Sound Of Cinema - 311. Road Movies

SOUND OF CINEMA - 311. ROAD MOVIES (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 22nd May 2021

Matthew Sweet with music for the road movie genre, marking the cinematic release of the much-garlanded film 'Nomadland'.

Characters in a road movie undergo a journey - usually by car or motorbike - which invariably presents a life-changing experience. They can be journeys about self-discovery, rebellion, reconciliation and sometimes death. Matthew foregrounds some of the best road movie scores including 'Easy Rider', 'On the Road', (inspired by Jack Kerouac's genre-defining novel of the same name), 'The Motorcycle Diaries', 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar' and 'Locke'. Matthew takes a look at how Erik Nordgren's score works to picture in Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece 'Wild Strawberries' and reflects on the importance of the road movie in the work of director Wim Wenders. The Classic Score of the Week is Ry Cooder's atmospheric music for 'Paris, Texas'.

Nino Rota - La Strada (1954) - Il Viaggio Continua [Legend]
Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke - Road To Morocco (1942) - (We're Off On The) Road To Morocco [UCJ]
The Electric Prunes - Easy Rider (1969) - Mass In F Minor - Kyrie [MCA]
Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road (2012) - Roman Candles [Impulse]
Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road (2012) - I Think Of Dean [Impulse]
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) - La Muerte de la Poderosa
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) - Apertura
Mychael Danna - Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - We're Gonna Make It [Lakeshore]
Mychael Danna - Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - The Winner Is [Lakeshore]
Rachel Portman - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything (1995) - Suite [MCA]
Dickon Hinchliffe - Locke (2014) - Baby [Fiction]
Erik Nordgren - Wild Strawberries (1957) - Dreams [Marco Polo]
Erik Nordgren - Wild Strawberries (1957) - Emotions [Marco Polo]
Jürgen Knieper - The Wrong Move (1975) - Die Zugfahrt [Milan]
Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (1984) - Paris, Texas [Warner Bros.]
José López Alavez - Paris, Texas (1984) - Cancion Mixteca [Warner Bros.]
Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (1984) - Brothers [Warner Bros.]
Ludovico Einaudi - Nomadland (2020) - Oltremare [Decca]
Ludovico Einaudi - Nomadland (2020) - Petricor [Decca]
Hans Zimmer - Thelma And Louise (1991) - Thunderbird [Kritzerland]
Charlie Clouser - Spiral (2021) - Zep Nine [Lakeshore]