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Mike Leigh's Music

Matthew Sweet is joined by director Mike Leigh to talk about his ideas about music for film and to look back at some of the scores for his films.

Matthew Sweet is joined by director Mike Leigh to talk about his ideas about music for films and to look back on some of the scores for films such as the historical dramas 'Mr Turner', 'Peterloo' and 鈥楾opsy-Turvy鈥�. He first came to prominence with the Play for Today TV drama 鈥楴uts in May鈥� in 1976, and for many years he was known for his improvised domestic dramas. He tells Matthew about his work with composers Andrew Dickson (鈥楴aked鈥�, Mean Time鈥� and 鈥楬igh Hopes鈥�) and Gary Yershon (鈥楶eterloo鈥�, 鈥楬appy-Go-Lucky鈥� and 鈥楢nother Year鈥�). There鈥檚 jazz from Marianne Jean-Baptiste (鈥楥areer Girls鈥�) and an excerpt from one of Rachel Portman鈥檚 earliest scores (鈥楩our Days in July鈥�). And we hear Carl Davis鈥檚 versions of Gilbert and Sullivan (鈥楾opsy-Turvy鈥�).

Mike Leigh鈥檚 work is celebrated by the BFI in October and November on the Southbank in London and at Home in Manchester, with the release of a new print of his 1993 classic 鈥楴aked鈥�, and with the appearance of a new, revised version of 鈥楳ike Leigh on Mike Leigh鈥�.

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Sat 18 Sep 2021 15:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gary Yershon

    Happy-Go-Lucky: Opening Credits

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Andrew Dickson

    Naked: Opening Titles

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Caldera Records.

  • Andrew Dickson

    Meantime: End Credits

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Caldera Records.

  • Alison Steadman

    Improvised song from Nuts in May opening

    Composer: Roger Sloman. Performer: Alison Steadman. Performer: Roger Sloman.

  • Demis Roussos

    Forever and Ever

    Performer: Demis Roussos.
    • Union Square Music.

  • Andrew Dickson

    High Hopes: Suite

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Caldera Records.

  • Andrew Dickson

    Vera Drake

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Caldera Records.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Topsy-Turvey: Resolution

    Composer: Carl Davis. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Sony Classical.

  • W. S. Gilbert

    Topsy-Turvey: The Sun Whose Rays are all Ablaze (The Mikado)

    Composer: Arthur Sullivan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Gary Yershon

    Mr Turner: Mr Turner; The Fighting Temeraire

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Gary Yershon

    Peterloo: In Praise of the Weavers; To the Fields; Middleton

    Performer: Dorothy Atkinson. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Amazon Studios.

  • Gary Yershon

    Happy-Go-Lucky: Trampoline; Journey to Southend; Flamenco Class

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Gary Yershon

    Another Year: Spring into Summer; Summer into Autumn; Into Winter

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Georges Delerue

    Jules et Jim: Opening Titles

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Doxy Cinematic.

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste

    Career Girls

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Tweed Records.

  • Rachel Portman

    Four Days in July: End Titles

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.

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  • Sat 18 Sep 2021 15:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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