Great Film Composers: The Music of the Movies

SKY ARTS/NOW TV, 9.00PM

Ever since the earliest days of cinema, when lavish orchestral scores were often commissioned to accompany silent films, Hollywood has always attracted top composers. This ear-opening series looks at the evolution of movie soundtracks over more than a century through the eyes of those who composed them, from Max Steiner to John Barry. The opener stars with the Thirties, an era in which scores were played live at the cinema.