around/Paul williams from 'Cinderella liberty' (1973)
- Symphony nr. 1 in d/Gustave mahler from 'The gambler' (1974)
- You and me/Bobby hart & dominic frontiere from 'Freebie & the bean' (1974)
- Executive party/Andre previn from 'Rollerball' (1975)
- Diamond diary/Tangerine dream from 'Thief' (1981)
- Shotgun/Jnr walker & the all stars from 'Misery' (1990)
- Diamond diary/Tangerine dream from 'Thief' (1981)
Pre-Code World
This program looks at the fascinating early 1930's in Hollywood, known as the pre-code era.
TRACKLIST
- I’m burning for you/Torch singer from 'Hot saturday' (1932)
- Frankie & johnny/Frank crumit maybe from 'Red headed woman' (1932)
- St. louis blues/Gus arnheim from 'Scarface' (1932)
- Why can't this night go on forever/Mark fisher not from 'She had to say yes' (1933)
- You’re getting to be a habit with me/Ben selvin maybe from 'Female' (1933)
- Baby face/Jan garber from 'Baby face' (1933)
- Million dollar baby/Paul specht maybe from 'Employees’ entrance' (1933)
- Singing in the rain/Cliff edwards not from 'Skyscraper souls' (1932)
- Ben bolt/Eleonora de cisneros not from 'Svengali' (1931)
- Wild orchids/William axt from 'Red dust' (1932)
- Hold your man/Will osbourne from 'Hold your man' (1933)
- Goopy geer/Jack hylton maybe from 'The mouthpiece' (1932)
Robbery In The UK
In this show we explore the rich field of UK films about bank robberies made in the '50's and '60's.
TRACKLIST
- Dialogue/Michael caine from 'The italian job' (1969)
- On days like these/Matt munro from 'The italian job' (1969)
- Opening titles music/Johnny keating from 'Robbery' (1967)
- Main titles music/Johnny dankworth from 'Perfect friday' (1970)
- One room country shack/Mose allison not from 'The good die young' (1954)
- Main titles music/Johnny gregory from 'Strongroom' (1962)
- Main titles music/Stanley black from 'The man in the back seat' (1961)
- Incidental music/Wilfred josephs from 'Cash on demand' (1961)
- End titles/Robert sharples from 'A prize of arms' (1961)
- Thieving boy/Cleo laine from 'Criminal' (1960)
- End titles/Lalo schifrin from 'Loophole' (1981)
- Soldiers of the queen/Leslie stuart from 'The league of gentlemen' (1960)
Bond Special
This episode looks into the Bond phenomenon with Pat Hughes, a bond fanatic.
TRACKLIST
- Bond theme/John barry from 'Dr. no' (1962)
- Nobody does it better/Carly simon from 'The spy who loved me' (1977)
- Crawl, end crawl/Four tet from 'Quantum of solace' (2008)
- The living daylights/Aha from 'The living daylights' (1987)
- Theme/John barry from 'Her majesty’s secret service' (1969)
- Moonraker/Shirleyt bassey from 'Moonraker' (1979)
- Diamonds are forever/Shirley bassey from 'Diamonds are forever' (1971)
- You only live twice/John barry from 'You only live twice' (1967)
- Time in the world/Louis armstrong from 'Her majesty’s secret service' (1969)
- Goldfinger/Shirley bassey from 'Goldfinger' (1964)
- From russia with love/Matt munro from 'From russia with love' (1963)
- Goldeneye/Tina turner from 'Goldeneye' (1995)
- Writing’s on the wall/Sam smith from 'Spectre' (2015)
- Live & let die/Wings from 'Live & let die' (1973)
- Thunderball/Tom jones from 'Thunderball' (1965)
Funny Ha Ha
This show looks at some comedy classics both old and new.
TRACKLIST
- Say no go/De la soul from 'Buffalo soldiers' (2001)
- A little bit me, a little bit you/The specials from 'Multiplicity' (1998)
- Theme/Miklos rozsa from 'Dead men don’t wear plaid' (1982)
- Till we meet again/Preservation hall jazz band from 'Sleeper' (1973)
- I’ll take manhattan/Richard rogers not from 'Platinum blonde' (1931)
- Largo al factotum/Rossini from 'Brother orchid' (1940)
- Ca c’est paris/Jose padilla from 'Ninotchka' (1939)
- How is the weather in paris/Alain romans from 'Mr. hulot’s holiday' (1953)
- When johnny comes marching home again/L. lambert from 'Dr. strangelove' (1964)
- When you’re smiling/Louis prima from 'Analyse this' (1999)
- Jolt/Skatemaster tate from 'What about bob?' (1991)
- Silver streak/Henry mancini from 'Silver streak' (1976)
Ingmar Bergman
This episode traces the career of Ingmar Bergman, world renowned Swedish director.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Erland von koch from 'Crisis' (1946)
- Opening titles music/Erland von koch from 'Music in darkness' (1948)
- Opening titles music/Erik nordgren from 'Summer with monika' (1953)
- Opening titles music/Karl birger blomdahl from 'Sawdust & tinsel' (1953)
- Hasten sitter i tradet/Erik nordgren from 'The seventh seal' (1957)
- Sing baby sing/Pollack & yellen from 'The silence' (1963)
- Adagio:concerto no.2/Jsbach from 'Persona' (1966)
- Mazurka in a minor opus 17 no.4/Chopin from 'Cries & whispers' (1972)
- Sonata for flute bwv 1030-1035/Bach from 'Fanny and alexander' (1982)
- Opening titles music/Evald andersson from 'Winter light' (1963)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In this show we look at the career of Bernardo Bertolucci, a modern day master of Italian cinema.
TRACKLIST
- Addio addio/Claudio villa from 'La commare secca' (1962)
- Vivere ancora/Gino paoli from 'Before the revolution' (1964)
- Score/Ennio morricone from 'Partner' (1968)
- Come l’ombra/Trio lescano from 'Il conformista' (1970)
- Rigoletto/Giuseppe verdi from 'The spider’s stratagem' (1970)
- Score/Gato barbieri from 'Last tango in paris' (1972)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from '1900' (1976)
- Night fever/The bee gees from 'La luna' (1979)
- Rock n’ roll is good for the soul/The boppers from 'Tragedy of a ridiculous man' (1981)
- Main theme/Ryuchi sakamoto from 'The last emperor' (1987)
- Third stone from the sun/Jimi hendrix from 'The dreamers' (2003)
- Sing for absolution/Muse from 'Me and you' (2012)
Elia Kazan
This show traces the life and career of Elia Kazan, one of the most celebrated American directors.
TRACKLIST
- Annie laurie/James dunn from 'A tree grows in brooklyn' (1945)
- Four deuces/Alex north from 'A streetcar named desire' (1951)
- Gathering of the forces/Alex north from 'Viva zapata!' (1952)
- Symphonic suite/Leonard bernstein from 'On the waterfront' (1954)
- Incidental music/Leonard rosenman from 'East of eden' (1955)
- Shame shame shame/Smiley lewis from 'Baby doll' (1956)
- Just plain folks/Andy griffith from 'A face in the crowd' (1957)
- Incidental music/Kenyon hopkins from 'Wild river' (1960)
- Main theme/David amram from 'Splendor in the grass' (1961)
- The dance of vartan/Manos hatzidakis from 'America america' (1963)
- Incidental music/David amram from 'The arrangement' (1969)
- Mi par d’udire ancora/Benjamino gigli from 'The last tycoon' (1976)
- Madness/Manos hatzidakis from 'America america' (1963)
Non-US Noir
In this episode we look at some film noir created outside the United States.
TRACKLIST
- Soundtrack suite/Bruno canfora from 'It happened in broad daylight' (1958)
- Score/George melachrino from 'No orchids for miss blandish' (1948)
- Opening credits music/Silvio vernazza from 'The beast must die' (1952)
- Vier ernste geshegen/Kathleen ferrier from 'The man must die' (1969)
- Ain't misbehavin'/Fats waller from 'The grissom gang' (1971)
- L'ultimo appuntamento/Miranda martino not from 'Vento del sud' (1960)
- Lift to the scaffold/Miles davis from 'Lift to the scaffold' (1958)
- Classe tous risques/George delerue from 'Classe tous risques' (1960)
- Main title music/Osmo lindeman from 'The red line' (1959)
- Sobre las olas/Juventino rosas from 'Crazed fruit' (1956)
- Humoresque op. 6/Michel michelet not from 'M' (1951)
- Main titles/George auric from 'It always rains on sunday' (1947)
- Through the years/Kenny rodgers from 'The pledge' (2001)
Mitchum and More
This week featuring songs by : Robert Mitchum, Blondie, Shirley Bassey and Robert Wagner.
TRACKLIST
- Ballad of thunder road/Robert mitchum from 'Thunder road' (1958)
- Heart of glass/Blondie from 'We own the night' (2007)
- Theme from "bullet"/Wilten felder from 'Bullet' (1968)
- Koyaanisqatsi/Philip glass from 'Koyaanisqatsi' (1982)
- Goldfinger/Shirley bassey from 'Goldfinger' (1964)
- Ride of the valkyries/Richard wagner from 'Apocalypse now' (1979)
- That woman's got me drinking/Shane macgowan from 'Trees lounge' (1996)
- Alfie's theme/Sonny rollins from 'Alfie' (1966)
- I can't believe you're in love with me/Billie holiday from 'Detour' (1945)
- Rachel's song/Vangelis from 'Blade runner' (1982)
- The weight/The band from 'Easy rider' (1969)
- Burn/Nine inch nails from 'Natural born killers' (1994)
- Theme from "blow up"/Bobby hutcherson from 'Blow up' (1966)
Poliziottesco Extra
This episode is a second collection of 70's Italian crime films.
TRACKLIST
- I still get the blues/Grace jones from 'Colt 38 special squad' (1976)
- Una giornata a triste/Stelvio cipriani from 'The bloody hand of the law' (1973)
- Violent life/Francesco de masi from 'Napoli spara!' (1977)
- Incidental music/Bixio, frizzi & tempera from 'Vai gorilla' (1975)
- Cat theme/Gianfranco plenizio from 'Milano violenta' (1976)
- Incidental music/Luis bacalov from 'Blood & diamonds' (1977)
- Incidental music/Franco micalizzi from 'Italia a mano armata' (1975)
- Titles music/Stelvio cipriani from 'La polizia ha le mani legate' (1975)
- Incidental music/Stelvio cipriani from 'Sbirro, la tua legge e lente' (1979)
- Titles music/Franco micalizzi from 'From corleone to brooklyn' (1979)
- Incidental music/Giampaolo chiti from 'Paura in citta' (1976)
- Incidental music/Stelvio cipriani from ''sbirro, la tua legge a lente' (1979)
Kinski Klassix
This episode looks at the career of Klaus Kinski, the explosive Polish actor known for his work with Werner Herzog.
TRACKLIST
- A time to love/Miklos rozsa from 'A time to love & a time to die' (1958)
- Main titles theme/Ennio morricone from 'Grand slam' (1967)
- Theme song/Michel magni from 'The bastard' (1968)
- Soundtrack/Ennio morricone from 'The great silence' (1968)
- Non dirmi una bugia/Nora orlandi from 'Double face' (1969)
- Opening credits music/Francois de roubaix from 'Only the cool' (1970)
- Opening title music/Nicola piovani from 'Footprints on the moon' (1975)
- Mantra 1/Popol vuh from 'Nosferatu, the vampyre' (1979)
- Il sogno/Popol vuh from 'Fitzcarraldo' (1982)
- Der tod de cobra verde/Popol vuh from 'Cobra verde' (1987)
- Eretz tzvi/Yehorem goan from 'Operation thunderbolt' (1977)
Boogie Boot Camp
This program is a collection of stories and music from some of cinema's greatest movies.
