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Walk On By

Episode 7: Soundtrack

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

From The Wizard of Oz to The Lion King, the story of popular song continues with a celebration of classic songs from stage and screen. Broadway and Hollywood musicals have been the launching pad for some of the greatest songs of all time and the fortunes of many a dull show or routine flick have been transformed by a hit tune.

The penultimate in the series, this edition tells the stories behind such standards as Night and Day, Over the Rainbow, My Funny Valentine, Somewhere, Cabaret, I Don't Know How to Love Him, and Stayin' Alive, charting the course of the show tune through Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Disney's role in bringing about the renaissance of the big movie song

With Mary Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Tim Rice, Georgio Moroder, Robin Gibb and Alan Menken. Show less

Contributors

Narrator:
Clive Owen
Producer:
Alan Lewens

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