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Tom Service explores television themes with Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley, who wrote the music for Poldark, Black Narcissus, and Jeeves and Wooster.

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Fri 12 Jan 2024 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein

    Stranger Things

    • Invada.
    • INV176LP.

  • Mark Snow

    Materia Primoris: The X Files Theme (Main Title)

    Performer: Mark Snow.
    • Warner Bros Records.
    • lc-0392.

  • John Addison

    Murder She Wrote Main Theme

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN-10418.

  • Ramin Djawadi

    Game of Thrones Main Title

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
    • VSD-7097.

  • Hans Zimmer

    The Crown: Main Title

    Performer: Synchron Stage Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 31648820.

  • Nicholas Britell

    Succession (Main Title Theme)

    Performer: Nicholas Britell.
    • Milan.
    • M 237094.

  • Tony Hatch

    Neighbours

    Performer: Barry Crocker.
    • BBC.
    • RESL210.

  • Simon May

    EastEnders Theme

    Performer: The Simon May Orchestra.
    • Edsel.
    • EDSD2099.

  • Eric Spear

    Coronation Street Theme

    Performer: Geoff Love and Orchestra.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • FVSD-134.

  • Mike Harding

    Danger Mouse Main Theme

    Singer: Sheila Gott.

  • Raymond Scott

    Sprite: Melonball Bounce

    Performer: Raymond Scott.
    • Basta.
    • 90782.

  • Raymond Scott

    Vicks: Medicated Cough Drops

    Performer: Raymond Scott.
    • Basta.
    • 90782.

  • Raymond Scott

    Auto-Lite: Spark Plugs

    Performer: Raymond Scott.
    • Basta.
    • 90782.

  • Hubert Parry

    God Save The Queen

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Classics.
    • 9099642.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L' Orfeo - i.Toccata

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Archiv.
    • 479 0441.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op.46: I. At the Castle Gate

    Conductor: Thomas Beecham. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • HMV.
    • ASD 468.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K.522: IV. Presto

    Performer: Amadeus Quartet.
    • DG.
    • 4000652.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in D flat major, Op.34: No.15

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 14962.

  • Anne Dudley

    Jeeves & Wooster - Theme

    Performer: The Dover Street Jazzomaniacs.
    • EMI.
    • CDP-799010 2.

  • Anne Dudley

    Suite from Poldark

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Sony.
    • 88985474652.

  • Nicholas Britell

    Succession (Main Title Theme)

    Performer: Nicholas Britell.
    • Milan.
    • M 237094.

  • Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein

    Stranger Things

    • Invada.
    • INV176LP.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 15 Jul 2022 16:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 7 Jan 2024 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 12 Jan 2024 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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