TRACKLIST
- Mama told me (not to come)/Three dog night from 'Boogie nights' (1997)
- Town without pity/Gene pitney from 'Town without pity' (1961)
- Guilty as charged/ lolita ya ya/Nelson riddle from 'Lolita' (1962)
- Pennysylvania 6-5000/Glenn miller from 'The glen miller story' (1954)
- Mozart's piano concerto no.21/Geza anda from 'Elivra madigan' (1967)
- No hay problema/Art blakey from 'Les liasions dangeruses' (1959)
- The look of love/Dusty springfield from 'Casino royale' (1967)
- The monkey song/Joel grey from 'Cabaret' (1972)
- Man with the harmonic/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in the west' (1968)
- Seven & seven is/Love from 'Point break' (1991)
- Walk on by/Isaac hayes from 'Dead presidents' (1995)
Joseph Losey
This show details the career of Joseph Losey, a director who fled the HUAC witch-hunt to find success and acclaim in Europe.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Leigh harline from 'The boy with green hair' (1948)
- Title unknown/Mahlon merrick from 'The lawless' (1950)
- Opening titles music/Lyn murray from 'The prowler' (1951)
- Music/Trevor duncan from 'Finger of guilt' (1956)
- Opening titles music/Tristram carey from 'Time without pity' (1957)
- I’m a lonely man/Hardy kruger from 'Chance meeting' (1959)
- Thieving boy/Cleo laine & johnny dankworth from 'The criminal' (1960)
- Loveless love/Billie holiday from 'Eva' (1962)
- All gone/Cleo laine & johnny dankworth from 'The servant' (1963)
- Modesty blaise theme/Johnny dankworth from 'Modesty blaise' (1966)
- Music/Johnny dankworth from 'Accident' (1967)
- Hideaway/Georgie fame from 'Boom!' (1968)
- Le messager/Michel legrand from 'The go-between' (1971)
- Generique/Egisto macchi & pierre porte from 'Mr. klein' (1976)
Before & After Psycho
This show looks at films influenced by the release of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' and several films that preceded it.
TRACKLIST
- Main titles music/Nino rota from 'The hidden room' (1949)
- Frankie & johnny/Bunny berrigan not from 'The dark mirror' (1946)
- Incidental music/Leonid raab from 'He walked by night' (1948)
- Opening titles music/Georges van parys from 'Diabolique' (1955)
- Opening titles music/Bernard herrmann from 'Psycho' (1960)
- Incidental music/Hugo friedhofer from 'Homicidal' (1961)
- Old folks at home/Tom roush not from 'Whatever happened to baby jane?' (1962)
- End titles music/Gerald fried from 'The cabinet of caligari' (1962)
- Opening titles music/Marlin skiles from 'The strangler' (1964)
- There goes that song again/Kay kyser from 'Strait-jacket' (1964)
- Theme/Vic mizzy from 'The night walker' (1964)
- Incidental music/Van alexander from from 'I saw what you did' (1964)
Spies and Detectives
A collection of music from Bond, Harry Palmer & Maxwell Smart movies through the ages.
TRACKLIST
- Secret agent man/Devo from 'Austin powers' (1997)
- Theme/John barry from 'The ipcress file' (1965)
- Killing me softly/Roberta flack from 'The drowning pool' (1975)
- Harry lime theme/Anton karas from 'The third man' (1949)
- The long goodbye/Clydie king and john williams from 'The long goodbye' (1973)
- Get smart theme/Irving szathmary from 'Get smart' (1965)
- Theme/Lalo schifrin from 'Mission impossible' (1996)
- Concerto for two trumpets in cmaj/Vivaldi from 'Klute' (1971)
- Theme/Sol kaplan from 'The spy who came in from the cold' (1965)
- Dead men's bolero/Miklos rocsa from 'Dead men don't wear plaid' (1982)
- American woman/Lenny kravitz from 'The spy who shagged me' (1999)
- Theme/John barry from 'Dr. no' (1962)
Donald Cammell
In this program we look at the career of Donald Cammell, the director who created the '60's classic 'Performance'.
TRACKLIST
- Postcard/Blossom toes not from 'La collectionneuse' (1967)
- All of us/Nirvana from 'The touchables' (1968)
- I'm satisfied/Lou rawls from 'Duffy' (1968)
- Wake up, niggers/The last poets from 'Performance' (1970)
- End credits/Jerry fielding from 'Demon seed' (1977)
- Don't stop the music/Bill wray from 'Tilt' (1978)
- Pride/U2 from 'The official music video' (1984)
- All you zombies/The hooters from 'The official music video' (1985)
- Pagliacci/Leon cavallo from 'White of the eye' (1987)
- The passion/Amy's party from 'Rpm' (1998)
- Oye morena/Mc boulevard from 'Wild side' (1997)
Nick Moran Interview
This program is an interview with Nick Moran, actor turned director, star of 'Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels'.
TRACKLIST
- Theme/Acker bilk from 'Billy liar' (1963)
- Soundtrack/Sol kaplan from 'The spy who came in from the cold' (1965)
- Soundtrack/Basil poledouris from 'Robocop' (1987)
- Springtime for hitler/John morris from 'The producers' (1968)
- The tiber twist/Henri mancini from 'Pink panther' (1963)
- Telstar/The tornados from 'Telstar' (2008)
- Theme/John barry from 'The ipcress file' (1965)
- If you want to sing out, sing out/Cat stevens from 'Harold and maude' (1971)
- Rocks/Primal scream from 'Creation stories' (2021)
- Soundtrack/John barry from 'Robin and marian' (1976)
- Trouble/Cat stevens from 'Harold and maude' (1971)
Green Onions
A collection of films with great music soundtracks.
TRACKLIST
- Green onions/Booker t & the mg's from 'Get shorty'
- That's amore/Dean martin from 'Moonstruck'
- Blowing in the wind/Peter,paul & mary from 'Festival'
- Blue sands/Chico hamilton from 'Jazz on a summer's day'
- Perfect day/Lou reed from 'Trainspotting'
- Brandenburg concerto #2/2nd movement/Bach from 'The island of doctor moreau'
- Stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again/Bob dylan from 'Fear & loathing in las vegas'
- Papa was a rolling stone/The temptations from 'Where the buffalo roam'
- Lift to the scaffold/Miles davis from 'Lift to the scaffold'
- The shrine on the second floor/Cliff richard from 'Expresso bongo'
- Peaches/The stranglers from 'Sexy beast'
The Man Who…
In this show we visit a choice of films whose titles begin with 'The Man Who...'
TRACKLIST
- Cantata/Arthur benjamin from 'The man who knew too much' (1934)
- Que sera, sera/Doris day from 'The man who knew too much' (1956)
- Moonlight in vermont/Hugo winterhalter from 'The man who wasn’t there' (2001)
- Opening titles music/Louis forbes from 'The man who cheated himself' (1951)
- Theme/Elmer bernstein from 'The man with the golden arm' (1956)
- Little brown jug/Tom roush from 'The man who shot liberty valance' (1962)
- Main titles theme/Maurice jarre from 'The man who would be king' (1976)
- Id you ever have the feeling that you wanted to go/Jimmy durante from 'The man who came to dinner' (1942)
- Box of tricks/Frank skinner from 'The man of a thousand faces' (1957)
- End titles music/Les baxter from 'The man with x-ray eyes' (1963)
- Blue bayou/Roy orbison from 'The man who fell to earth' (1976)
Anne Francis
This show looks at the career of Anne Francis, the underrated child model turned actress.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Richard o'brien from 'The rocky horror picture show' (1975)
- Rock of ages/Thomas hastings from 'So bad, so young' (1950)
- Ev'ry other day/Carpenter&francis from 'The whistle at eaton falls' (1951)
- Opening titles/Andre previn from 'Bad day at black rock' (1955)
- Rock around the clock/Bill haley from 'The blackboard jungle' (1955)
- Main titles overture/Louis& bebe barron from 'Forbidden planet' (1956)
- Don't go near the water/The lancers from 'Don't go near the water' (1957)
- Honey west theme/Ray martin orchestra from 'Honey west' (1965)
- Main theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'The satan bug' (1965)
- Secret love/Doris day from 'The crowded sky' (1960)
War Criminals in Film
Investigating the subject of war criminals in film, a subject perfect for film noir, and some of the finest examples that have been made.
TRACKLIST
- Opening music/Roy webb from 'Cornered' (1945)
- Opening music/Bronislav caper from 'The stranger' (1946)
- Opening music/David buttolph from '13 rue madeleine' (1946)
- Suite/Roy webb from 'Notorious' (1946)
- Christmas dream/Perry como from 'The odessa file' (1974)
- Theme/Michael small from 'Marathon man' (1976)
- Suite/Jerry goldsmith from 'The boys from brazil' (1978)
- Theme/Philppe sarde from 'Music box' (1989)
- String quintet in c major/Franz schubert from 'Taking sides' (2001)
- Cinderella-rockefella/Esther & abi ofarim from 'Walk on water' (2004)
- Opening titles music/Alex heffes from 'Emperor' (2012)
Jim Thompson
In this episode we look at the pulp crime writer Jim Thompson, brought to the screen with varying degrees of success.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Gerald fried from 'The killing' (1956)
- Kunstlerleben 0p. 316/Johann strauss from 'Paths of glory' (1957)
- Earthquake/Earthquake not from 'The getaway' (1972)
- Moonlight fiesta/Duke ellington from 'Serie noir' (1978)
- Soundtrack/Phillippe sarde from 'Coup de torchon' (1981)
- Soundtrack/Evan lurie from 'The kill-off' (1989)
- Heatwave/Martha & the vandellas from 'Nothing but a man' (1964)
- Soundtrack/Maurice jarre from 'After dark my sweet' (1990)
- Do ya, do ya love me/Dream world from 'The grifters' (1990)
- Now and forever/Richard marx from 'The getaway' (1994)
- Kiss from a rose/Seal from 'Hit me' (1996)
- The thrill is gone/Chet baker from 'This world, then the fireworks' (1997)
- Fever/Little willie john from 'The killer inside me' (2010)
John Frankenheimer
This episode follows the career of John Frankenheimer, the groundbreaking director who teamed up with Burt Lancaster.
TRACKLIST
- Theme/Leonard rosenman from 'The young stranger' (1957)
- Theme/David amram from 'The young savages' (1961)
- Theme/David amram from 'The manchurian candidate' (1962)
- Opening credits music/Jerry goldsmith from 'Seven days in may' (1964)
- Opening credits music/Maurice jarre from 'The train' (1964)
- Theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Seconds' (1966)
- Theme/Maurice jarre from 'Grand prix' (1966)
- Main title theme/Don ellis from 'French connection ii' (1975)
- Main theme/John williams from 'Black sunday' (1977)
- Theme/Elia cmiral from 'Ronin' (1998)
- End theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'The challenge' (1982)
The Four Sergios
This show looks at the Spaghetti Westerns made by the four 'Sergios': Leone, Martini, Corbucci and Sollima.
TRACKLIST
- Man with a harmonica/E.morricone from 'Once upon a time in the west' (1968)
- Theme/Ennio morricone from 'The good, the bad & the ugly' (1966)
- Theme/Ennio morricone from 'Duck, you sucker' (1971)
- Main theme 'wolf'/Guido & maurizio de angelis from 'Mannaja' (1977)
- Django/Luis bacalov & rocky roberts from 'Django' (1966)
- Main title/Ennio morricone from 'Navajo joe' (1966)
- Un monumento/Ennio morricone from 'The cruel ones' (1967)
- Opening theme/Ennio morricone from 'The great silence' (1968)
- Vamos a matar companeros/Ennio morricone from 'Companeros' (1970)
- J & s love/Ennio morricone from 'Sonny and jed' (1972)
- Interlude/Ennio morricone from 'Face to face' (1967)
- Espanto en el corazon/T. milian & bruno nicolai from 'Run man run' (1968)
- Dopo la condanna/Ennio morricone from 'The big gundown' (1966)
The Friends of Al Lettieri
This show looks at the life of actor Al Lettieri and his short but memorable career.
