Friday Night is Music Night

A live broadcast of the long-running popular strand, now on BBC Radio 3. Featuring popular hits from film and television.

In a special edition of Friday Night Is Music Night as part of the inaugural London Soundtrack Festival, the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe present some of the best-known themes ever written for screens big and small, including James Bond, ET, Poirot, Out of Africa, Pride and Prejudice and a special tribute to composers and lyricists who would’ve been 100 in 2025 – Ron Goodwin (633 Squadron), Alan Bergman (Windmills of Your Mind) and Richard Sherman (Mary Poppins). Also featuring composers attending the London Soundtrack Festival: Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) and Anne Dudley (Bright Young Things).  Plus, the world premiere of a special suite of the greatest TV Quiz Show themes, arranged by Iain Farrington. 

Programme includes:

• Ron Goodwin: 633 Squadron
• James Bond Medley (arr. Stanley Black – in the BBC library)
• John Barry: Out of Africa
• Laura Karpman: Theme from The Marvels
• Christopher Gunning: Theme from Poirot (feat. solo sax)
• TV Quiz Show Suite (premiere, an LSF commission arr. Iain Farrington)
• John Williams: ET Adventures on Earth
• John Williams: Fiddler on the Roof Highlights (feat. solo violin)
• Anne Dudley: Waltz from Bright Young Things
• Michel Legrand/Alan and Marilyn Bergman: Windmills of Your Mind (instrumental)
• Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
• Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 (2nd movement) (feat. solo piano)
• Carl Davis: Pride and Prejudice (feat. piano)
• Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman: Mary Poppins Overture