BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 25th July 2020
With the 40th anniversary re-release of Mike Hodges’s Flash Gordon into cinemas at the end of the month, Matthew Sweet is joined by guitarist Brian May for a look back on the film's groundbreaking score composed by Howard Blake and Queen. Matthew also takes a timely look back across the decades at music for films that have taken their inspiration from comic strips and comic books. Featured films include 'Modesty Blaise', 'Dennis the Menace', 'Popeye', 'Addams Family Values', 'The Peanuts Movie', and 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'; 'The Belles of St Trinians', 'Barbarella', 'The Perils of Gwendoline' and 'Tamara Drewe'; 'The Adventures of Tintin', 'Dick Tracy' and of course 'Flash Gordon'. The Classic Score of the week is Franz Waxman's music for the 1954 Arthurian inspired adventure epic, 'Prince Valiant'.
And the programme also includes music from the newly released video-on-demand feature, 'The Old Guard' - based on a 2017 comic book by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez and featuring a new score by Dustin O'Halloran and Volker Bertelmann.
John Dankworth - Modesty Blaise (1966) - Modesty Blaise Theme [20th Century Fox]
Jerry Goldsmith - Dennis The Menace (1993) - Our Town [La-La Land]
Harry Nilsson - Popeye (1980) - I Yam What I Yam [Epic]
Christophe Beck - The Peanuts Movie (2015) - Skating [20th Century Fox]
Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family TV Series (1964) - Main Theme [RCA Victor]
Marc Shaiman - Addams Family Values (1993) - The Tango [Varèse Sarabande]
Allan Gray - The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943) - Prelude [CD41 Publishing]
Malcolm Arnold - The Belles Of St. Trinians (1954) - Prelude [El]
Bob Crewe & Charles Fox - Barbarella (1968) - Entrance Into Sogo [Harkit]
Neil Innes - Jane TV Series (1982)
Pierre Bachelet - Gwendoline (1984) - La Legende de Pikao [RCA]
Alexandre Desplat - Tamara Drewe (2010) - Opening Title [Silva Screen]
John Williams - The Adventures Of Tintin (2011) - The Secret Of The Unicorn [Sony Classical]
Danny Elfman - Dick Tracy (1990) - Main Titles [Warner Bros.]
Franz Waxman - Prince Valiant (1954) - Suite [RCA Red Seal]
Howard Blake - Flash Gordon (1980) - Bell & Coffin - Zarkov - Rocket Ship Flight [Super Tracks Music Group]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Crash Dive On Mingo City [EMI]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Wedding March [EMI]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Battle Theme [EMI]
Freddie Mercury - Flash Gordon (1980) - The Kiss 'Aura Resurrects Flash' [EMI]
Freddie Mercury - Flash Gordon (1980) - Vultan's Theme [EMI]
Volker Bertelmann - The Old Guard (2020) - The Old Guard [Lakeshore]
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