TRACKLIST
- Perry mason theme/Fred steiner from 'Perry mason' (1957-1966)
- Girl from ipanema/Stan getz&astrud gilberto from 'The hanged man' (1964)
- Soundtrack/Richard markowitz from 'Wild seed' (1965)
- Soundtrack/Lalo schifrin from 'Dark intruder' (1965)
- Opening titles music/Francis lai from 'The bobo' (1967)
- Soundtrack/Stanley myers from 'Night of the following day' (1969)
- Soundtrack/Jonathan hodge from 'Villain' (1971)
- The battle of new orleans/Jimmy driftwood from 'A town called hell' (1971)
- Love theme/Quincy jones & toots thielmans from 'The getaway' (1972)
- End credits music/Fred steiner from 'The deadly trackers' (1973)
- Cantina romantica/Charles bernstein from 'Mr.majestyk' (1974)
- Soundtrack/Franco bixio & fabio frizzi from 'Vai gorilla' (1975)
The Western
In this episode we visit the Western genre and the facts behind some of the classic
TRACKLIST
- Theme song/Frankie laine from 'Rawhide' (1961)
- Main theme/John barry from 'Midnight cowboy' (1981)
- Raindrops keep falling on my head/Bj thomas from 'Butch cassidy and the sundance kid' (1969)
- Buttons and bows/Bob hope from 'Paleface' (1948)
- Deadwood stage/Doris day from 'Calamity jane' (1953)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from 'The good the bad and the ugly' (1966)
- The man who shot liberty valance/Gene pitney from 'The man who shot liberty valance' (1962)
- Main theme/Elmor bernstein from 'The magnificent seven' (1960)
- Sisters of mercy/Leonard cohen from 'Macabe and mrs.miller' (1971)
- William tell overture/Rossini from 'The lone ranger' (1949)
- High noon/Frankie laine from 'High noon' (1952)
Ray Harryhausen
This program is an interview with Vanessa Harryhausen, daughter of Ray Harryhausen, animation colossus & Alan Friswell, his model restorer.
The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation is here - https://www.rayharryhausen.com
and their Twitter Feed is here - https://www.twitter.com/ray_harryhausen
TRACKLIST
- Trail of the lonesome pine/Laurel & hardy from 'Way out west' (1937)
- Score/Max steiner from 'Now, voyager' (1942)
- As time goes by/Sam dooley from 'Casablanca' (1942)
- Soundtrack/Max steiner from 'Treasure of the sierra madre' (1948)
- Score/Max steiner from 'She' (1935)
- Heart of fire/Brian easdale from 'The red shoes' (1948)
- Soundtrack suite/Bernard herrmann from 'The 7th voyage of sinbad' (1958)
- Buffalo girls/The packard family from 'It's a wonderful life' (1946)
- Soundtrack suite/Frank cordell from 'Khartoum' (1966)
- Beautiful dreamer/Bing crosby from 'Mighty joe young' (1949)
- Monster/Hugh cornwell from 'Monster (album)'
John Garfield
In this episode we look at the life of John Garfield, one of the most gifted and highly regarded actors of all time, who died at the height of his career.
Narrated by Dr John Cooper Clarke
TRACKLIST
- Lohengrin bridal march/Richard wagner from 'Four daughters' (1938)
- The whip/Abe holzmann from 'They made me a criminal' (1939)
- Blues in the night/John garfield from 'Thank your lucky stars' (1943)
- King porter stomp/Jimmy dorsey from 'Hollywood canteen' (1944)
- Symphony no. 4 in e minor opus 98/Brahms from 'Pride of the marines' (1945)
- Main theme/George bassman from 'The postman always rins twice' (1946)
- Montage/Franz waxman & isaac stern from 'Humoresque' (1946)
- Suite/David raksin from 'Force of evil' (1948)
- Viendras tu ce soir/Micheline presle from 'Under my skin' (1950)
Peter Falk
Peter Falk, alias Colombo, had an interesting career in films before he became the famous detective. Here we look at his work, including his roles as a gangster.
TRACKLIST
- Colombo theme tune/Henry mancini from 'Colombo'
- The awakening/Sarah vaughn from 'Murder inc.' (1960)
- Pocketful of miracles/Frank sinatra from 'Pocketful of miracles' (1961)
- I’m off the grass/Ernest gold from 'Pressure point' (1962)
- The soldier’s tale/Igor stravinsky from 'The balcony' (1963)
- Any man who loves his mother/Dean martin from 'Robin & the 7 hoods' (1964)
- Ballad of hank mccain/Jackie lynton from 'Machine gun mccain' (1969)
- Opening titles music/Uncredited from 'Husbands' (1970)
- All the way/Frank sinatra from 'Mickey & nicky' (1976)
- Main theme/Bo harwood from 'A woman under the influence' (1974)
- 2am breathe/Anna nalick from 'Griffin & phoenix' (1976)
- Angel fragments/Laurie anderso from 'Wings of desire' (1987)
Come Again
In this episode we look at some film sequels that defy the rule and are worth seeing.
TRACKLIST
- Big chase/Don ellis from 'French connection 2' (1975)
- Main theme/Leonard rosenman from 'Robocop 2' (1990)
- Theme/Richard addinsell from 'Life at the top' (1965)
- Main theme/Fred karlin from 'Futureworld' (1975)
- From russia with love/Matt munro from 'From russia with love' (1963)
- Main theme/James horner from 'Aliens' (1986)
- Main theme/Henry mancini from 'A shot in the dark' (1964)
- Main titles music/Lalo schifrin from 'Magnum force' (1974)
- Main titles theme/Irving szathmary from 'Get smart' (1966)
- Creation of the monster/Franz waxman from 'The bride of frankenstein' (1935)
- Theme/David shire from '2010' (1984)
- Man title theme/Quincy jones from 'They call me mr. tibbs!' (1970)
Amnesiacs in Film
I'll never forget whatshisname- we explore the role of the amnesiac through film history.
TRACKLIST
- Waltz op 39 no.15/Brahms from 'Crossroads' (1942)
- Main theme/Miklos rozsa from 'Spellbound' (1945)
- In the middle of nowhere/Nancy guild from 'Somewhere in the night' (1946)
- Opening credits music/Rudy schrader from 'Sleep my love' (1940)
- A shot in the park/Quincy jones from 'Mirage' (1965)
- Opening credits music/Quincy jones from 'Jigsaw' (1968)
- Main theme/George garvarentz from 'Two minds for murder' (1971)
- Main theme/Ry cooder from 'Paris, texas' (1984)
- Something in the air/David bowie from 'Memento' (2000)
- Dizzy/Claudia cummings & jim cox from 'The majestyk' (2001)
- Evil car/John ottman & alexander rudd from 'Unknown' (2011)
Natalie Wood
This show follows the career of Natalie Wood, the actress who started in an ice cream commercial aged four and whose death is still shrouded in mystery.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Max steiner from 'Tomorrow is forever' (1946)
- Main titles music/Leonard rosenman from 'Rebel without a cause' (1955)
- That'll be the day/Buddy holly from 'The searchers' (1956)
- Love theme/David amram from 'Splendor in the grass' (1961)
- Overture/Jule styne from 'Gypsy' (1962)
- Love with the proper stranger/Jack jones from 'Love with the proper stranger' (1963)
- You're gonna hear from me/Natalie wood from 'Inside daisy clover' (1965)
- Penelope/Johnny williams from 'Penelope' (1966)
- I can't see you anymore/Natalie wood from 'The affair' (1973)
- Main titles theme/James horner from 'Brainstorm' (1983)
- The searchers/The sons of the pioneers from 'The searchers' (1956)
Not Fellini
In this episode we find some lesser known classics of Italian neo-realism.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Piero piccioni from 'Mafioso' (1962)
- Quando quando quando/Emilio pericoli from 'Il sorpasso' (1962)
- Abrete sesamo/Peppino di capri from 'Girl with a suitcase' (1961)
- End titles music/Giancarlo chiaramello from 'An average little man' (1977)
- Opening title music/Piero piccioni from 'The big night' (1959)
- Opening title music/Carlo rusticelli from 'The path of hope' (1950)
- Opening title music/Armando trovajoli from 'La visita' (1963)
- Opening title music/Armando trovajoli from 'Splendor' (1989)
- Opening title music/Piero umiliani from 'La bella di lodi' (1963)
- My brother’s umbrella/Enzo jannucci from 'La vita agra' (1964)
- Caballo viejo/Ry cooder & manuel galban not from 'Riso amaro' (1949)
Hats Off To Corman
This program looks at the illustrious career of Roger Corman, veteran film producer, who has produced four hundred and fifteen movies and is still going strong.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Edward j. kay from 'Highway dragnet' (1954)
- Remember when/The platters from 'Carnival rock' (1957)
- Rock n' roll guitar/The blockbusters from 'Rock all night' (1957)
- Lost, lonely and looking for love/Jeri southern from 'I, mobster' (1960)
- Main titles music/Fred katz from 'The little shop of horrors' (1960)
- Opening titles music/Herman stein from 'The intruder' (1962)
- Opening titles music/Les baxter from 'The man with the x ray eyes' (1963)
- Loser's lament/Davie allen and the arrows from 'The wild angels' (1966)
- What can i say?/Nat king cole not from 'The st. valentine's day massacre' (1966)
- Peter's trip/Electric flag from 'The trip' (1967)
- Bloody mama/Bigfoot from 'Bloody mama' (1970)
- Whatchya gonna do/Pablo cruise from 'Grand theft auto' (1977)
- Main titles music/Paul haslinger from 'Deathrace 2000' (1975)
- Trailer/ from 'Piranha' (1977)
- Waiting/Santana from 'Apollo 13' (1995)
- Honky tonkin'/Hank williams from 'Apollo 13' (1995)
Sam Fuller
The facts about Fuller. The maverick director took on Hollywood and won.
TRACKLIST
- Opening credits music/Paul dunlap from 'The steel helmet'
- Mam’selle/Edmund goulding from 'Pickup on south street'
- Serenade in blue/Glenn miller from 'House of bamboo'
- Chinagate/Nat king cole from 'Chinagate'
- The purple hills/Victor young from 'Run of the arrow'
- Main titles music/Harry sukman from 'Forty guns'
- Verboten!/Paul anka from 'Verboten!'
- Main titles music/Harry sukman from 'Underworld usa'
- Main & end titles music/Paul dunlap from 'Shock corridor'
- Little child/Constance towers & the children from 'The naked kiss'
- Roses from the south/Johann strauss from 'The big red one'
- Death of a dog(end credits)/Ennio morricone from 'White fang'
Sci-Fi Classics
This programme recommends some classic science fiction films you may not have heard about before.
TRACKLIST
- Theme song/The glitterhouse from 'Barbarella' (1968)
- Soundtrack/Ron grainer from 'The omega man' (1971)
- Main theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Planet of the apes' (1968)
- Pier gynt suite no. 1 'morning'/Edvard grieg from 'Soylent green' (1973)
- The mine/Jerry goldsmith from 'Outland' (1981)
- Wildfire/Gil mell from 'The andromeda strain' (1971)
- The well tempered clavier book 2/Jsbach from 'Solaris' (1972)
- Incidental music/Michael small from 'The stepford wives' (1975)
- Theme/Hans salter from 'The incredible shrinking man' (1957)
- Main theme/Howard shore from 'Scanners' (1981)
- Say you're gonna stay/Darryl d'bonneau from 'Species' (1995)
- Death waltz/John carpenter & allen haworth from 'They live' (1988)
Steve Cochran
This episode deals with the life and times of Steve Cochran, Hollywood bad-boy of the 40's and 50's.
