Film Scores: Canon? Or "Can It!"

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
According to a new list of Top 300 albums from the radio station Classic FM, orchestral film scores like those heard in “Gladiator” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” belong alongside works by Beethoven and Mozart. In another Soundcheck Smackdown, two critics face off on the value of film scores in the classical world. Also: Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi talks about his passions for orchestral writing, modern electronic technology -- and pop music.

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