Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies Part 2 Pop Goes the Soundtrack

Pop Goes the Soundtrack Neil explores how in the second half of the 20th century, composers and filmmakers embraced jazz, pop and rock to bring fresh energy and relevance to film scores. He shows how in the 1960s, films as diverse as the James Bond movies, Italy s spaghetti westerns and Disney s musicals drew on the talents of pop arrangers and composers like John Barry, Ennio Morricone and the Sherman Brothers to create unforgettable soundtracks. But the role of the film composer would subsequently be challenged by directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who showed that a soundtrack consisting of carefully chosen pop songs could be as effective as a specially written one. Neil s journey sees him meet leading filmmakers and composers including Martin Scorsese and composers Richard Sherman (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), Lalo Schifrin (Bullitt) and David Arnold (Casino Royale).