Danny Elfman
Composer Danny Elfman, known for writing The Simpsons theme, selects some of his favourite musical moments from the big screen as part of the Sound of Cinema season.
Continuing 6 Music's Sound of Cinema season, Academy Award nominated and Grammy winning composer Danny Elfman selects some of his favourite musical moments from the big screen.
Danny Elfman is one of America's most prolific television and film composers. Best known for creating the main title theme to The Simpsons, amongst his other credits he has scored the music for the majority of Tim Burton's movies including Batman, Alice in Wonderland and Beetlejuice. Danny also has soundtrack credits on movies such as Men In Black, Spiderman, Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands and Good Will Hunting.
In this one hour special, Danny takes us through his career as a film composer, picking some of his favourite pieces of music from cinema.
The 麻豆社's Sound of Cinema season is dedicated to the composers, songs and film scores that form the soundtrack to the big screen. The season features a major 麻豆社 Four series and programming across 麻豆社 radio.
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Batman
Main Title
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Theme From Alice In Wonderland
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Prince
Bat Dance
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Beetlejuice
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What's This ?
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Marilyn Manson
Halloween
Untitled
Wedding Song from Corpse Bride
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Pearl Jam
Man Of The Hour
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Danny Elfman
Sandra Theme from 'Big Fish'
Untitled
Augustus Gloop from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
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Rick James
Superfreak
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Sweet Dreams from Sleepy Hollow
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Portishead
Humming
Untitled
Music From Mars Attack
Untitled
Music From Planet Of The Apes
Untitled
Titles from Edward Scissorhands
Untitled
Funeral from Frankenweenie
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Ice Dance From Edward Scissorhands
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Oct 2013 12:00麻豆社 Radio 6 Music
- Sun 13 Oct 2013 02:00麻豆社 Radio 6 Music
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