TRACKLIST
- Bali boogie/Danny kaye as kay thompson from 'Wonderman'
- Lazy river/Hoagy carmichael from 'The best years of our life'
- Go west/Groucho marx from 'Copacabana'
- Five o'clock whistle/The glenn miller orchestra from 'White heat'
- Dinner music for a pack of hungry cannibals/Raymond scott from 'Storm warning'
- Didn't you know/Ida lupino from 'Private hell 36'
- Non lo saprai mai/Giovanni fusco from 'Il grido'
- Lost lonely and looking for love/Jerry southern from 'I, mobster'
- Das geht beim erstenmal vorbei/Hildegard knef from 'Mozambique'
- Commento al film/Giovanni fusco from 'Il grido'
Morricone Special
This show is an interview with Sir Christopher Frayling talking about Ennio Morricone, the most famous film composer of all time.
TRACKLIST
- Gabriel's oboe/Ennio morricone from 'The mission' (1986)
- Main titles theme/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in the west' (1968)
- The march/Ennio morricone from 'The battle of algiers' (1966)
- Pastures of plenty/Peter tevis from 'For a fistful of dollars' (1964)
- Ecstasy of gold/Ennio morricone from 'The good, the bad and the ugly' (1966)
- March of the beggars/Ennio morricone from 'A fistful of dynamite' (1971)
- Ride of the valkyries on carhorns/Ennio morricone from 'My name is nobody' (1973)
- Main titles theme/Ennio morricone from 'For a fistful of dollars' (1964)
- Main titles theme/Ennio morricone from '1900' (1976)
- Piume di cristallo/Ennio morricone from 'The bird with the crystal plumage' (1970)
- Main titles theme/Ennio morricone from 'The hateful eight' (2015)
Richard Conte
This program looks at the career of Richard Conte, the no-nonsense gangster actor who personifies Film Noir.
TRACKLIST
- Marine hymn/Jacques offenbach from 'Guadalcanal diary'
- Just a little walk in the sun/William gillespie from 'A walk in the sun'
- Opening music/David buttolph from '13 rue madeleine'
- Opening titles music/Alfred newman from 'Call northside 777'
- Opening titles music/Alfred newman from 'Cry of the city'
- Largo al factotum/Rossini from 'House of strangers'
- Theme/David raksin & cyril j. mockridge from 'Whirlpool'
- The blue gardenia/Nat king cole from 'The blue gardenia'
- Main titles music/David raksin from 'The big combo'
- Eee oh eleven/Sammy davis jr. from 'Oceans 11'
- Tony rome/Nancy sinatra from 'Tony rome'
- Passacaglia and fugue in c minor/J.s.bach from 'The godfather'
- L’appuntamento’/Ornella vanoni from 'No way out'
Roman Polanski
This show follows the career of Roman Polanski, the illustrious Polish film director whose life and work tell a very unique story.
TRACKLIST
- Ballad for bernt/Krzysztof komeda from 'Knife in the water' (1962)
- Original soundtrack/Chico hamilton from 'Repulsion' (1965)
- Original soundtrack/Krzysztof komeda from 'Cul-de-sac' (1966)
- Original soundtrack/Krzysztof komeda from 'Dance of the vampires' (1967)
- Lullaby/Mia farrow & krzysztof komeda from 'Rosemary's baby' (1968)
- Fleance/Third ear band from 'Macbeth' (1971)
- Death & the maiden/Franz schubert from 'What?' (1972)
- I can't get started/Bunny berigan from 'Chinatown' (1974)
- Metempsychose/Philippe sarde from 'The tenant' (1976)
- Love theme/Philippe sarde from 'Tess' (1978)
- I've seen that face before/Grace jones from 'Frantic' (1988)
- Fever/Peggy lee from 'Bitter moon' (1992)
- Nocturne in c# minor-mozart/Janusz olejniczak from 'The pianist' (2002)
- Main theme/David majzlin from 'The ghost writer' (2010)
- The swan/Saint saens from 'J'accuse' (2019)
George Sanders
The British actor who charmed Hollywood but became bored with life
TRACKLIST
- Opening credits/Louis silvers from 'Lloyds of london' (1936)
- You make me that way/Dolores del rio from 'International settlement' (1938)
- Theme/Franz waxman from 'Rebecca' (1940)
- Opening music/Bernard herrmann from 'Hangover square' (1945)
- Goodbye, little yellow bird/Angela lansbury from 'The picture of dorian gray' (1945)
- Score music/Alfred newman from 'All about eve' (1950)
- Score/Max steiner from 'Death of a scoundrel' (1956)
- Theme/Frank cordell from 'The rebel' (1960)
- Opening music/Robert drasnin from 'The kremlin letter' (1970)
- Wonderful one/George sanders from '1923 show with the paul whiteman orchestra'
Bette Davis
This program follows the career of actress Bette Davis, a true giant of the cinema.
TRACKLIST
- Hesitation blues/Uncredited not from 'Of human bondage' (1934)
- Sweet and slow/Fats waller not from 'Dangerous' (1935)
- Jezebel/Frankie laine not from 'Jezebel' (1938)
- Cello concerto d major/Josef haydn from 'Deception' (1946)
- Chicago/Frank sinatra not from 'Beyond the forest' (1949)
- Opening titles music/Victor young from 'The star' (1952)
- Stardust/Hoagy carmichael not from 'Another man's poison' (1951)
- I've written a letter to daddy/Bette davis from 'Whatever happened to baby jane?' (1962)
- Hush, hush/Al martino from 'Hush, hush, sweet charlotte' (1964)
- Shuffle off to buffalo/Dick powell & ruby keeler from '42nd street' (1933)
- Opening titles music/Richard rodney bennett from 'The nanny' (1965)
- The anniversary song/New vaudeville band from 'The anniversary' (1968)
- Frankie & johnny/Frank crumit from 'Death on the nile' (1978)
- Bette davis eyes/Kim carnes from ''
Casino Heists
The chequered history of the casino heist in movies, any number can win......
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Frederick holander from 'Walk softly, stranger' (1950)
- Life of the party/Jo ann greer from '5 against the house' (1955)
- Opening titles music/Eddie barclay & jo boyer from 'Bob le flambeur' (1956)
- Ain’t that a kick in the head/Dean martin from 'Ocean's 11' (1960)
- Main titles theme/Dominic frontiere from 'Seven thieves' (1960)
- Any number can win/Jimmy smith from 'The big snatch' (1963)
- Chase in san francisco/Georges garvarentz from 'They came to rob las vegas' (1968)
- Theme song/Jackie lynton from 'Machine gun mccain' (1969)
- Theme tune/Jack ashford from 'Blackjack' (1978)
- A thousand kisses deep/Leonard cohen from 'The good thief' (2002)
Alan McGee Interview
This episode is an interview with Alan McGee, who talks about his life as portrayed in 'Creation Stories' and some of his favourite films.
TRACKLIST
- My favourite things/Julie andrews from 'The sound of music' (1965)
- What do you want/Adam faith from 'Nil by mouth' (1997)
- Trainspotting theme/Primal scream from 'Trainspotting' (1996)
- The passenger/Iggy pop from '4 hour party people' (2002)
- I have but one heart/Al martino from 'The godfather' (1972)
- Dust my broom/Elmore james from 'The wolf of wall street' (2013)
- Sailing by/Ronald binge from 'I, daniel blake' (2016)
- March of the crabs/Anvil from 'Anvil:the story of anvil' (2008)
- That's life/Frank sinatra from 'Joker' (2019)
Steve McQueen
An overview of the phenomenon known as Steve McQueen.
TRACKLIST
- Somebody up there likes me/Perry como from 'Somebody up there likes me'
- The blob/The five blobs from 'The blob'
- Theme/Bernardo segall from 'The great st. louis bank robbery'
- Theme/Hugo friedhofer from 'None so few'
- Theme/William loose from 'Wanted: dead or alive'
- Theme/Elmer bernstein from 'The magnificent seven'
- Love with the proper stranger/Jack jones from 'Love with the proper stranger'
- The cincinatti kid/Ray charles from 'The cincinatti kid'
- Main theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'The sand pebbles'
- The windmills of your mind/Noel harrison from 'The thomas crown affair'
- A good song/Valdy from 'The getaway'
- Main theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Papillon'
- I’m a rodeo man/Don hart from 'Junior bonner'
The Dardenne Brothers
This show describes the career of the Dardenne Brothers, two Belgian filmmakers at the top of their game.
TRACKLIST
- Verklarte nacht: opus 4/Pierre boulez from 'Falsch' (1987)
- Opening titles music/Wim martens from 'I'm thinking of you' (1992)
- Incidental music/J. ranier & o. gourmet from 'La promesse' (1996)
- Didn't it rain?/Sister rosetta tharpe not from 'Rosetta' (1999)
- Ellen david/Charlie haden & keith jarrett not from 'The son' (2002)
- The blue danube/Johann strauss from 'The child' (2005)
- The sound of silence/Simon & garfunkel not from 'Lorna's silence' (2008)
- Adagio un pocco mosso/Beethoven from 'Kid with a bike' (2011)
- La nuit n'en finit plus/Petula clark from 'Two days. one night' (2014)
- Delay/Intergalactic lovers from 'Young ahmed' (2019)
- Non, je ne regrette rien/Edith piaf from ''
Wellman Westerns
This show looks at the unusual Westerns directed by William Wellman, the WW1 flyer who became an Oscar winning film director.
TRACKLIST
- An artist’s life opus 316/Johann strauss from 'Viva villa' (1934)
- Opening titles music/Alfred newman from 'Call of the wild' (1935)
- Unfinished symphony no.8 in b major/Franz schubert from 'The great man’s lady' (1942)
- Opening titles music/Cyril j mockridge from 'The ox-bow incident' (1943)
- Opening titles music/Alfred newman from 'Yellow sky' (1948)
- Across the wide missouri/Ray price from 'Across the wide missouri' (1951)
- To the west/Jeff alexander from 'Westward the women' (1951)
- Opening titles music/Roy webb from 'Track of the cat' (1954)
- Score/Max steiner from 'A star is born' (1937)
Paul Cook Interview
This episode is an interview with Paul Cook, drummer of the Sex Pistols and the Professionals, and self-confessed film fan.
TRACKLIST
- Main theme/Maurice jarre from 'Lawrence of arabia' (1962)
- My way/Sid vicious from 'The great rock'n'roll swindle' (1980)
- Main theme/Bernard hermann from 'Psycho' (1960)
- Main theme/George auric from 'The lavender hill mob' (1951)
- Long live rock/Billy fury from 'That'll be the day' (1973)
- Opening theme/Miklos rozsa from 'The asphalt jungle' (1950)
- Gone dead train/Randy newman from 'Performance' (1970)
- Main theme/Wendy carlos from 'A clockwork orange' (1971)
- Haunted/The pogues from 'Sid and nancy' (1986)
- Every morning is thy love/Uncredited from 'Kes' (1969)
- Blue velvet/Bobby vinton from 'Blue velvet' (1986)
- These days/Nico from 'The royal tenenbaums' (2001)
- I saw the light/Todd rungren from 'American hustle' (2013)
Early Prices
This show visits the early films of Vincent Price before his association with the horror genre.
