Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In a series celebrating the art of the cinema soundtrack, Neil Brand explores the work of the great movie composers and demonstrates their techniques. Neil begins by looking at how the classic orchestral film score emerged and why it's still going strong today. He traces how, in the 1930s, European-born composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold brought their Viennese training to play in stirring, romantic scores for Hollywood masterpieces like King Kong and The Adventures of Robin Hood. But it took a home-grown American talent, Bernard Herrmann, to bring a darker, more modern sound to some of cinema's finest films with his scores for Citizen Kane, Psycho and Taxi Driver. Among those Neil meets are leading film-makers and composers who discuss their work, including Martin Scorsese and Hans Zimmer, composer of blockbusters like Gladiator and Inception.

Series details

• Title: Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2013-09-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-09-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14889
• TVDB ID: 273202

Cast and credited roles

• Neil Brand — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-09-12; final listed air date 2013-09-26; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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