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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Golden Age of Hollywood

Composer of the Week: Golden Age of Hollywood: Episode 3: Wartime in the Dream Factory

Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals

Golden Age of Hollywood

Episode 3

Episode 3: Wartime in the Dream Factory

Wartime in the Dream Factory

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Golden Age of Hollywood, Wartime in the Dream Factory

Donald Macleod considers how the Second World War affected the Hollywood film industry.

Donald Macleod considers how the Second World War affected the Hollywood film industry. Including music by by Waxman, Tiomkin, Herrrmann and Rozsa.

"Sound of Cinema" moves towards the Second World War as Donald Macleod and guest John Wilson consider how the conflict affected the Hollywood Film industry. While profits at the box office soared, further opportunities arose from the war effort encouraging a successful alliance between film director Frank Capra and composer Dimitri Tiomkin. Meanwhile, two newcomers arrived: Miklos Rozsa and Bernard Herrmann, a man with some rather different ideas on how the music for a film should be produced.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod and John Wilson explore the soundtrack of Hollywood's Golden Age

Donald Macleod explores the soundtrack of Hollywood's Golden Age, in the company of conductor and film music expert John Wilson

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