TRACKLIST
- Incidental music/Frank skinner & hans j salter from 'The invisible man returns' (1940)
- The color of your eyes/Vincent price from 'The house of the seven gables' (1940)
- Laura/Ella fitzgerald from 'Laura' (1944)
- Incidental music/Alfred newman from 'Leave her to heaven' (1945)
- Waltz/Alfred newman from 'Dragonwyck' (1946)
- Situation wanted/Ava gardner from 'The bribe' (1947)
- Opening titles music/Paul dunlap from 'The baron of arizona' (1950)
- You’ll know/Jane russell from 'His kind of woman' (1951)
- The monkey song/Hoagy carmichael from 'The las vegas story' (1952)
- Main titles theme/David buttolph from 'House of wax' (1953)
- Soundtrack suite/Paul sawtell & bert shefter from 'The fly' (1956)
- 5 little miles from san berdoo/Jane russell from 'His kind of woman' (1951)
Ernest Borgnine
This episode, narrated by John Cooper Clarke, traces the career of Ernest Borgnine, one of Hollywood's most familiar character actors.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles/George duning from 'The mob (1951)'
- Aloha oe/Liselotte malkowsky from 'From here to eternity (1953)'
- Johnny guitar/Peggy lee from 'Johnny guitar (1954)'
- Opening theme/Hugo friedhoffer from 'Vera cruz (1954)'
- Marty end theme/Harry warren from 'Marty (1955)'
- The phoenix love theme/Connie francis from 'Flight of the phoenix (1965)'
- The thunderer/John phillip sousa from 'The dirty dozen (1967)'
- Narcisco serradell/La golondria from 'The wild bunch (1969)'
- The morning after/Renee armand from 'The poiseidon adventure (1972)'
- Engulfed cathedral/Calude debussy from 'Escape from new york (1981)'
- ???/Enrico caruso from 'Pay or die (1960)'
Burt Noir
In this show we look at the film noirs Burt Lancaster made at the start of his career.
TRACKLIST
- The more i know of love/Ava gardner from 'The killers' (1946)
- Tannhauser/Richard wagner from 'Brute force' (1947)
- Opening titles music/Miklos rozsa from 'Desert fury' (1947)
- Don’t call it love/Lizabeth scott from 'I walk alone' (1947)
- Incidental music/Leith stevens from 'All my sons' (1948)
- Prelude/Franz waxman from 'Sorry, wrong number' (1948)
- Opening titles music/Miklos rozsa from 'Kiss the blood off my hands' (1948)
- Opening titles music/Miklos rozsa from 'Criss cross' (1949)
- Zulu/Josef & miranda marais from 'Rope of sand' (1949)
- Score/Elmer bernstein from 'Sweet smell of success' (1957)
POLIZIOTTESCO
This show highlights some of the best Italian crime films from the 70's.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles/Ennio morricone from 'Almost human' (1974)
- Main theme/Armando trovajoli from 'The italian connection' (1972)
- Una stanza vuota/Ennio morricone/ lisa gastoni from 'Wake up and die' (1966)
- Theme/Stelvio cipriani from 'Rabid dogs' (1974)
- Opening titles/Riz ortolani from 'I am afraid' (1977)
- Theme/Luciano michelini from 'Suspected death of a minor' (1975)
- Opening titles/Franco micalizzi from 'The cynic, the rat and the fist' (1977)
- Opening titles/Silvano spadaccino from 'Naked violence' (1969)
- Opening titles/Franco mannino from 'A man on his knees' (1979)
- Mamma giustizia/Nomadi from 'No, the case is happily resolved' (1973)
Fantasy In Film
In this show, we look at some outstanding films in the fantasy genre.
TRACKLIST
- Somewhere over the rainbow/Judy garland from 'Wizard of oz'
- Suite/Max steiner from 'King kong (1933) {first 4:50 minutes}'
- Inchworm/Danny kaye from 'Hans christian anderson'
- Theme/Javier navarrete from 'Pan's labyrinth'
- Theme/Georg haentzschel from 'Munchausen (1943)'
- Killer moon/Echo & the bunnymen from 'Donnie darko'
- Arrival of the homunculus/Miklos rozsa from 'Golden voyage of sinbad'
- Gollum's song/Emiliana torrini/ howard shore from 'Lord of the rings'
- La salle des festins/Georges auric from 'Beauty and the beast'
- Lost horizon/Shawn phillips from 'Lost horizon (1973)'
- Thumbelina/Danny kaye from 'Hans christian anderson'
Peter Webber Interview
In this episode we speak with director Peter Webber and explore his fascination with Italian 'Giallo' films.
TRACKLIST
- Incidental music/Ennio morricone from 'The fifth cord'
- Incidental music/Antoine duhamel from 'Pierrot le fou'
- The end/The doors from 'Apocalypse now'
- Incidental music/Cat's eyes from 'The duke of burgundy'
- Incidental music/Sinoia caves from 'Beyond the black rainbow'
- Incidental music/Henry mancini from 'Touch of evil'
- Incidental music/Mario nascimbene from 'Al-mummia'
- Theme music/Ron goodwin from 'Where eagles dare'
- Incidental music/Wendy carlos from 'A clockwork orange'
- Theme music/John carpenter from 'Assault on precinct 13'
- Theme music/Bernard herrmann from 'Vertigo'
The Joan Crawford Story
This episode follows the career of Hollywood legend Joan Crawford.
TRACKLIST
- Ain't we got fun/Van & schrenk from 'Our dancing daughters' (1928)
- How long will it last?/Joan crawford from 'Possessed' (1947)
- The beautiful blue danube/Johann strauss from 'Grand hotel' (1932)
- All i do is dream of you/Gene raymond from 'Sadie mckee' (1934)
- Mood indigo/Duke ellington from 'The shining hour' (1938)
- Please don't talk about me when i'm gone/Bert lown from 'The women' (1939)
- Main theme/Max steiner from 'Mildred pierce' (1945)
- Embraceable you/Joan crawford&peg le centro from 'Humoresque' (1946)
- Autumn leaves/Nat king cole from 'Autumn leaves' (1956)
- I've written a letter to daddy/Bette davis from 'Whatever happened to baby jane' (1962)
70’s Forgotten Gems
In this show, we discover some films that are neglected 70's gems.
TRACKLIST
- Where are you going/Jerry butler from 'Joe' (1970)
- End titles music/Quincy jones from 'The new centurions' (1972)
- Onyx bar/Michel legrand from 'The outside man' (1972)
- Incidental music/Jerry fielding from 'The outfit' (1973)
- Tell me/Terry kath from 'Electra glide in blue' (1973)
- Opening titles sequence/Johnny mandel from 'The seven-ups' (1973)
- Chasing the chase/Charles bernstein from 'Mr. majestyk' (1974)
- Loving you gets better with time/Vernon burch from 'Report to the commissioner' (1975)
- San antone/Denny brooks from 'Rolling thunder' (1977)
- Original score/Ennio morricone from 'Hitch-hike' (1977)
- Philadelphia fillies/Del reeves from 'Who'll stop the rain' (1978)
Peter Sellers
This programme looks at the comic genius of Peter Sellers and is narrated by Fred Armison.
TRACKLIST
- Minuet in e major/Luigi boccherini from 'The ladykillers' (1955)
- Opening titles music/William alwyn from 'The smallest show on earth' (1957)
- Wee sonny macgregor/Peter sellers from 'The naked truth' (1957)
- Yawning man song/Stan freberg from 'Tom thumb' (1958)
- I’m all right, jack/Al saxon from 'I’m all right, jack' (1959)
- Theme tune/John barry from 'Never let go' (1960)
- Goodness, gracious me/Peter sellers & sophia loren from 'The millionairess' (1960)
- Love theme/Nelson riddle from 'Lolita' (1962)
- Theme tune/Henry mancini from 'The pink panther' (1963)
- Try a little tenderness/Laurie johnson from 'Dr. strangelove' (1964)
- What’s new pussycat/Tom jones from 'What’s new pussycat' (1965)
- The look of love/Dusty springfield from 'Casino royale' (1967)
- Something in the air/Thunderclap newman from 'The magic christian' (1969)
- The room upstairs/Johnny mandel from 'Being there' (1979)
Gloria Grahame
In this program we look at the career of Hollywood bad-girl Gloria Grahame.
TRACKLIST
- Charleston/Bob wilson from 'It's a wonderful life'
- Theme/Roy webb from 'Crossfire'
- Paradise/Gloria grahame(kaye lorraine) from 'A woman's secret'
- I hadn't anyone till you/Hadda brooks from 'In a lonely place'
- You kill me/Jane russell from 'Macao'
- Main theme/Elmer bernstein from 'Sudden fear'
- Don't blame me/Peggy lee from 'The bad and the beautiful'
- Main theme/Leith stevens from 'The glass wall'
- Suite/George antheil from 'Not as a stranger'
- I cain't say no/Gloria grahame from 'Oklahoma!'
- Incidental music/John lewis et al from 'Odds against tomorrow'
- Ace in the hole/Gloria grahame(jo ann greer) from 'Naked alibi'
Breakout!
This show looks at some of the outstanding films made concerning prison getaways.
TRACKLIST
- End titles music/Thomas newman from 'The shawshank redemption' (1994)
- Opening titles music/Miklos rosza from 'Brute force' (1947)
- End titles music/Philippe arthuys from 'Le trou' (1960)
- Black tuesday blues/Bob parrish from 'Black tuesday' (1954)
- Opening titles music/Leith stevens from 'Crashout' (1955)
- Score/Andre previn from 'House of numbers' (1957)
- Opening titles music/Franz waxman from 'Dark passage' (1947)
- Great mass in c minor no.16 (k427)/Mozart from 'A man escaped' (1956)
- Opening titles music/Max steiner from 'White heat' (1949)
- Incidental music/Klaus badelt from 'Pour elle' (2008)
- In the end/The like from 'The next three days' (2010)
- Main titles theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Breakout' (1975)
- The truth/Danny elfman from 'The next three days' (2010)
John Cassavetes
This episode is a look at the career of John Cassavetes, who by hard work and sheer determination conquered hollywood.
TRACKLIST
- Soundtrack/Franz waxman from 'Crime in the streets' (1956)
- I love you truly/Carrie jacobs-bond from 'Shadows' (1958)
- A song after sundown/David raksin from 'Too late blues' (1961)
- Happy idiot waltz/Miklos rozsa from 'The dirty dozen' (1967)
- Strip polka/Johnny mercer from 'Faces' (1968)
- The ballad of hank mccain/Jackie lynton from 'Machine gun mccain' (1969)
- Blood on the saddle/Bill britten from 'Husbands' (1970)
- Swan lake/Tchaikovsky from 'A woman under the influence' (1974)
- Rainy fields of frost and magic/Bo harwood from 'The killing of a chinese bookie' (1976)
- Finale/Bill conti from 'Gloria' (1980)
- Main theme/Krzysztof komeda from 'Rosemary's baby' (1968)
Ida Lupino
In this episode we take a look at Ida Lupino, the actress who became Hollywood's first female director.
TRACKLIST
- I get a kick out of you/Ethel merman from 'Anything goes'
- When the swallows come back to capistrano/Glenn miller and ray eberle from 'They drive by night'
- Main title/Erich wolfgang korngold from 'Seawolf'
- South american way/Carmen miranda from 'Out of the fog'
- Main title/Cyril mockridge & david buttolph from 'Moontide'
- She's a latin from manhattan/Benny goodman from 'The hard way'
- One for my baby/Ida lupino from 'Road house'
- Main title/Leith stevens from 'The hitchhiker'
- Havana interlude/Leith stevens from 'Private hell 36'
- The man i love/Ida lupino from 'The man i love'
John Sayles Interview
This program is an interview with John Sayles, maverick screenwriter, director and actor.
TRACKLIST
- Main theme/Masaru sato from 'Yojimbo' (1961)
- Aquellos ojos verdes/Nat king cole from 'N the mood for love' (2000)
- Sisters of mercy/Leonard cohen from 'Mccabe and mrs. miller' (1971)
- Houston in two seconds/Ry cooder from 'Paris, texas' (1984)
- Main theme/Anton karas from 'The third man' (1949)
- Why don’t you love me?/Hank williams from 'The last picture show' (1971)
- Enderlin/Leo kottke from 'Days of heaven' (1978)
- Be my baby/The ronettes from 'Mean streets' (1973)
- La bamba/Los lobos from 'La bamba' (1987)
Trains In Film
In this show we look at some of the classic films that have been set on a train.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles/W.franke harling from 'Shanghai express' (1932)
- Prélude/Lewis levy & charles williams from 'The lady vanishes' (1938)
- Main titles/Dimitri tiomkin from 'Strangers on a train' (1951)
- Main titles/Mischa spoliansky from 'North west frontier' (1959)
- Opening credits/The train from 'Maurice jarre' (1964)
- Opening credits/Nayak the hero from 'Satyajit ray' (1966)
- Julien/Phillippe sarde from 'The last train' (1973)
- Opening titles/David shire from 'The taking of pelham one two three' (1974)
- Opening titles/Henry mancini from 'Silver streak' (1976)
- Soundtrack suite/Jerry goldsmith from 'The first great train robbery' (1978)
Lawrence Tierney
This episode traces the life of Lawrence Tierney, the original hollywood bad boy.
