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Online film distribution services have created a whole new platform for film composers and this week Matthew Sweet looks at some of the current online titles and theIr music.

Online film streaming services have become an influential means of receiving and enjoying film and have created an important platform for new film and for film composers. This week Matthew Sweet looks at some of the current list of films available from a variety of streaming services, focusing in particular on new film, for which streaming has become a major means of distribution whilst cinemas themselves are closed.

Films and scores featured in the programme include ‘The Trolls World Tour’, ‘Proxima’, ‘No Time To Die’, Lord of the Rings, ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, ‘The Hunt’, ‘Ran’, ‘The Fall’, ‘Tumbbad’, ‘Celle que vous croyez’ and the ‘The Willoughbys’. The Classic Score of the Week is ‘La Strada’ marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fellini.

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Sat 9 May 2020 15:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Proxima (2019) Launch and Stella

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Milan.

  • Billie Eilish

    No Time To Die (2020) No Time To Die

    Composer: FINNEAS. Performer: FINNEAS. Singer: Billie Eilish.
    • Darkroom, Interscope.

  • Howard Shore

    Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers (2002) Riders of Rohan

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
    • Reprise Records.

  • John Williams

    The Rise of Skywalker (2019) The Rise of Skywalker

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
    • Walt Disney/Lucasfilm.

  • Nathan Barr

    The Hunt (2019) Randy is Awake

    Performer: Nathan Barr.
    • Back Lot Music.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Ran (1985) Assault and Ending Credits

    Orchestra: Sakkyo. Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki.
    • Silva Screen.

  • Mica Levi

    The Fall (2019) 'Radio Mix'

    Performer: Mica Levi.

  • Jesper Kyd

    Tumbbad (2019) Birth of Hastar

    Performer: Jesper Kyd.

  • Nino Rota

    La Strada (1954) Nozze in campagna and I tre suonatori e il 'Matto' sul filo

    Performer: Salvatore Greco. Performer: Salvatore Piazza. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo. Conductor: Marzio Conti.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Randy Newman

    Marriage Story (2018)

    Performer: Randy Newman.

  • Mark Mothersbaugh

    The Willoughbys (2020) Titles, The Willoughby Boogie & Nanny's Arrival

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
    • BMG.

  • Ibrahim Maalouf

    Who you Think I am (2019) Celle que vous croyez

    Performer: Ibrahim Maalouf.
    • Mi'ster.

  • Matthew Margeson

    Eddie the Eagle (2016) Eddie the Eagle

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by Composer.
    • Varèse Sarabande.

  • Christopher Young

    Set it off (1996) Buttercrunch

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Pete Anthony.
    • Varèse Sarabande.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 May 2020 15:00
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