Lynne Warfel takes you to the movies with great scenes and scores, and a little bit of insight from behind the cameras ... all in five minutes.
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One of Robin Williams's most memorable roles was that of unconventional teacher John Keating in 1989's 'Dead Poets Society'. In this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel will share some of Maurice Jarre's music from that award-winning film.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares some of Randy Newman's score to "Seabiscuit," starring Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel will share music from the great films of Fred Astaire.
This week on Flicks in Five, we'll hear some of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score to "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex," starring Bette Davis.
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek television series, this week's Flicks in Five will feature some of James Horner's score from 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'.
In the latter part of the 20th century, Kenneth Branagh reigned supreme as the actor putting Shakespeare plays on film. In the cinematic version of Shakepeare's best comedy, Patrick Doyle provided the music.
One of Hollywood's most lauded director-composer collaborations was that between David Lean and Maurice Jarre for 1984's 'A Passage to India'. This week on Flicks in Five, we'll hear Jarre conducting his own music for the film.
'Dances with Wolves' changed both Kevin Costner's career as an actor and director as well as the place of Westerns in American film history. On Flicks in Five, we hear John Barry's Oscar-winning score.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares some of the Cleopatra Symphony, which evolved from Alex North's score to the 1963 epic film, Cleopatra.
This week, Lynne Warfel pays tribute to James Garner, an actor she knew back in Los Angeles. Garner, Warfel says, was one of Hollywood's truly nice guys.
Franz Waxman is known for some of the great music scores of the golden age of Hollywood, including 'A Place in the Sun', 'Sunset Boulevard', and 'Rebecca'. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear some of his iconic score for 'Bride of Frankenstein'.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares music from 1972's The Cowboys -- the story of a rancher whose ranch hands abandon him to go join a gold rush, leaving him to find replacements for a grueling, 400-mile cattle drive.
Summer Stock: Judy Garland's last film for MGM and her last pairing with friend Gene Kelly, Summer Stock's upbeat nature is far from what was going on during filming.
Jerry Goldsmith's big Hollywood studio break came when a very famous film music composer from 20th Century Fox heard some of Jerry's TV music and recommended him to take the helm at Universal Studios. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear some of Goldsmith's music from 'Patton'.
As the Fourth of July approaches, Flicks in Five features one of James Cagney's most enduring roles, and one of his favorites -- 'Yankee Doddle Dandy'.
This week on Flicks in Five, we'll listen to a medley of Rodgers and Hammerstein's music from "The Sound of Music."
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at the career of Ron Howard, and shares music from his 1995 film, 'Apollo 13'.
On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares some of Howard Shore's music to 'Mrs. Doubtfire', starring the late Robin Williams.
When it comes to Memorial Day, many things come to mind -- small town parades, flags, picnics, and observances at war memorials. With so many war movie music scores to choose from for Memorial Day, Lynne Warfel looks at 'Saving Private Ryan' in honor of her father.
This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel shares some of Henry Mancini's score from the 1963 romantic comedy/mystery, 'Charade'.