TRACKLIST
- I get the neck of the chicken/Freddy martin from 'Youth runs wild' (1944)
- Opening titles music/Dmitri tiomkin from 'Dillinger' (1945)
- Opening titles music/Paul sawtell from 'Step by step' (1946)
- Opening titles music/Paul sawtell from 'The devil thumbs a ride' (1947)
- Bridal chorus/Richard wagner from 'Born to kill' (1947)
- Opening titles music/Paul sawtell from 'Bodyguard' (1948)
- Main titles music/Darrell calker from 'The hoodlum' (1950)
- ???/Moyshe oysher from 'Singing in the dark' (1956)
- Opening titles music/Nicholas carras from 'Female jungle' (1956)
- Una furtive lagrima/Enrico caruso from 'Prizzi’s honor' (1985)
- I gotcha/Joe tex from 'Reservoir dogs' (1992)
- Opening titles music/Paul sawtell from 'Best of the badmen' (1951)
John Altman Interview
In this interview we talk to John Altman about his experiences in the world of film scores.
TRACKLIST
- The eternal love theme/Nicolas rosa from 'The thief of bagdad'
- Main theme/David raxin from 'The bad and the beautiful'
- Love theme/Jerry goldsmith from 'Chinatown'
- Prelude/Richard addinsell from 'Blithe spirit'
- Main theme/Alex north from 'Streetcar named desire'
- Main theme/Benjamin frankel from 'A kid for two farthings'
- Gabriel's oboe/Ennio morricone from 'The mission'
- In the ring/John altman from 'Funny bones'
- St. petersburg/John altman from 'Goldeneye'
- Overture/Elmer bernstein from 'The magnificent seven'
- Main theme/Frank waxman from 'Night in the city'
- Main theme/Henry mancini from 'Peter gun'
Kids in Film
This show introduces some of the outstanding performances by children in films.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Alex north from 'The bad seed' (1956)
- Opening titles music/Roy webb from 'The window' (1949)
- Romance, sarabande & bourree/Narciso yepes from 'Jeux interdits' (1952)
- I found a million dollar baby/Boswell sisters & victor young from 'Paper moon' (1973)
- Opening titles music/Allessandro ciccognini from 'Shoeshine' (1946)
- Theme/Malcolm arnold from 'Whistle down the wind' (1961)
- Opening titles music/Fiorenzo carpi from 'Zazie dans le metro' (1960)
- Opening titles music/Hans martin majewski from 'The bridge' (1958)
- Piano quintet opus 44 ii/Robert schumann from 'Fanny & alexander' (1982)
- Bugsy malone/Paul williams from 'Bugsy malone' (1976)
- Fat sam’s grand slam/Paul williams from 'Bugsy malone' (1976)
Karen Black
In this episode we look at the celebrated work of Karen Black, the doyenne of independent film.
TRACKLIST
- Darling, be home soon/The lovin’ spoonful from 'You’re a big boy now' (1966)
- Born to be wild/Steppenwolf from 'Easy rider' (1969)
- Don’t touch me/Tammy wynette from 'Five easy pieces' (1970)
- Loving her was easier/Kris kristofferon from 'Cisco pike' (1972)
- Incidental music/Jerry fielding from 'The outfit' (1973)
- What’ll i do?/Bill atherton from 'The great gatsby' (1974)
- Jeepers creepers/Louis armstrong from 'The day of the locust' (1975)
- Memphis/Karen black from 'Nashville' (1975)
- Incidental music/John williams from 'Family plot' (1976)
- Are you looking for a sweetheart?/The mcguire sisters from 'Come back to the 5 and dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean' (1982)
Fred Armisen Interview
In this interview Fred Armisen, creator of Portlandia and star of Saturday Night Live, shares his beginnings and favourite film music.
TRACKLIST
- Main theme/John williams from 'Jaws'
- Incidental music/Michael nyman from from 'The cook, the thief, the wife & her lover'
- Incidental music/Stewart copeland from 'Rumblefish'
- Jazz flute solo/Katisse buckingham from 'Anchorman'
- Incidental music/Walter carlos from 'Clockwork orange'
- Incidental music/Explosions in the sky from 'Friday night lights'
- Theme music/Michael kamen from 'Brazil'
- Theme music/Howard shore from 'After hours'
- Theme music/Franz waxman from 'Rear window'
Nic Roeg
The story of Nic Roeg, the influential British director who set the seventies alight with 'Performance'; 'Walkabout'; 'Don't look now' & 'The Man who fell to Earth'.
Narrated by Franc Roddam
TRACKLIST
- Theme/Dmitri tiomkin from 'The sundowners' (1960)
- Theme/Maurice jarre from 'Lawrence of arabia' (1962)
- Suite/Bernard herrmann from 'Fahrenheit 451' (1966)
- Theme/John barry from 'Petulia' (1968)
- Memo/Turner/mick jagger from 'Performance' (1970)
- Main titles theme/John barry from 'Walkabout' (1971)
- Suite no.1/Pino donaggio from 'Don’t look now' (1973)
- All alone/Thelonius monk from 'Bad timing' (1980)
- When your heart runs out of time/Will jennings from 'Insignificance' (1985)
- Be kind to my mistakes/Kate bush from 'Castaway' (1986)
- Incidental music/Stanley myers from 'The witches' (1990)
- The man who sold the world/David bowie from 'David bowie' (1970)
The Marx Brothers
This show relates to the story of the most successful comedy act of all time. Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Groucho. The four brothers called Marx.
TRACKLIST
- Gypsy love song/Chico marx from 'The cocoanuts'
- Hello i must be going/Groucho marx and margaret dumont from 'Animal crackers'
- You brought a new kind of love to me/Maurice chevalier from 'Monkey business'
- (whatever it is) im against it/Groucho marx from 'Horse feathers'
- These are the laws of my administration/Groucho marx from 'Duck soup'
- Alone/Harpo marx from 'A night at the opera'
- On the beach at bali bali/Chico marx from 'A day at the races'
- Lydia the tattooed lady/Groucho marx from 'At the circus'
- Riding the range/The marx brothers and john carroll from 'Go west'
- The whimsical trio/Harpo marx from 'The big store'
- Who's sorry now/Lisette verea from 'A night in casablanca'
John Collee Interview
This interview is with John Collee, screenwriter of 'Master And Commander' and 'Happy Feet'. He reveals a fascinating background as a doctor and novelist.
TRACKLIST
- The great pretender/The platters from 'Paper mask' (1990)
- Lonesome polecat/Pontipee brothers from 'Seven brides for seven brothers' (1954)
- Duelling banjos/Eric weissberg, steve mandell from 'Deliverance' (1972)
- The long goodbye/Jack sheldon from 'The long goodbye' (1973)
- Fantasia on a theme/Thomas tallis from 'Master & commander' (2003)
- Barn building/Maurice jarre from 'Witness' (1985)
- Theme/Michael nyman from 'The piano' (1993)
- Tell me something good/Pink from 'Happy feet' (2006)
- Come here/Kath bloom from 'Before sunrise' (1995)
- Jai ho/A. r. rahman from 'Slumdog millionaire' (2008)
- Suite/Christopher young from 'Creation' (2009)
- Life on mars/Seu jorge from 'Life aquatic' (2004)
Girls’ Names
This show looks at some of the outstanding films that have been made with girl's first names as the title.
TRACKLIST
- Sylvia/Paul anka from 'Sylvia' (1965)
- Wanda’s song/The readings from 'Wanda' (1970)
- Agapi mou/Mikis theodorakis from 'Phaedra' (1962)
- Opening credits music/Stock music from 'My name is julia ross' (1945)
- Angel/Frederick hollander from 'Angel' (1937)
- Opening titles music/Herman weymann from 'Ninotchka' (1939)
- Elisa/Serge gainsbourg from 'Elisa' (1987)
- End titles music/Georges delerue from 'Julia' (1977)
- Main titles theme/John barry from 'Petulia' (1968)
- Would you like a souvenir?/Ann sheridan from 'Nora prentiss' (1947)
- Sur un air de limonaire/Maurice thiriet from 'Therese raquin' (1953)
Patricia Highsmith
This episode traces the adaptations of Patricia Highsmith, one of the most filmed thriller writers of all time.
TRACKLIST
- Oh, you beautiful doll/Bill murray & the american quartet from 'Strangers on a train' (1951)
- L’absence/Nina rota from 'Plein soleil' (1960)
- Prologue/Rene cloerec from 'Enough rope' (1963)
- Title song/Dick addrisi from 'When you kiss a stranger' (1969)
- Too much on my mind/The kinks from 'The american friend' (1977)
- Fantasy in f minor op. 103/Franz schubert from 'This sweet sickness' (1977)
- Concerto for harpsichord/Manuel de falla from 'Eaux profondes' (1981)
- Two people/Tina turner from 'Der schrei der eule' (1987)
- Lullaby for cain/Sinead o’connor from 'The talented mr. ripley' (1999)
- The host of seraphim/Dead can dance from 'Ripley’s game' (2002)
- Ishka/Angel tears from 'Ripley under ground' (2005)
- When it flows/Great lake swimmers from 'The cry of the owl' (2009)
- Main titles music/Alberto iglesias from 'The two faces of january' (2014)
- No other love/Jo stafford from 'Carol' (2015)
Ken Loach Interview
In this interview Ken Loach speaks of his beginnings in television and shares his inspirations and favourite movies.
TRACKLIST
- Theme/Ennio morricone from 'The battle of algiers'
- Main theme/Leiberman&heiblum from 'The golden dream'
- Main theme/Alessandro cicognini from 'Bicycle thieves'
- La ronde waltz/Oscar straus from 'La ronde'
- Main theme/Jiri sust from 'Closely observed trains'
- When i’m cleaning windows/George formby from 'Keep your seats please'
- Theme/Matial solal from 'A bout de souffle'
- Ending theme/Unknown composer from 'The red and the white'
- Fugue in g minor/J.s.bach from 'Tree of wooden clogs'
- Theme des vacances/Georges delerue from 'Jules et jim'
- End theme by evzen illin/Unknown composer from 'Loves of a blonde'
Hugo Haas
In this show we look at the career of Hugo Haas, Hollywood's first true cinema auteur.
TRACKLIST
- My bel ami/Diana shaw from 'The private affairs of bel ami'
- Opening theme/Mischa spoliansky from 'King solomon's mines'
- Opening/Harold burns from 'Pickup'
- Chopin nocturne/Hugo haas from 'Strange fasination'
- Opening/Václav divina from 'One girl's confession'
- Opening/Ernest gold from 'The other woman'
- What good will it do me?/Ella may morse from 'Hit and run'
- Warm and tender/Johnny mathis from 'Lizzie'
Franc Roddam Interview
This interview with Franc Roddam reveals the Quadrophenia director's favourite film music.
