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Movie Sagas

Episode 58

Episode 58: Movie Sagas

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Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by sagas.

To coincide with the release of Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien-inspired film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Matthew Sweet introduces music for cinematic sagas.

With the latest instalment of Peter Jackson's Tolkien-inspired films launched on Friday - "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies", Matthew Sweet looks at film music and sagas. The programme features music from "Harry Potter"; "The Twilight Saga"; "The Godfather"; "Ocean's Eleven"; "Three Colours Blue"; "From Russia With Love"...... and "The Hobbit". 

Composer Howard Shore talks about the twenty hours or more of music he has composed for the Tolkien films.

The Classic Score of the Week is John Williams's "Star Wars".

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