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Monkey Business

Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of simian-inspired film music, to mark the release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of simian inspired film music for the week that has seen the release of the latest in the Planet of the Apes series of movies: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes with music by Michael Giacchino.

He looks back on some of the scores that have been created over the past 46 years for the celebrated science fiction saga - from Jerry Goldsmith's "brilliantly strange and alienating" first score, to music by Danny Elfman and Patrick Doyle.

The programme also includes other ape inspired scores: Elmer Bernstein's Buddy; Maurice Jarre's Gorillas in the Mist; Paul Sawtell's Tarzan and the Huntress; Johnny Dankworth's Sands of the Kalahari; James Newton Howard's Outbreak.

Matthew's Classic score of the Week is Max Steiner's King Kong.

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Sat 19 Jul 2014 16:00
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Music Played

  • Paul Sawtell

    TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS (1947): Orchestral Suite No 1/Orchestral Suite No 3

    Orchestra: RKO Studio Orchestra.
    • Classic Soundtrack Collector.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    BUDDY (1997): Beginnings

    Conductor: Elmer Bernstein. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • VARESE SARABANDE : 5829.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • Maurice Jarre

    GORILLAS IN THE MIST (1988): Main Theme

    Conductor: Maurice Jarre. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • MILAN : 1457353.
    • MILAN.
    • 7.

  • John Dankworth

    SANDS OF KALAHARI (1965): Main Title

    Orchestra: Johnny Dankworth Orchestra. Conductor: John Dankworth.
    • UNIVERSAL : 5317621.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 6.

  • Richard M. Sherman

    JUNGLE BOOK (1967): I Wan'na Be Like You

    Performer: Phil Harris. Performer: Louis Prima. Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Composer: George Bruns.

  • James Newton Howard

    OUTBREAK (1995): They're Coming

    Conductor: Artie Kane. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Varèse Sarabande : VSD-5599.
    • Varèse Sarabande.
    • 12.

  • Patrick Doyle

    RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011): Beginnings

    Conductor: James Shearman. Orchestra: The Hollywood Studio Orchestra.
    • VARESE SARABANDE : 3020671062.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
    • 1.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    THE PLANET OF THE APES (1968): No Escape

    Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • VARESE SARABANDE : VSD5848.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
    • 10.

  • Danny Elfman

    THE PLANET OF THE APES (2001): Ape Suite #1

    Conductor: Pete Anthony. Orchestra: The Festival Studio Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : SK89666.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 2.

  • Michael Giacchino

    DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2014): Planet of the End Credits

  • Chico Marx

    MONKEY BUSINESS (1931): La a Ballade de vers luisants

    Performer: Chico Marx.
    • Harmonia Mundi : HMCD 57.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17.

  • John Barry

    Main Title Theme (from The Ipcress File)

    Performer: John Leach.
    • MVP : 22046.
    • MVP.
    • 1.

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  • Sat 19 Jul 2014 16:00
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