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Calming cinematic soundtracks feat. Isobel Waller-Bridge

Settle in with 脫lafur Arnalds as he flicks through his film collection to share some favourite soundtracks. Plus composer Isobel Waller-Bridge transports us to her Safe Haven.

Escape with Icelandic composer and pianist 脫lafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey into calmness.

In this week鈥檚 episode, 脫lafur flicks through his film collection to share some of his favourite scores and soundtracks that totally transport their audiences, painting pictures through sound. There鈥檒l be the sounds of deep-sea diving, wanders through the wilderness and even the most peaceful-sounding alien invasion from composers like J贸hann J贸hannsson, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Galya Bisengalieva.

Plus the British composer Isobel Waller-Bridge invites us to join her in her safe haven, the place she feels most calm, listening to the birds and the wind through the trees on Hampstead Heath in London.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for 成人快手 Radio 3 and 成人快手 Sounds

11 months left to listen

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Alma

  • Snorri Hallgr铆msson

    Chasing the Present

  • Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir

    叠忙谤

  • Mica Levi

    Vanity

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Revenant Main Theme

    Performer: Frantic Percussion.
  • Clint Mansell

    The Last Man

    Performer: Mogwai. Performer: Kronos Quartet.
  • Nicholas Britell

    Little's Theme

  • Nicholas Britell

    Chiron's Theme

  • Nicholas Britell

    Who Is You

  • Galya Bisengalieva

    Prelude

  • Galya Bisengalieva

    First Dive

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Illuminations

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Woman Who Sat on a Shelf

  • Javier Navarrete

    Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Klemens.
  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Heptapod B

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Dreaming of the Crash

  • Kjartan Sveinsson

    The Last Farm 3

  • Kjartan Sveinsson

    The Last Farm 5

  • Jon Hopkins

    Candles

  • Brian Eno, Roger Eno & Daniel Lanois

    An Ending (Ascent)

Broadcasts

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