As executive producer at Classic FM, Jennifer Nelson works with presenters including Alexander Armstrong and Bill Turnbull. She has produced Classic FM's weekly film music programme since 2014, interviewing many of the directors and composers featured in this book. She has won Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards as producer of music documentaries for BBC 6 Music and Absolute Radio, and was named `Producer of the Year' at the inaugural Global Awards in 2015. She is currently studying part-time at Birkbeck University for a Creative Industries Management MSc and when she isn't in the radio studio or university library, can often be found in the cinema.

• CONTENTS; Introduction vii; CHAPTER 1; Carter Burwell and the Coen Brothers 1; CHAPTER 2; Patrick Doyle and Kenneth Branagh 19; CHAPTER 3; Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 35; CHAPTER 4; Michael Giacchino and J.J. Abrams 57; CHAPTER 5; Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock 75; CHAPTER 6; James Horner and James Cameron 97; CHAPTER 7; Maurice Jarre and David Lean 115; CHAPTER 8; Thomas Newman and Sam Mendes 135; CHAPTER 9; Howard Shore and Peter Jackson 153; CHAPTER 10; Alan Silvestri and Robert Zemeckis 175; CHAPTER 11; John Williams and Steven Spielberg 193; CHAPTER 12; Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan 217; Notes 241; About Classic FM 249; Acknowledgements 251; Index 253

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As executive producer at Classic FM, Jennifer Nelson works with presenters including Alexander Armstrong and Bill Turnbull. She has produced Classic FM's weekly film music programme since 2014, interviewing many of the directors and composers featured in this book. She has won Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards as producer of music documentaries for BBC 6 Music and Absolute Radio, and was named `Producer of the Year' at the inaugural Global Awards in 2015. She is currently studying part-time at Birkbeck University for a Creative Industries Management MSc and when she isn't in the radio studio or university library, can often be found in the cinema.

• CONTENTS; Introduction vii; CHAPTER 1; Carter Burwell and the Coen Brothers 1; CHAPTER 2; Patrick Doyle and Kenneth Branagh 19; CHAPTER 3; Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 35; CHAPTER 4; Michael Giacchino and J.J. Abrams 57; CHAPTER 5; Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock 75; CHAPTER 6; James Horner and James Cameron 97; CHAPTER 7; Maurice Jarre and David Lean 115; CHAPTER 8; Thomas Newman and Sam Mendes 135; CHAPTER 9; Howard Shore and Peter Jackson 153; CHAPTER 10; Alan Silvestri and Robert Zemeckis 175; CHAPTER 11; John Williams and Steven Spielberg 193; CHAPTER 12; Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan 217; Notes 241; About Classic FM 249; Acknowledgements 251; Index 253

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As executive producer at Classic FM, Jennifer Nelson works with presenters including Alexander Armstrong and Bill Turnbull. She has produced Classic FM's weekly film music programme since 2014, interviewing many of the directors and composers featured in this book. She has won Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards as producer of music documentaries for BBC 6 Music and Absolute Radio, and was named `Producer of the Year' at the inaugural Global Awards in 2015. She is currently studying part-time at Birkbeck University for a Creative Industries Management MSc and when she isn't in the radio studio or university library, can often be found in the cinema.

• CONTENTS; Introduction vii; CHAPTER 1; Carter Burwell and the Coen Brothers 1; CHAPTER 2; Patrick Doyle and Kenneth Branagh 19; CHAPTER 3; Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 35; CHAPTER 4; Michael Giacchino and J.J. Abrams 57; CHAPTER 5; Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock 75; CHAPTER 6; James Horner and James Cameron 97; CHAPTER 7; Maurice Jarre and David Lean 115; CHAPTER 8; Thomas Newman and Sam Mendes 135; CHAPTER 9; Howard Shore and Peter Jackson 153; CHAPTER 10; Alan Silvestri and Robert Zemeckis 175; CHAPTER 11; John Williams and Steven Spielberg 193; CHAPTER 12; Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan 217; Notes 241; About Classic FM 249; Acknowledgements 251; Index 253

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