Movies and Musicals Saturday 23 December 2017
Escape to the Movies with Aedín Gormley. Classics from stage and screen for your Saturday afternoon.
Get some last minute film-themed Christmas present ideas from Garret Daly including 'A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic', plus a look at new releases on the big screen.
Guest presenter Michael Comyn introduces his choice of music from the world of stage and screen.
Aedin includes the music of Carter Burwell from Fargo, classic movie music from Hitchcock’s Rebecca and favourite scores too from The Remains of the Day, Sense and Sensibility and Hacksaw Ridge. Aedín also includes hit songs from The Little Mermaid, Annie Get Your Gun and Avenue Q, plus Julie Andrews sings about the lusty month of May in Camelot!
You can listen again here to Aedín's interviews with Mark Hamill (pictured), 'Coco' director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, composer Michael Giacchino, Dame Julie Andrews, Dame Angela Lansbery and composer, writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, responsible for the Broadway smash-hit musical Hamilton and the songs of Moana.
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Title: Polar Express
Composer: Silvestri / Ballard
Performer(s): Tom Hanks, Studio Orchestra
Album: The Polar Express OST / Warner / 9362488972
Duration: 3:25
Title: Somewhere In My Memory
Composer: Williams
Performer(s): John Williams
Album: Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [25th Anniversary Edition]
Duration: 4:49
Title: My Favourite Things
Composer: Rodgers, Richard/Hammerstein II, Oscar
Performer(s): Julie Andrews (Vocal), Studio Orchestra
Album: The Sound of Music OST (Recordno: 07863 67965 2) / RCA / 07863 67965 2
Duration: 2:20
Title: This Time Of Year
Composer: Samsel, Elyssa / Anderson, Kate
Performer(s): Idina Menzel, Studio Orchestra
Album: Olaf's Frozen Adventure / Disney
Duration: 3:05
Title: North Pole
Composer: Clinton, George
Performer(s): Studio Orchestra
Album: Santa Clause 2 (OST)
Duration: 2:18
Title: Do You Want To Build A Snowman?
Composer: Not Available
Performer(s): Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn And Katie Lopez
Album: Frozen - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Walt Disney Records
Duration: 3:27
Title: Walking In The Air (New Arrangement)
Performer(s): Aled Jones
Album: Walking In The Air (New Arrangement) - Single / Universal Music Ireland
Duration: 3:40
Title: Let It Snow
Composer: Styne / Merrill
Performer(s): Studio Orchestra
Album: Die Hard (OST)
Duration: 1:41
Title: Let It Go
Composer: Lopez / Anderson
Performer(s): Idina Menzel
Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Sunfly Music Group LTD
Duration: 3:43
Title: Stealing Christmas
Composer: Horner, James
Performer(s): Jim Carrey, Anthony Hopkins And Taylor Momsen (Vocals), Studio Orchestra
Album: How the Grinch Stole Christmas OST / Interscope Records / 490 765-2
Duration: 5:00
Title: Pure Imagination
Composer: Bricusse/newley
Performer(s): Gene Wilder
Album: Willy Wonka / Hipo Records / HIPD40020
Duration: 4:18
Title: We Need A Little Christmas
Composer: Herman, Jerry
Performer(s): Angela Lansbury (Vocals), Studio Orchestra
Album: Mame - Original Broadway Cast Recording / Columbia / Columbia
Duration: 3:04
Title: You've Got A Friend In Me
Composer: Newman, Randy
Performer(s): Randy Newman & Lyle Lovett (Vocals)
Album: Disney's Greatest Hits / EMI / VTDCD760
Duration: 2:36
Title: Almost There
Composer: Newman
Performer(s): Anika Noni Rose
Album: The Princess and the Frog (Original Songs and Score) / Walt Disney Records / 5099945674921
Duration: 2:22
Title: If I Didn't Have You
Composer: Newman, Randy
Performer(s): John Goodman & Billy Crystal (Vocals), Studio Orchestra
Album: Monsters Inc OST / Walt Disney / 0927434872
Duration: 3:36
Title: One More Sleep 'Til Christmas
Composer: Paul Williams
Performer(s): Kermit The Frog
Album: The Muppet Christmas Carol / Jim Henson Records/bmg Kidz
Duration: 2:47
Title: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Composer: Martin/blane
Performer(s): Judy Garland
Album: Meet Me In St Louis / Turner Classic Movies / 8360212
Duration: 2:37
Title: Maybe
Composer: Strouse, Charles / Charnin, Martin
Performer(s): Aileen Quinn, Studio Orchestra
Album: Annie - OST / Columbia / 4676082
Duration: 1:59
Title: It's The Hard Knock Life
Composer: Strouse/charnin
Performer(s): Aileen Quinn
Album: Annie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Columbia / 4676082
Duration: 3:39
Title: Finale/ I Don't Need Anything But You/Tomorrow
Composer: Strouse, Charles / Charnin, Martin
Performer(s): Aileen Quinn (Vocals), Chorus / Albert Finney, Studio Orchestra
Album: Annie (OST) / Columbia
Duration: 4:34
Title: Curtain Up
Composer: Danna, Mychael
Performer(s): Studio Orchestra
Album: The Man who invented Christmas / Decca
Duration: 1:39
Title: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Composer: Sherman, Richard M. / Sherman, Robert B.
Performer(s): Julie Andrews (Vocals); Dick Van Dyke (Vocals)
Album: Mary Poppins - OST / Walt Disney / WD775722
Duration: 2:03
Title: Doll On A Music Box / Truly Scrumptious
Composer: Sherman, Richard M. / Sherman, Robert B.
Performer(s): Sally Anne Howes / Dick Van Dyke, Studio Orchestra
Album: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - OST / RYKO / RCD10702
Duration: 2:24
Title: White Christmas - Finale
Composer: Berlin
Performer(s): Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye/Peggy Lee/Trudy Stevens With Joseph J Lilley & His Orchestra
Album: Songs From Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn & White Christmas (recordno: Not Available) / Universal
Duration: 3:15
Title: When We're Together
Composer: Samsel, Elyssa / Anderson, Kate
Performer(s): Idina Menzel, Studio Orchestra
Album: Olaf's Frozen Adventure / Disney
Duration: 2:52
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Presenter: Aedín Gormley
Producer: Eoin O'Kelly
Production Co-ordinator: Ian McGlynn