Sound Of Cinema - 348. The Music Of Nicholas Cage

SOUND OF CINEMA - 348. THE MUSIC OF NICHOLAS CAGE (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 23rd April 2022

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a new film, with music by Mark Isham, in which actor Nicolas Cage not only appears but plays the part of himself. Matthew offers this as an excuse to sift through the underscore to Cage's career and features music from films as varied as 'Adaptation', 'Rumble Fish', 'Snake Eyes', 'Face/Off', 'Matchstick Men', 'Ghost-Rider', 'The Croods', 'The Color Out Of Space', 'Mandy' and the new 'The Unbearable weight Of Massive Talent'.

Carter Burwell - Adaptation (2002) - The Slough Pit Of Creation [Astralwerks]
Stewart Copeland - Rumble Fish (1983) - Brothers On Wheels [A&M]
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Snake Eyes (1998) - Main Theme (Long Version) [Hollywood]
John Powell & Gavin Greenaway - Face/Off (1997) - Hans' Loft [Hollywood]
Hans Zimmer - Matchstick Men (2003) - Flim Flam / Ichi-Ni-San [Varèse Sarabande]
Christopher Young - Ghost Rider (2007) - The West Was Built On Legends [Varèse Sarabande]
Alan Silvestri - The Croods (2013) - The Croods' Family Theme [Sony Classical]
Colin Stetson - Color Out Of Space (2019) - Contact / The Gardners [Sony Masterworks]
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Mandy (2018) - Death And Ashes [Lakeshore]
Mark Isham - The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (2022) - Embassy Chase - Finale [Lionsgate]
Alexis Grapsas & Philip Klein - Pig (2021) - The Trees Tell You Where To Look [Lakeshore]
Ennio Morricone - The Mission (1986) - On Earth As It Is In Heaven [EMI]