Sound Of Cinema - 345. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

SOUND OF CINEMA - 345. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT (320kbs-m4a/135mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 19th March 2022

Matthew Sweet ponders the relationship between cinema and cats and features some of its best film feline scores including Roy Webb’s ‘Cat People’, Danny Elfman’s music for Catwoman in ‘Batman Returns’ and naturally enough ‘The Aristocats’. Also in the programme is Henry Jackman's "Puss Suite" from Puss In Boots, Bruce Broughton's 'Homeward Bound', Kira Fontana's 'Kedi', Yuji Nomi's 'The Cat Returns' for Studio Ghibli, Christoper Young's 'Pet Sematary', Hans Zimmer's 'The Dark Knight Rises', and some of Michael Giachino's Cat Woman score for the new 'Batman' film. Matthew also takes a look at the recently released 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy, with music by Arthur Sharpe. The story of an Edwardian cat-lover and artist, which has a digital and DVD release this month.

Billy May - I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat [Capitol]
Henry Jackman - Puss In Boots (2011) - The Puss Suite [Sony Classical]
Oliver Wallace - Alice In Wonderland (1951) - Alone Again/'Twas Brillig [Walt Disney]
Bruce Broughton - Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) - Homeward Bound [Walt Disney]
Kira Fontana - Kedi (2016) - Daydreams [Lakeshore]
Terry Gilkyson - The Aristocats (1970) - Thomas O'Malley Cat [Walt Disney]
Robert B. Sherman - The Aristocats (1970) - Scales And Arpeggios [Walt Disney]
Floyd Huddleston - The Aristocats (1970) - Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat [Walt Disney]
Yuji Nomi - The Cat Returns (2002) - To The Cat King's Palace [Studio Ghibli]
Christopher Young - Pet Sematary (2019) - Wasn't The Beginning? [Paramount]
Roy Webb - Cat People (1942) - Suite [Marco Polo]
Danny Elfman - Batman Returns (1992) - Cat Suite [Warner Sunset]
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - Mind If I Cut In? [WaterTower Music]
Michael Giacchino - The Batman (2022) - Catwoman [WaterTower Music]
Alexandre Desplat - The Secret Life Of Pets (2016) - Meet The Pets [Back Lot Music]
Arthur Sharpe - The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (2021) - Epilogue [Milan]