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Oscars Deep Dive: Hollywood Comes of Age

Oscars Deep Dive: Hollywood Comes of Age

This week of the Oscars deep dive focuses on winners from the ‘50’s and ‘60’s and the rise of method actors. Randy Haberkamp, Executive Vice President, Library Archives and Sci Tech for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is back to talk all things cinema. Listen now and check out the playlist below!

Playlist

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Colonel Bogey
Malcolm Arnold (Composer)
Richard Hickox (Conductor)
Arnold: Film Music (Album)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 4:08

Sunset Boulevard: Selections
Franz Waxman (Composer)
Charles Gerhardt (Conductor)
Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman (Album)
National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 7:46

A Place in the Sun
Franz Waxman (Composer)
John Williams (Conductor)
The Hollywood Sound (Album)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 8:00

High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer)
Erich Kunzel (Conductor)
Round-Up (Album)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Frankie Laine, Vocals (Soloist)
Duration: 2:31

Lili
Bronislaw Kaper (Composer)
The Film Music of Bronislaw Kaper (Album)
Bronislaw Kaper, Piano (Soloist)
Duration: 3:22

Around the World in 80 Days: Overture
Victor Young (Composer)
Keith Lockhart (Conductor)
Oscar and Tony: Award-Winning Music from the Stage and Screen (Album)
Boston Pops Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 3:22

The Old Man and the Sea: Suite
Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer)
Richard Kaufman (Conductor)
The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin (Album)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 6:05

The High and the Mighty: Suite
Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer)
Richard Kaufman (Conductor)
The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin (Album)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 6:37

Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers
Miklos Rozsa (Composer)
Arthur Fiedler (Conductor)
Marches in Hi-Fi (Album)
Boston Pops Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 3:39

Exodus Theme
Ernest Gold (Composer)
Erich Kunzel (Conductor)
Hollywood's Greatest Hits (Album)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 4:50

Moon River
Henry Mancini (Composer)
Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn (Album)
Studio Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Audrey Hepburn, Vocals (Soloist)
Duration: 2:03

Lawrence of Arabia: Main Title
Maurice Jarre (Composer)
Maurice Jarre (Conductor)
Film Music of Maurice Jarre (Album)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 2:03

Tom Jones: Main Theme
John Addison (Composer)
Arthur Fiedler (Conductor)
Motion Picture Classics, Volume 2 (Album)
Boston Pops Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 3:13

Mary Poppins: Overture
Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman (Composer)
Irwin Kostal (Conductor)
Walt Disney's Mary Poppins: Special Edition Soundtrack (Album)
Studio Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 3:00

Doctor Zhivago: Suite
Maurice Jarre (Composer)
Paul Bateman (Conductor)
Doctor Zhivago: The Classic Film Music of Maurice Jarre (Album)
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 9:12

The Lion in Winter Suite
John Barry (Composer)
Kenneth Alwyn (Conductor)
Cinema Choral Classics (Album)
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 8:12

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: South American Getaway
Burt Bacharach (Composer)
Burt Bacharach (Conductor)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Original Score (Album)
Studio Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 5:17

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Burt Bacharach (Composer)
Burt Bacharach (Conductor)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Original Score (Album)
Studio Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
B.J. Thomas, Vocals (Soloist)
Duration: 3:01

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