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Wolf Hall and Period Music in Film

Matthew Sweet talks to composer Debbie Wiseman about using period music in films and how the search for authenticity enhances the viewer's experience.

Matthew Sweet talks to composer Debbie Wiseman about using period music in films. For the TV series Wolf Hall, Debbie wrote original music in a period style, films like Farinelli and Death In Venice use classical music and for the series Bridgerton Kris Bowers created a hybrid of period-sounding music with hip-hop beats.
Matthew asks how the search for authenticity enhances the viewer's experience, and when does it become a distraction?

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Memoirs of a Geisha "Brush On Silk" + "Chiyo's Prayer"

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Memoirs of a Geisha (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wilde "Main Title"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wilde (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • MCI Presents.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Ten Commandments "The Exodus"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. de Mille's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Romeo and Juliet "The Balcony Scene"

    Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Movie Classics.
    • Sony Music UK.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall "Main Title"

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London.
    • Wolf Hall (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Michael Abels

    Chevalier "Violin Duel" + "A Letter Came For You - Nanon"

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composer: Kris Bowers. Conductor: Alfonso Casado Trigo. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Chevalier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Kris Bowers

    Bridgerton "One Last Dance"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Bridgerton (Music from the Netflix Original Series).
    • Lakeshore Records.

  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Quo Vadis "Roman Bacchanal, Sicilian Antica"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Ben Hur and the Hollywood Epics (Spartacus, Quo Vadis, King of Kings, Barabas, t.
    • Milan.

  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    Gladiator II "Echoes In Eternity"

    Conductor: Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Gladiator II (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Gladiator II Soundtrack.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light "Faith and Truth"

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.

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