You Heard It At The Movies

In the penultimate programme of the series, award winning composer George Fenton takes a look at those film scores which connect to an actor, or a role, so strongly that they become not only the character's signature tune, but can even define the actor themselves. The musical gems include Korngold's writing for Errol Flynn, Bill Conti for the Rocky films, John Williams for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Henry Mancini for the Pink Panther - and the theme that universally identifies a screen character, regardless of several changes of actor in the role - John Barry's music and Monty Norman's theme for James Bond.