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Walter Murch

Michael Berkeley's guest is the film editor and sound designer Walter Murch.

Walter Murch is a Hollywood legend. He鈥檚 won three Oscars for his sound and editing work on Apocalypse Now and The English Patient, and his credits include some of the most acclaimed and discussed films of the past half century 鈥� The Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, The Talented Mr Ripley.

He co-wrote the first movie George Lucas ever directed 鈥� the dystopian science fiction drama THX 1138. In 1985 he made his own directorial debut with Return to Oz 鈥� an unofficial sequel to The Wizard of Oz. As an editor and sound mixer - and the only person to win Academy Awards in both categories - he鈥檚 thought deeply about the craft of cinema and all its possibilities, ideas which he shared in his book In the Blink of an Eye.

Walter's musical choices include Wagner, Beethoven, Pergolesi and Chopin.

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Sun 3 Dec 2023 12:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz no.5 in A flat major Op. 42

    Performer: 小懈屑芯薪 袘邪褉械褉.
    • Simon Barere: The Complete HMV Recordings.
    • Apr.
    • 9.

  • Ferde Grof茅

    Grand Canyon suite Part 111: On the Trail

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.

  • Pierre Henry

    Symphonie pour un homme seul

    Composer: Pierre Schaeffer.
    • Collection Musique Concr猫te, Vol. 2.
    • Sinetone AMR.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Gregorian chant - V锚pres de la Trinit茅 - Antienne: Gloria laudis + Ps. 111

    Ensemble: Choeur des Moines de L'Abbaye de Solesmes.
    • Accord.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral'

    Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater in F minor (opening)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques.
    • PERGOLESI - Stabat Mater.
    • ALPHA.
    • 1.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts): Wiener Philharmoniker, So.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • Grigory Sokolov Live in Paris.
    • Ideale Audience.
    • 1.

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  • Sun 3 Dec 2023 12:00
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