TRACKLIST
- The sorcerer's apprentice/Paul dukas from 'Fantasia'
- Isn't it romantic/Richard rodgers and lorenz hart from 'Love me tonight'
- Love reign o'er me/The who from 'Quadraphinia'
- ThÈme romantique/Maurice jarre from 'Les yeux sans visage'
- As time goes by/Doey wilson from 'Casablanca'
- Main theme/Elmer bernstein from 'Sweet smell of success'
- Alright now/Free from 'War party'
- Main theme/Angelo badalamenti from 'Mulholland drive'
- Knockin' on heaven's door/Bob dylan from 'Billy the kid'
- ThÈme des vacances/Georges delerue from 'Jules et jim'
- Do not forsake me/Tex ritter from 'High noon'
Greta Garbo
This show tells the fascinating story of cinema's most enigmatic female star Greta Garbo.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/William axt from 'Anna christie' (1930)
- Leiberstraum no.3/Franz liszt from 'Inspiration' (1931)
- Romance in eb major opus 44 no.1/Anton rubenstein from 'Susan lenox' (1931)
- Mata hari entrance music/William axt from 'Mata hari' (1931)
- Kunsterleben walzer opus 316/Johann strauss ii from 'Grand hotel' (1932)
- Walse tzigane/F.d.marchetti from 'As you desire me' (1932)
- Score/Herbert stothart from 'Queen christina' (1933)
- Nocturne in eb major opus 9 no.2/Frederic chopin from 'Camille' (1936)
- L’internationale/Pierre de guyter from 'Ninotchka' (1939)
- Opening titles music/Werner heymann from 'Ninotchka' (1939)
John Kisch Interview
In this interview John Kisch talks about the history of Black Cinema and the Separate Cinema archive.
TRACKLIST
- Caldonia/Louis jordan from 'Caldonia' (1945)
- Ol' man river/Paul robeson from 'Showboat' (1936)
- To sir with love/Lulu from 'To sir with love' (1967)
- In the heat of the night/Ray charles from 'In the heat of the night' (1957)
- Stormy weather/Lena horne from 'Stormy weather' (1943)
- Don't get around much anymore/Duke ellington from 'No way out' (1950)
- Theme from shaft/Isaac hayes from 'Shaft' (1971)
- Round midnight/Herbie hancock from 'Round midnight' (1986)
- Opening music/Terence blanchard from 'Harriet' (2019)
- Little child runnin' wild/Curtis mayfield from 'Superfly' (1972)
Gambling in Film
In this episode we look at films set in the world of gambling.
TRACKLIST
- La golondrina/Olympia delgado from 'Bordertown' (1935)
- It looks like rain in cherry blossom lane/Ambrose and his orchestra from 'Any number can play' (1949)
- I don’t want to walk without you/Trudie stevens from 'Dark city' (1950)
- Opening titles music/Herman stein from 'Mister cory' (1957)
- The cincinatti kid/Ray charles from 'The cincinatti kid' (1965)
- Main titles music/David raksin from 'A big hand for the little lady' (1966)
- The entertainer/Marvin hamlisch from 'The sting' (1973)
- Main titles music/Jerry fielding from 'The gambler' (1974)
- Why don’t you do right, get me some money too/Peggy lee from 'Bugsy' (1991)
- Christmas medley/Frankie avalon from 'Hard eight' (1996)
- Opening theme music/The insects from 'Owning mahowney' (2003)
Bombshells
In this episode we look at some outstanding films from movie bombshells.
TRACKLIST
- Main titles music/Alex north from 'The misfits' (1961)
- Theme/Rene cloerec from 'En cas de malheur' (1958)
- Tread softly stranger/Jim dale from 'Tread softly stranger' (1958)
- You are mine/Vince carson from 'The burglar' (1957)
- Bury me not on the lone prairie/Carl t. sprague not from 'The outlaw' (1953)
- La strada nel bosco/Cugini di montagna not from 'Two women' (1960)
- Finale/Nina rota from 'Le dolce vita' (1960)
- Just the same old line/Nico fidenco from 'Girl with a suitcase' (1961)
- The things i love/Carole landis from 'I wake up screaming' (1941)
- Opening titles music/Enzo masetti from 'Woman of rome' (1954)
- Opening titles music/Miklos rosza from 'East side, west side' (1949)
- Unknown/Square dancing band from 'East side, west side' (1949)
Marlene Dietrich
This show looks at the magical career of Marlene Dietrich.
TRACKLIST
- Falling in love again/Marlene dietrich from 'The blue angel'
- What am i bid for my apple/Marlene dietrich from 'Morocco'
- Three sweethearts have i/Marlene dietrich from 'The devil is a woman'
- Awake in a dream/Marlene dietrich from 'Desire'
- The boys in the back room/Marlene dietrich from 'Destry rides again'
- Hungarian rhapsody no 1/Franz liszt from 'Golden earrings'
- The laziest girl in town/Marlene dietrich from 'Stage fright'
- Get away young man/Marlene dietrich from 'Rancho notorious'
- I may never go home anymore/Marlene dietrich from 'Witness for the prosecution'
Lee Marvin
In this episode we look at the career of a Hollywood great, Lee Marvin.
TRACKLIST
- Opening music/Cyril mockridge from 'You're in the navy now (1951)'
- Seven men from now/Henry vars from 'Even men from now (1956)'
- Main titles theme/Andre previn from 'Bad day at black rock (1955)'
- Caine mutiny march/Max sterner from 'The caine mutiny (1954)'
- The beetle/Shorty rogers from 'The wild one (1953)'
- Main theme/Stanley wilson from 'The m squad (1957)'
- The man who shot liberty valence/Gene pitney from 'The man who shot liberty valence (1962)'
- Cat ballou/Nat king cole from 'Cat ballou (1965)'
- Theme/Maurice jarre from 'The professionals (1966)'
- Theme/Frank de vol from 'The dirty dozen (1967)'
- The way to heaven/Johnny mandel from 'Point blank (1967)'
- Wanderin' star/Lee marvin from 'Paint your wagon (1969)'
Richard Fleischer
In this program we look at the career of Richard Fleischer, an outstanding but under-rated director.
TRACKLIST
- You'll know/Jane russell from 'His kind of woman' (1951)
- A whale of a tale/Kirk douglas from '20,000 leagues under the sea' (1954)
- Stephanie-gavotte op. 312/Alfons czibulka from 'The girl in the red velvet swing' (1955)
- Theme/Mario nascimbene from 'The vikings' (1958)
- Theme/Lionel newman[jack pleis] from 'Compulsion' (1959)
- Score/Maurice jarre from 'The big gamble' (1961)
- Score/Leonard rosenman from 'Fantastic voyage' (1966)
- When i look in your eyes/Rex harrison from 'Doctor doolittle' (1967)
- Theme/John dankworth from '10 rillington place' (1970)
- Peer gynt: morning/Edvard grieg from 'Soylent green' (1973)
- The eyes of love/Quincy jones from 'The don is dead' (1973)
- Theme/Charles bernstein from 'Mr. majestyk' (1974)
- Born in this time/Muddy waters from 'Mandingo' (1975)
- America/Neil diamond from 'The jazz singer' (1980)
Debbie Harry Interview
This program is an interview with Debbie Harry discussing her acting roles and favourite film music.
TRACKLIST
- Waiting for the miracle/Leonard cohen from 'Natural born killers'
- La saraghin/Nino rota from '81/2'
- Beat brothers/What is fight club? from 'Fight club'
- O nossa amour/Uiz bonfa & antonio carlos jobim from 'Black orpheus'
- Theme/Anton karas from 'The third man'
- Theme/Bernard herrmann from 'Taxi driver'
- Performance/Merry clayton and jack nitzsche from 'Performance'
- Calling you/Javetta steele from 'Baghdad cafe'
Michael Curtiz
This episode is about Michael Curtiz, the most prolific director in Hollywood history.
TRACKLIST
- To my mammy/Al jolson from 'Mammy'
- The sidewalks of new york/Charles lawlor from 'Angels with dirty faces'
- Yankee doodle boy/James cagney from 'Yankee doodle dandy'
- God bless america/Kate smith from 'This is the army'
- Let's do it/Jane wyman from 'Night and day'
- Its magic/Doris day from 'Romance on the high seas'
- With a song in my heart/Harry james from 'Man with a horn'
- White christmas/Bing crosby, danny kaye from 'White christmas'
- King creole/Elvis presley from 'King creole'
- The comancheros theme/Alma burnstein from 'Comancheros theme'
- As time goes by/Dooley wilson from 'Casablanca'
Against Type
This episode is a collection of films starring actors playing unfamiliar roles.
TRACKLIST
- Man with a harmonica/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in the west' (1966)
- Main theme/Ron goodwin from 'Deadly strangers' (1975)
- My reverie/Larry clinton from 'One hour photo' (2002)
- Overture/Ernest gold from 'Judgement at nuremburg' (1961)
- Opening titles music/Alberto colombo from 'Black hand' (1950)
- Give my shoes to cousin helen/Doye o'dell from 'Tight spot' (1955)
- Opening titles music/George duning from 'The dark past' (1948)
- I can't get started/Bunny berigan from 'Save the tigers' (1973)
- Incidental music/Lalo schifrin from 'Charley varrick' (1973)
- When johnny comes marching home again/Adam faith from 'Never let go' (1960)
- Incidental music/Carter burwell from 'The spanish prisoner' (1997)
- Space age love song/A flock of seagulls from 'Monster' (2003)
Lana Turner
This program traces the fascinating career of larger than life Lana Turner.
Narrated by Dr John Cooper Clarke
TRACKLIST
- I wish i was in dixie's land/Morton gould from 'They won't forget'
- Nightmare/Artie shaw from 'Every other inch a lady'
- My melancholy baby/Benny goodman from 'Johnny eager'
- Guadalajara/Xavier cougat from 'Weekend at the waldorf'
- Opening score/George bassman from 'The postman always rings twice'
- Main theme/Jimmy dorsey from 'Green dolphin street'
- Main theme/Percy faith (david raksin) from 'The bad and the beautiful'
- Main theme/Hugo friedhofer from 'The rains of ranchipur'
- Theme/Franz waxman from 'Peyton place'
- Imitation of life/Earl grant from 'Imitation of life'
- Where love has gone/Jack jones from 'Where love has gone'
The Definite Article
This episode is a selection of some of the outstanding films whose titles have used the definitive article, such as Aronofskys' The Wrestler and Kubricks' The Killing.
TRACKLIST
- Incidental music/Gerald fried from 'The killing' (1956)
- Main theme/Maurice jarre from 'The collector' (1965)
- Plaisir d'amour/Martini & florian from 'The heiress' (1949)
- Theme/John barry from 'The appointment' (1969)
- Autumn leaves/Miles davis & john coltrane from 'The score' (2002)
- Theme/Jerry fielding from 'The gauntlet' (1977)
- Dang me/Roger miller from 'The mule' (2018)
- Opening titles music/Hans j. salter from 'The web' (1947)
- Opening titles music/Frank skinner from 'The suspect' (1944)
- Brutal/New order from 'The beach' (2001)
- Opening titles music/Bronislau kaper from 'The stranger' (1946)
- The wrestler/Bruce springsteen from 'The wrestler' (2008)
Cecil B. DeMille
We celebrate our one year anniversary with a look at Cecil B. De Mille's extraordinary career.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Herbert stothart from 'The squawman' (1931)
- Live and love today/Ben selvin from 'Madame satan' (1930)
- Trailer/Cecil b. de mille from 'Cleopatra' (1934)
- Opening titles music/Rudolph kopp from 'Cleopatra' (1934)
- Opening titles music/Korngold & leipold from 'Union pacific' (1939)
- Suite/Victor young from 'Samson and delilah' (1949)
- Suite/Elmer bernstein from 'The ten commandments' (1956)
- Dream lover/Victor young from 'The greatest show on earth' (1952)
- Main titles theme/Victor young from 'The greatest show on earth' (1952)
Brian Eno Interview
Brian Eno talks about his favourite film music in this revealing & fascinating interview.
TRACKLIST
- Theme/Nino rota from 'Juliette of the spirits'
- Women of ireland/The chieftains from 'Barry lyndon'
- Theme/Miles davis from 'Lift to the scaffold'
- Ubu gowele/Abafana baseqhudeni from 'Rhythm of resistance'
- The farmer & the cowboy/Gordon macrae & gene nelson from 'Oklahoma'
- Moon river/Audrey hepburn from 'Breakfast at tiffany's'
- Final sunset/Brian eno from 'Sebastiane'
- Hobbak morr/Samira tawfik from 'Desert romance'
- Deep blue day/Brian eno from 'Trainspotting'
- Elvis presley/Didja ever? from 'Gi blues'
- I am deranged/David bowie from 'Lost highway'
- Both sides now/Joni mitchell from 'Love actually'
Tomorrows
In this episode we'll look at some of the excellent films using the word 'Tomorrow' in the title.
