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Saturday Cinema - March 8, 2025

This week on Saturday Cinema, in celebration of International Women’s Day, host Lynne Warfel hightlights the accomplishments of women in film, including Greta Gerwig, Rachel Portman, Barbra Streisand and more. Listen now!

Playlist

Little Women: Dr. March’s Daughters
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 702752

Cleo from 5 to 7: Sans Toi
Composer: Michel Legrand
Soloists: Mercuzio Pianist, piano
BaBuZzle 2020

A Wrinkle in Time: A Wrinkle in Time
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Conductor: Ramin Djawadi
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Walt Disney 8738729

The Hurt Locker: The Way I Am
Composer: Marco Beltrami/Buck Sanders
Soloists: Marco Beltrami, piano
Lakeshore 34120

Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411037

The Holiday: Maestro
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Conductor: Hans Zimmer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony
Varese Sarabande 66784

Out of Africa: Theme
Composer: John Barry
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62788

Little Women: Main Title
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 702752

Little Women: Orchard House (Main Title)
Composer: Thomas Newman
Conductor: Thomas Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 66922

Emma: Emma
Composer: Rachel Portman
Conductor: Joel McNeely
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460

Big: Opening
Composer: Howard Shore
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 67059

The Prince of Tides: Main Title
Composer: James Newton Howard
Conductor: Marty Paich
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 48627

Yentl: Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Composer: Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Michel Legrand
Soloists: Barbra Streisand, vocals
Columbia 39152

Contact: Test Run Bomber
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Conductor: Alan Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra

Airport
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 184

8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Sony 63359

The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Composer: Michael Nyman
Soloists: Michael Nyman, piano
Warner 54928

Sense and Sensibility: Miss Grey
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Robert Ziegler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 62258

On Golden Pond: Main Theme
Composer: Dave Grusin
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Soloists: William Tritt, piano
Telarc 80474

Norma Rae: It Goes Like It Goes
Composer: David Shire
Soloists: Maureen McGovern, soprano
Kritzerland 20011

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Countermove
Composer: Carter Burwell
Conductor: Carter Burwell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 67536

Jezebel: Waltz
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: John Mauceri
Philips 438685

All About Eve: Main Title
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 183

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Jean
Composer: Rod McKuen
Soloists: Rod McKuen, vocals
Warner 11787

Casablanca Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 422

Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz
Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 438685

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