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From King Kong to Jason and the Argonauts to Wallace and Gromit, Matthew Sweet looks back at animating the inanimate and the role that music plays.

From King Kong to Jason and the Argonauts to Wallace and Gromit, Matthew Sweet looks back at animating the inanimate and the role that music plays in stop motion animation.

The programme includes music from the 1976 'King Kong', 'First Men In the Moon', 'Jason and the Argonauts', 'Sen Noci Svatojanske' (A Midsummer Night's Dream), 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit', 'Chicken Run', 'Early Man', 'Anomalisa', 'The Corpse Bride', 'Isle of Dogs', 'Fantastic Mr Fox', and music by Michael Giacchino for the new 'Jurassic World Dominion'.

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Sat 24 Feb 2024 15:00

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park "End Credits"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Jurassic Park - 20th Anniversary.
    • Geffen*.
    • 16.
  • John Barry

    King Kong "The Opening"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • King Kong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 1.
  • Laurie Johnson

    First Men In The Moon "Main Title"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Cloud Nine.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Jason and the Argonauts "Jason Prelude"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Bruce Broughton.
    • Jason and the Argonauts.
    • INTRADA.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Jason and the Argonauts "Hydra's Teeth/Skeleton's Attack"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Bruce Broughton.
    • Jason and the Argonauts.
    • INTRADA.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Jason and the Argonauts "Scherzo Macabre"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Bruce Broughton.
    • Jason and the Argonauts.
    • INTRADA.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Jason and the Argonauts "Finale"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Bruce Broughton.
    • Jason and the Argonauts.
    • INTRADA.
  • V谩clav Trojan

    Sen Noci svatojansk e "No. 31. Zaver a titulky"

    • 膶esk媒 rozhlas.
  • Julian Nott

    The Curse of the Were-Rabbit "Wallace & Gromit"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 19.
  • Julian Nott

    Wallace And Gromit Theme

    • Movie Classics.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 11.
  • John Powell

    Chicken Run (Main Titles)

    Composer: Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams. Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway. Conductor: Nick Ingman. Conductor: Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams.
    • Chicken Run.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 2.
  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    Early Man "Dug's Theme"

    Composer: Tom Howe. Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Early Man.
    • Universal Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Carter Burwell

    Anomalisa "Overture"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Anomalisa (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Danny Elfman

    The Corpse Bride "Main Titles"

    Conductor: Nick Ingram. Choir: Metro Voices.
    • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Warner Sunset/Warner Records.
    • 1.
  • Danny Elfman

    The Corpse Bride "According to Plan"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Warner Sunset/Warner Records.
    • 2.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Isle of Dogs "Shinto Shrine"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Isle Of Dogs.
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 1.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Isle of Dogs "The Municipal Dome"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Isle Of Dogs.
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 2.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fantastic Mr Fox "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"

    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 2.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fantastic Mr Fox "Mr. Fox in the Fields"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 3.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fantastic Mr Fox "Boggis, Bunce and Bean"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 6.
  • Jarvis Cocker

    Fantastic Mr Fox "Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey's Song"

    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 16.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fantastic Mr Fox "Kristofferson's Theme"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 18.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fantastic Mr Fox "Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • ABKCO Music & Records, Inc..
    • 19.
  • Michael Giacchino

    Jurassic World Dominion "Da Plane And Da Cycle"

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Jurassic World Dominion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Back Lot Music.
    • 15.

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