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Sound of Cinema: Music for Gerry Anderson

The screen music of Barry Gray

Music for Gerry Anderson

BBC Radio 3 - Sound of Cinema, Music for Gerry Anderson

Matthew Sweet on the composer of Thunderbirds.

The son of Gerry Anderson, Jamie, joins Matthew for a retrospective on the music of Barry Gray and the scores for Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet.

Jamie Anderson, whose father Gerry Anderson gave us Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, UFO and Captain Scarlet, joins Matthew Sweet for a look back on the music of Barry Gray, the man who provided the musical voice to Anderson’s classic small screen creations. Together, Matthew and Jamie consider the varied aspects of Gray’s style, his pioneering use of electronics, his working relationship with Gerry Anderson, and his legacy. The programme features key musical moments from children’s TV classics, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90; and also some of the later live action series such as UFO and Space 1999.

The Classic Score of the week is Barry Gray’s music for the full length big screen supermarionation feature, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’.

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.

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