Sound Of Cinema - 369. Avatar And Simon Franglen

SOUND OF CINEMA - 369. AVATAR AND SIMON FRANGLEN (320kbs-m4a/137mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 17th December 2022

With the appearance this week of James Cameron's long awaited sequel to Avatar - The Way Of Water - Matthew Sweet meets its composer, Simon Franglen, to discuss his music for this and for other films. Simon talks about his early days working in film with John Barry, about his work with Howard Shore on the David Fincher crime thriller Se7en, and about his collaboraton with James Horner on Titanic, The Magnificent Seven, and Avatar. Simon explains how he took on responsibilty for the music for the Avatar franchise following James Horner's tragic death in 2015 and how he has set about adding to its very specific soundworld in his the score for The Way Of Water.

James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Climbing Up Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven [Atlantic]
John Barry - Dances With Wolves (1990) - John Dunbar Theme [Epic/Legacy]
Howard Shore - Seven (1995) - Greed [WaterTower Music]
Simon Franglen - Together (2021) - Dance
James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Becoming One Of "The People" - Becoming One With Neytiri [Atlantic]
James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Jake's First Flight [Atlantic]
James Horner & Simon Franglen - Pandora: The World Of Avatar (2017) - Surf's Up [Walt Disney]
James Horner & Simon Franglen - The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Seven Riders [Sony Classical]
Simon Franglen - Notre-Dame On Fire (2022) - A Paris Morning, End Titles [Milan]
William Walton - Battle Of Britain (1969) - Battle In The Air [Chandos]
Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) - Payakan [Hollywood]
Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) - The Way Of Water [Hollywood]