Sound Of Cinema - 467. Martial Arts

SOUND OF CINEMA - 467. MARTIAL ARTS (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 31st May 2025

Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen. As the latest in the Karate Kid franchise is released, "Karate Kid Legends", Matthew focuses on music from martial arts films. Excerpts include films as diverse as scores from Lalo Schifrin's "Enter the Dragon", Tan Dun's music for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Raymond Wong's "Kung Fu Hustle", to animated movies such as "Kung Fu Panda" and Disney's "Mulan".

Masaru Sato - Yojimbo (1961) - Titles (MGM)
Lalo Schifrin - Enter the Dragon (1973) - Theme + The Gentle Softness + The Big Battle [Warner Bros.]
Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Main Title + Through The Bamboo Forest [Sony Classical]
André Previn - Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) - Main Title [Rhino Handmade]
James Wong - Once Upon A Time In China (1991) - A Desperate Battle [Varèse Sarabande]
Raymond Wong - Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - Casino Fight [Varèse Sarabande]
Shigeru Umebayashi - House Of Flying Daggers (2004) - Battle In The Forest [Sony Classical]
Hans Zimmer - Kung Fu Panda (2008) - Dragon Warrior Rises [Interscope]
Jerry Goldsmith - Mulan (1998) - Mulan's Decision [Walt Disney]
James Bernard - The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974) - The Siege Begins [Warner Bros.]
Bill Conti - The Karate Kid (1984) - Main Title [Varèse Sarabande]
Dominic Lewis - Karate Kid: Legends (2025) - Two Branches, One Tree [Milan]