Bond sounds hold a key place in BBC4's 'Sound of Cinema'

What: 'Sound of Cinema': Pop Goes the Soundtrack
Date: Sunday 22nd September 2013
Time: 23:00
Channel: BBC Four

Composer Neil Brand explores how in the second half of the 20th century, composers and film-makers embraced jazz, pop and rock to bring fresh energy and relevance to film scores.

He shows how in the 1960s, films as diverse as the James Bond movies, Italy's spaghetti westerns and Disney's musicals drew on the talents of pop arrangers and composers like John Barry, Ennio Morricone and the Sherman Brothers to create unforgettable soundtracks. But the role of the film composer would subsequently be challenged by directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who showed that a soundtrack consisting of carefully chosen pop songs could be as effective as a specially written one.

Included in this episode is: John Barry (Goldfinger), Paul Epworth/Adele Adkins (Skyfall).

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