TRACKLIST
- Opening titles music/Carmen dragon from 'Kiss tomorrow goodbye' (1950)
- Theme/Roy budd from 'Tomorrow never comes' (1978)
- La partita di pallone/Rita pavone from 'Yesterday, today & tomorrow' (1963)
- Incidental music/John fox from 'Give us tomorrow' (1978)
- All men are evil/Mae barnes &harry belafonte from 'Odds against tomorrow' (1959)
- Hey doc/Cab calloway from 'Tomorrow is another day' (1951)
- When the red, red, robin.../Susan haywood from 'I'll cry tomorrow' (1955)
- Incidental music/Irwin stahl from 'Tomorrow' (1972)
- Blue moon/Ella fitzgerald from 'There's always tomorrow' (1955)
- Hold back tomorrow/Uncredited from 'Hold back tomorrow' (1955)
- Skating in central park/Modern jazz quartet from 'Odds against tomorrow' (1959)
Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider: we look at the successful career of the archetypal actor of the 1970's
TRACKLIST
- Sugar in the rain/Sid ramin from 'Stiletto' (1969)
- Love theme/Michael small from 'Klute' (1971)
- Everybody gets to go to the moon/The 3 degrees from 'The french connection' (1971)
- Incidental music/Ennio morricone from 'L’attentat' (1972)
- Incidental music/Michel legrand from 'The outside man' (1972)
- Opening titles music/Don ellis from 'The seven-ups' (1973)
- You’re having my baby/Paul anka feat. odia coates from 'Jaws' (1975)
- Theme/Michael small from 'Marathon man' (1976)
- Betrayal theme/Tangerine dream from 'Sorcerer' (1977)
- On broadway/George benson from 'All that jazz' (1979)
- Five long years/Muddy waters from 'The rainmaker' (1997)
Hedy Lamarr
The most beautiful girl in Hollywood, also the inventor of bluetooth.
TRACKLIST
- C'est la vie/Charles boyer from 'Algiers (1938)'
- Ai tuoi piedi son/Puccinni/manon lescaut from 'Lady of the tropics (1939)'
- I'm always chasing rainbows/Judy garland from 'Ziegfeld girl (1941)'
- 3 o'clock in the morning/Hedy lamarr from 'Hm pulham esq (1941)'
- Uncredited song/Uncredited singer from 'The conspirators (1944)'
- Till you return/Claire trevor from 'Crossroads (1942)'
- Main theme/Victor young from 'Samson & delilah (1949)'
- Just a moment more/Hedy lamarr from 'My favourite spy (1958)'
- Score/Guiseppe becca from 'Ecstasy (1933)'
Philip K Dick
In this episode we explore the film adaptations of Philip K Dick, scifi writer responsible for 'Blade Runner', and possibly the most influential writer of the 20th century.
TRACKLIST
- Score/Vangelis from 'Bladerunner' (1982)
- Score/Jerry goldsmith from 'Total recall' (1992)
- Hard luck solution/Lulu hughes from 'Screamers' (1995)
- Boom boom/John lee hooker from 'Impostor' (2001)
- Soundtrack suite/John williams from 'Minority report' (2002)
- Opening titles music/John powell from 'Paycheck' (2003)
- Little blue flowers/Grahame reynolds from 'A scanner darkly' (2006)
- Strange brew/Cream from 'Next' (2007)
- Fate/Thomas newmann from 'The adjustment bureau' (2011)
- End titles music/Vangelis from 'Bladerunner' (1982)
Tuesday Weld
The subject of this episode is Tuesday Weld, the star who began supporting her family aged four and had a nervous breakdown aged nine.
TRACKLIST
- You can’t catch me/Chuck berry from 'Rock, rock, rock' (1956)
- In my way/Elvis presley from 'Wild in the country' (1961)
- Main titles theme/Henry mancini from 'Soldier in the rain' (1963)
- Theme/Lalo schifrin from 'The cincinatti kid' (1965)
- The thunderer/John philip sousa from 'Pretty poison' (1968)
- Someone to watch over me/Dinah shore from 'A safe place' (1971)
- Try me, i know we can make it/Donna summer from 'Looking for mr. goodbar' (1977)
- Who’ll stop the rain/Creedence clearwater revival from 'Who’ll stop the rain' (1978)
- Confrontation/Craig safan from 'Thief' (1981)
- Poverty/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in america' (1984)
- The best way to get famous is to run away/Charles bukowski freeway from 'Falling down' (1996)
Mick Southworth Interview
An interview with Mick Southworth, celebrated UK film distributor with over 30 years experience at the top of the film industry.
TRACKLIST
- Main theme/John barry from 'Zulu' (1964)
- All along the watchtower/Jimi hendrix from 'Withnail & i' (1987)
- Main theme/Dmitri tiomkin from 'It’s a wonderful life' (1946)
- Tubular bells/Mike oldfield from 'The exorcist' (1973)
- Take my breath away/Berlin from 'Top gun' (1986)
- Lust for life/Iggy pop from 'Trainspotting' (1996)
- Here we go round/Traffic from 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' (1968)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from 'Cinema paradiso' (1988)
- When you’re strange/The doors from 'When you’re strange' (2009)
- Main theme/Ennio morricone from 'Once upon a time in america' (1984)
- Main theme/Nino rota from 'Godfather 2' (1974)
San Francisco in Film
Some of the films that have used the city’s unique qualities as a location.
TRACKLIST
- Title theme/Patrick williams from 'The streets of san francisco'
- Audio clip/Bette davis from 'Fog over frisco'
- San francisco/Jeanette macdonald from 'San francisco'
- Oh! susannah/Richard crooks from 'The sisters'
- Too marvellous for words/Jo stafford from 'Dark passage'
- Main theme/Sol kaplan from 'The house on telegraph hill'
- Main theme/Berhard herrman from 'Vertigo'
- Main theme/Henry mancini from 'Experiment in terror'
- Main theme/Elmer bernstein from 'Birdman of alcatraz'
- The way to heaven/Johnny mandel from 'Point blank'
- Main theme/Lalschiffrin from 'Dirty harry'
- Part of score/Jack nitszche from 'Hardcore'
- Title theme/Patrick williams from 'The streets of san francisco'
Lucky Sevens
Many great films have been made which feature the number seven in their titles and in this program we look at a selection.
TRACKLIST
- Whistle while you work/Snow white from 'Snow white & the seven dwarfs' (1937)
- Piano sonata no.14 in c# minor/Beethoven from 'The seventh victim' (1943)
- Four seasons summer/Antonio vivaldi from 'The seventh juror' (1962)
- Dies irae, dies illa/Uncredited from 'The seventh seal' (1957)
- End titles music/Don ellis from 'The seven-ups' (1973)
- Samurai theme/Fumio hayasaka from 'The seven samurai' (1954)
- Bless your beautiful hide/Howard keel from 'Seven brides for seven brothers' (1954)
- Seven servants/Gato barbieri from 'Seven servants' (1996)
- Opening titles music/Frank skinner from 'House of the seven gables' (1940)
- My kind of town/Frank sinatra from 'Robin & the seven hoods' (1964)
- In the beginning/The statler brothers from 'Seven' (1995)
- The desert/Howard shore from 'Seven' (1995)
British 60’s Classics
This is a collection of classic British films from the 60's, a rich period for film-making in the UK.
TRACKLIST
- A hard day’s night/The beatles from 'A hard day’s night' (1964)
- Main titles theme/Georges de le rue from 'The pumpkin eater' (1964)
- Poor love/Donovan from 'Poor cow' (1967)
- Brahms no.1 piano concerto/Ity of london sinfonia from 'The l-shaped room' (1962)
- Incidental music/John dankworth from 'Morgan!' (1966)
- Georgy girl/The seekers from 'Georgy girl' (1966)
- Main titles music/John addison from 'Girl with green eyes' (1964)
- The frightened city/The shadows from 'The frightened city' (1961)
- Theme tune/Ron grainer from 'A kind of loving' (1962)
- Incidental music/Jean-michel damase from 'Term of trial' (1962)
- Main theme/David lee from 'The very edge' (1961)
- Theme music/Stanley baker from 'Hell is a city' (1960)
Laurence Harvey
Cold, good looking & louche: this is the Lawrence Harvey story, an actor whose rise coincided with the new British cinema of the 60's
TRACKLIST
- Twilight woman/49th parallel from 'Twilight women' (1952)
- Main titles theme/Georges auric from 'The good die young' (1954)
- Ich hab’ noch einen koffer in berlin/Marlene dietrich from 'I am a camera' (1955)
- Main titles theme/Mario nascimbene from 'Room at the top' (1959)
- The shrine on the second floor/Cliff richard from 'Expresso bongo' (1959)
- The green leaves of summer/Frankie avalon from 'The alamo' (1960)
- Gloria’s theme/Bronislav kaper from 'Butterfield 8' (1960)
- Theme/David amram from 'He manchurian candidate' (1962)
- Walk on the wild side/Brook benton from 'Walk on the wild side' (1962)
- Main titles theme/Johnny dankworth from 'Darling' (1965)
- Main theme/Elmer bernstein from 'Summer and smoke' (1961)
- Main titles music/Ron grainger from 'The running man' (1963)
- Opening titles music/Quincy jones from 'A dandy in aspic' (1968)
- Incidental music/Ennio morricone from 'L’assoluto naturale' (1968)
Sir David Puttnam Interview
Arguably, the most successful British movie producer talks of his lifelong love of cinema, his illustrious career and his inspirations.
TRACKLIST
- When you wish upon a star/Cliff edwards from 'Pinocchio' (1940)
- Main theme/Mario nascimbene from 'The vikings' (1960)
- End theme/Leonard rosenman from 'East of eden' (1955)
- Title music/Henry mancini from 'Breakfast at tiffany's' (1961)
- Theme with trumpet/Georges delerue from 'Day for night' (1973)
- Devoted to you/Everly brothers from 'That'll be the day' (1973)
- Love theme/Giorgio moroder from 'Midnight express' (1978)
- Theme/Vangelis from 'Chariots of fire' (1981)
- First of may/The beegees from 'Melody' (1971)
- Imagine/John lennon from 'The killing fields' (1984)
Brian De Palma
The prolific career of Brian De Palma, who has been labelled a Hitchcock copyist, but deserves recognition. Still going after all these years.
TRACKLIST
- Greetings/The children of paradise from from 'Greetings' (1963)
- Opening titles music/Bernard herrmann from 'Sisters' (1972)
- The phantom’s theme/Paul williams from 'Phantom of the paradise' (1974)
- Soundtrack suite/Bernard herrmann from 'Obsession' (1976)
- Heatwave/Martha & the vandellas from 'Carrie' (1976)
- Soundtrack suite/John williams from 'The fury' (1978)
- Opening theme/Pino donaggio from 'Dressed to kill' (1980)
- Theme/Pino donaggio from 'Blow out' (1981)
- Rush, rush/Debbie harry & giorgio moroder from 'Scarface' (1983)
- Relax/Frankie goes to hollywood from 'Body double' (1984)
- Pink cadillac/Bruce springsteen from 'Wise guys' (1986)
- Mood indigo/Duke ellington from 'The untouchables' (1987)
- Time has come today/The chambers bros from 'Casualties of war' (1989)
- Opening music/Pino donaggio from 'Rising cain' (1992)
- I love music/The o’jays from 'Carlito’s way' (1993)
- Theme/Danny elfman from 'Mission impossible' (1996)
- Prelude to the afternoon of a faun/Claude debussy from 'Passion' (2016)