Sound Of Cinema - 300. Journey Into The Unknown

SOUND OF CINEMA - 300. JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 2nd January 2021

A new year and promises of a new start. Matthew Sweet looks at films and film music exploring the idea of journeys into the unknown.

The programme includes music from Snowpiercer, Ice Age, The Revenant, The Edge, The Seventh Sin, The Painted Veil, Cast Away, Star Trek, The Physician, Kon-Tiki and Into the Wild. The Classic Score of the Week is Ralph Vaughan Williams's music for the 1948 film, Scott of the Antarctic.

The programme also includes a taster from James Newton-Howard's new score for News of the World, the new Tom Hanks film, set for release at the end of the month.

Marco Beltrami - Snowpiercer (2013) - This Is The Beginning [Varèse Sarabande]
David Newman - Ice Age (2002) - Walking Through [Varèse Sarabande]
Ryuichi Sakomoto - The Revenant (2015) - Main Theme [Milan]
Jerry Goldsmith - The Edge (1997) - Lost In The Wild [La-La Land]
Miklós Rózsa - The Seventh Sin (1957) - Theme [Film Score Monthly‎]
Alexandre Desplat - The Painted Veil (2006) - Theme [Deutsche Grammophon]
Alan Silvestri - Cast Away (2000) - Theme [Varèse Sarabande]
Michael Giacchino - Star Trek (2009) - Enterprising Young Men [Varèse Sarabande]
Alexander Courage - Star Trek (1966) - Main Title [Silva Screen]
Richard A. Whiting - Monte Carlo (2011) - Beyond The Blue Horizon [ASV]
Ingo Ludwig Frenzel - The Physician (2013) - Suite [Colosseum]
Johan Söderqvist - Kon Tiki (2012) - End Credits [Sony Classical]
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Scott Of The Antarctic (1948) - Death Of Oates [Dutton Epoch]
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Scott Of The Antarctic (1948) - Main Titles [Dutton Epoch]
Michael Brook - Into The Wild (2007) - The Rapids [Lakeshore]
James Newton Howard - News Of The World (2021) - End Titles [Back Lot Music]