This talk was given at a performance of A Century of Film Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Alfred NEWMAN 20th Century Fox Fanfare
KORNGOLD Main Title from Captain Blood
Miklós RÓZSA Prelude (Main Title) from Ben-Hur
WAXMAN Sunset Boulevard Suite
HERRMANN Scène d’Amour from Vertigo
Alex NORTH “Forest Meeting” and "March" from Spartacus
Alfred NEWMAN Cathy’s Theme from Wuthering Heights (with Ms. Wang)
Maurice JARRE Suite from Lawrence of Arabia
Danny ELFMAN Main Title from Batman
John WILLIAMS Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
GOLDSMITH The Hunt from Planet of the Apes
MORRICONE Main Title from Once Upon a Time in the West (with Ms. Newman)
Thomas NEWMAN The Night Window from 1917
John WILLIAMS “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra” from Indiana Jones
ROTA Suite from The Godfather
Alan SILVESTRI Suite from Back to the Future
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