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Flicks in Five: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

He was playing piano at 4, writing short pieces at 7, and by the time he was a teenager, he had written an opera.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold considered film music to be "operas without words," and during his time at Warner Bros. studios, he had written 18 original motion picture scores — including 

 (for which he won an Oscar for best original score), and 1939's 

This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Korngold and shares music from that Oscar-nominated soundtrack.

Tune in to Saturday Cinema at 10 a.m. CST Saturday, Jan. 6, to hear music from the four giants of film scores: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin and Franz Waxman.

Just click on the Listen button below to hear the live stream.

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

He considered film music to be 'operas without words' and his movie scores earned three Oscar nominations -- including one win for best original score. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Erich Wolfgang Korngold and shares music from his soundtrack to 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.'


Flicks in Five: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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