”The Birds” soundtrack | Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies
Neil Brand explores how not a single orchestral instrument was used to soundtrack Hitchcock's terrifying film ''The Birds''.
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Minimalism | Howard Goodall's Story of Music
Influenced by African drumming and Balinese gamelan music, Steve Reich has been described as the most influential classical composer of the twentieth century.
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Apocalypse Now and Sound Design | Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies
Neil Brand speaks to Walter Murch about the sound design for ''Apocalypse Now'' and its famous helicopter sound in the opening scene.