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music bringing books and films to life

Books, Movies, and Music

September 13, 2024 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. Videos from YouTube. Screenshot taken by me, Allison Symes.

On the recent August Bank Holiday, Classic FM counted down their Movie Music Hall of Fame. This was voted on by listeners (you could only pick one theme) and I was delighted my favourite was the number one.

I voted for The Lord of the Rings soundtrack. It has everything I want in a movie score – classical music, choral, opera, and Enya! It also conjures up, whenever I play the double album, images from the film and the book. It does what a movie soundtrack should do – brings the films and the book to life.

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Tags: authors on film, Beethoven, books and films, Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2024, classical music and movies, film soundtracks, Mozart, music bringing books and films to life, The Lord of the Rings

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