Easter 2010: Biblical Blockbusters 10-13
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
From: All Classical Public Media
Length: 00:58:59
This week on The Score with Edmund Stone Biblical Blockbusters. Hollywood movies have often drawn inspiration from the bible and many of these productions have been epic in nature. We’ll sample music and moments from such blockbusters as Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, The Ten Commandments, and The Greatest Story Ever Told on The Score with Edmund Stone.
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Piece Description
This week on The Score with Edmund Stone Biblical Blockbusters. Hollywood movies have often drawn inspiration from the bible and many of these productions have been epic in nature. We’ll sample music and moments from such blockbusters as Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, The Ten Commandments, and The Greatest Story Ever Told on The Score with Edmund Stone.
Broadcast History
This show includes Segment 3a, a 30 second music bed from a movie in the episode theme, that can be used to make the show 59:00 instead of 58:30. It is also included in the Single File version of the program.
Timing and Cues
RE: Cuesheet for SCORE #10-13 BIBLICAL BLOCKBUSTERS
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SCORE #10-13 THE SCORE W/EDMUND STONE
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TITLE: Biblical Blockbusters
TOTAL TIME: 58:59 Host: Edmund Stone
REEL #1: 1:00
REEL #2: 5:00
REEL #3: 20:11
REEL #3a: :30
REEL #4: 32:18
SPECIAL NOTES:
This week on The Score with Edmund Stone Biblical Blockbusters. Hollywood movies have often drawn inspiration from the bible and many of these productions have been epic in nature. We’ll sample music and moments from such blockbusters as Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, The Ten Commandments, and The Greatest Story Ever Told on The Score with Edmund Stone
FEED: RELEASE DATES:
Wed, MAR 31, 2010 MAR 31 - APR 7, 2010
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SEGMENT 1 BILLBOARD 0:01:00 0:01:00 0:01:00
OPEN CUE: MUSIC
CLOSE CUE: MUSIC FADES
SEGMENT 2 NEWS CUTAWAY 0:05:00 0:05:00 0:06:00
OPEN CUE: MUSIC
CLOSE CUE: “…epic proportions.”
SEGMENT 3 SHOW PART 1 0:20:11 0:20:11 0:26:11
OPEN CUE: “This is the Score…”
CLOSE CUE: MUSIC FADES
SEGMENT 3a MUSIC BED 0:00:30 0:00:30 0:26:41
OPEN CUE: MUSIC
CLOSE CUE: MUSIC FADES
SEGMENT 4 SHOW PART 2 0:32:18 0:32:18 0:58:59
OPEN CUE: MUSIC
CLOSE CUE: MUSIC FADES
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MUSIC RUNDOWN - The Score, with Edmund Stone – Biblical Blockbusters
Show #101
20th Century Fox Theme
Track 6 (Miracle and Finale from Ben Hur, 1959 – conclusion) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Erich Kunzel, cond.
Clip from The Robe (Marcellus acquires The Robe)
Music from The Robe, 1953 – Alfred Newman
Clip from Samson and Delilah, 1949
Tracks 7-14 (Music from Samson and Delilah, 1949 – 11:43) – Koch 7365 – Victor Young – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kaufman, cond.
Clips from The Ten Commandments – the parting of the Red Sea
Track 13 (Music from The Ten Commandments, 1956 – 7:49) – Denon 75288 – Elmer Bernstein – Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra / Elmer Bernstein, cond.
Track 2 (Prelude & Birth of Christ from Jesus of Nazareth, 1977 – 4:09) – Denon 75288 – Maurice Jarre – City of Prague Philharmonic / Crouch End Festival Chorus / Nic Raine, cond.
Music bed...outro – CD 3, Track 7, Exit Music, The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965 – conclusion – RKO 10734
intro – CD 2, Track 1, Introduction. The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965 – opening – RKO 10734
Clip from The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Tracks 7, 9,10 & 12 (Choral Suite from Quo Vadis, 1951 – 8:30) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Erich Kunzel, cond.
Track 2 (Star of Bethlehem/Adoration of the Magi from Ben-Hur, 1959 – 3:51) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.
Clip from Ben-Hur (1959)
Tracks 3, 4, 5 & 6 (Music from Ben-Hur, 1959 – 14:31) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.
Track 19 (The Lord’s Prayer from King of Kings, 1961 – 2:53) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.
Tracks 18 & 21 (Miracles of Christ and Resurrection and Finale from King of Kings, 1961 – 5:10) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.
CD 2, Track 8 (Lillies of the Field from The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965 – excerpt) – RKO 10734 – Alfred Newman – original soundtrack recording conducted by Alfred Newman
CD 3, Track 6 (Resurrection and Ascension from The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965 – 4:24) – RKO 10734 – Alfred Newman – original soundtrack recording conducted by Alfred Newman
Track 15 (Resurrection from The Passion of the Christ, 2004 – 5:03) – Sony 92046 – John Debney – original soundtrack recording conducted by Nick Ingman
Track 6 (Finale from Ben-Hur, 1959 – 1:00) – Telarc 80631 – Miklos Rozsa – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.
Ending Track: Star Wars, with closing announcement: It’s been my pleasure to bring you The Score from the studios of All Classical FM. Let’s do this again soon. I’m Edmund Stone.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miracle and Finale from Ben Hur | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Erich Kunzel, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1959 | 00:00 |
| Music from The Robe | Alfred Newman | 1953 | 00:00 | ||
| Music from Samson and Delilah | Victor Young | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kaufman, cond.. | Koch 7365 | 1949 | 11:43 |
| Music from The Ten Commandments | Elmer Bernstein | Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra / Elmer Bernstein, cond.. | Denon 75288 | 1956 | 07:49 |
| Prelude & Birth of Christ from Jesus of Nazareth | Maurice Jarre | City of Prague Philharmonic / Crouch End Festival Chorus / Nic Raine, cond.. | Denon 75288 | 1977 | 04:09 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Alfred Newman | original soundtrack recording conducted by Alfred Newman. | RKO 10734 | 1965 | 00:00 |
| Choral Suite from Quo Vadis | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Erich Kunzel, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1951 | 08:30 |
| Star of Bethlehem/Adoration of the Magi from Ben-Hur | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1959 | 03:51 |
| Music from Ben-Hur | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1959 | 14:31 |
| The Lord’s Prayer from King of Kings | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1961 | 02:53 |
| Miracles of Christ and Resurrection and Finale from King of Kings | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1961 | 05:10 |
| Lillies of the Field from The Greatest Story Ever Told | Alfred Newman | original soundtrack recording conducted by Alfred Newman. | RKO 10734 | 1965 | 00:00 |
| Resurrection and Ascension from The Greatest Story Ever Told | Alfred Newman | original soundtrack recording conducted by Alfred Newman. | RKO 10734 | 1965 | 04:24 |
| Resurrection from The Passion of the Christ | John Debney | original soundtrack recording conducted by Nick Ingman. | Sony 92046 | 2004 | 05:03 |
| Finale from Ben-Hur | Miklos Rozsa | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Craig Jessop, cond.. | Telarc 80631 | 1959 | 01:00 |
| Conclusion to Star Wars Main Theme | John Williams | London Symphony Orchestra/ John Williams, cond. | Sony 51333 | 1977 | 00:37 |
Additional Files
- Timing and cues (3.31.10-Biblical_Blockbusters.txt)
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