Sound Of Cinema - 323. Underground

SOUND OF CINEMA - 323. UNDERGROUND (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 11th September 2021

Matthew Sweet with music for films inspired by the world beneath the surface including James Horner's music for 'The 33' and Bernard Herrmann's music for the classic 1959 version of 'Journey To The Center Of the Earth'. This week's featured new release is the First World War drama, 'The War Below' about the miners of Messsines who dug tunnels to employ high explosives deep beneath the Belgium trenches. The new sore is by the Finnish composer Anne Kulonen.

The programme also includes music from Escape From The Dark, The Molly McGuires, Germinal, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Descent, Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, and Beneath Hill 60.

Matthew also meets compsoer Natalie Holt who talks about her score for the new Phyllida Lloyd film, 'Herself'.

Ron Goodwin - Escape From The Dark (1976) - End Title [EMI]
Henry Mancini - The Molly McGuires (1970) - Main Theme [Paramount]
Michel Magne - Germinal (1963) - La Revolte [Barclay]
Jean-Louis Roques - Germinal (1993) - Generique Fin
James Horner - The 33 (2015) - First Ascent [WaterTower Music]
James Horner - The 33 (2015) - The 33 [WaterTower Music]
Bear McCreary - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - Title Theme [Mondo]
David Julyan - The Descent (2005) - The Lair [Cooking Vinyl]
David Julyan - The Descent (2005) - The Descent [Cooking Vinyl]
Leonard Rosenman - Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970) - Ape Soldiers Continue [Amos]
Leonard Rosenman - Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970) - Hail The Bomb [Amos]
Bernard Herrmann - Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959) - Selection Of Tracks [Varèse Sarabande]
Cezary Skubiszewski - Beneath Hill 60 (2010) - Combat [Albert]
Anne Kulonen - The War Below (2021) - End Credits [Vital Pictures]
Dario Marianelli - The Boxtrolls (2014) - Slap Waltz [Back Lot Music]
Natalie Holt - Herself (2020) - Panic Attack [BBC Films]
Natalie Holt - Herself (2020) - The Lass [BBC Films]