Tag Archives: movies

First Sunday: Award-Winning Songs of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Part 1

Now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

Sun­day, July 5th at 2:00 pm SLT, Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er presents a live broad­cast from the per­for­mance area at Sean­chai Library, at the SL23B celebrations.

In keep­ing with this year’s Gold­en Age of Hol­ly­wood theme, today’s pro­gram is the first of two shows fea­tur­ing the  Award-Win­ning Songs of Hol­ly­wood’s Gold­en Age.

Begin­ning in 1930, the Acad­e­my of Motion Pic­ture Arts & Sci­ences (AMPAS) began rec­og­niz­ing as “best song” icon­ic tunes from films that set the tone of eras: The Con­ti­nen­tal, Over the Rain­bow, When You Wish Upon a Star, White Christ­mas, Swing­ing on a Star and many more.

Join the live audi­ence at Sean­chai Library at SL23B:
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/215/221/21

—or lis­ten live in the UK, US, Cana­da and Mexico:
https://vcradio.org

Concertos At The Movies

This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mixcloud.

Sun­day, June 28th at 2:00 pm SLT, Elrik Mer­lin pre­sent­ed a live broad­cast from the per­for­mance area at Sean­chai Library, at the SL23B celebrations.

In keep­ing with this year’s Gold­en Age of Hol­ly­wood theme, the pro­gramme explores a fas­ci­nat­ing cor­ner of film music: orig­i­nal movie scores writ­ten in the form of minia­ture concertos.

Focus­ing pri­mar­i­ly on British cin­e­ma of the 1940s, the pro­gramme fea­tures spe­cial­ly com­posed works that brought the grandeur and dra­ma of the con­cert hall to the sil­ver screen — many of which became hits in their own right. At its heart is Richard Addin­sel­l’s endur­ing War­saw Con­cer­to, accom­pa­nied by sev­er­al of the cel­e­brat­ed “Den­ham Con­cer­ti” by com­posers includ­ing Charles Williams and Hubert Bath.

Join the live audi­ence at Sean­chai Library at SL23B:
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/215/221/21

—or lis­ten live in the UK, US, Cana­da and Mexico:
https://vcradio.org

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from movie and TV sound­tracks — and now we’re includ­ing some com­put­er game sound­tracks, which have become as sophis­ti­cat­ed as movie scores in recent years and include some of the same composers.

Movies are where most peo­ple hear orches­tral music these days, and there will be plen­ty of that in this pro­gramme. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from movie and TV sound­tracks — and now we’re includ­ing some gam­ing sound­tracks, which have become as sophis­ti­cat­ed as movie scores in recent years and include some of the same composers.

Movies are where most peo­ple hear orches­tral music these days, and there will be plen­ty of that in this pro­gramme. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Caledonia Skytower at SL20B — Sunday 2nd July, 3pm

This show is now avail­able on Mixcloud!

Sun­day 2nd July, 3pm SLT: Join our star pre­sen­ter Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for an hour of selec­tions from motion pic­ture and tele­vi­sion sound­tracks that look to the future — includ­ing the works of Alexan­der Courage, Jer­ry Gold­smith, Michael Giachi­no, John Williams and more! LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores our fas­ci­na­tion with space through pop­u­lar enter­tain­ment, focus­ing pri­mar­i­ly on the music of Star Trek and Star Wars. These fer­tile fran­chis­es, each with their own rocky begin­nings, have had a major impact on the enter­tain­ment indus­try and pop­u­lar cul­ture as they con­tin­ue to hon­or their begin­nings and explore new paths. Strap on your light saber and pre­pare to beam-up for an hour of glo­ri­ous music of The Stars!

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle?

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from movie and TV sound­tracks — and now we’re includ­ing some gam­ing sound­tracks, which have become as sophis­ti­cat­ed as movie scores in recent years and include some of the same composers.

Movies are where most peo­ple hear orches­tral music these days, and there will be plen­ty of that in this pro­gramme. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from the movies, today fea­tur­ing the music of Christo­pher Gun­ning, who sad­ly passed away recent­ly. Best known for his music for Agatha Christie’s Poirot, he was a pro­lif­ic com­pos­er who wrote a dozen sym­phonies as well as numer­ous film and TV sound­tracks. For more on his life and work, vis­it his web site.

Movies are where most peo­ple hear orches­tral music these days, and there will be plen­ty of that in this pro­gramme. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from the movies, today fea­tur­ing the music of Ennio Mor­ri­cone.

Movies are where most peo­ple today hear orches­tral music, and there will be plen­ty of that today. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from the movies, today fea­tur­ing videogames and more.

Movies are where most peo­ple today hear orches­tral music, and there will be plen­ty of that today. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Today we’ll be fea­tur­ing music from The Elder Scrolls V — Skyrim: a clas­sic game sound­track from Jere­my Soule.

Saturday At The Movies

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from the movies.

Movies are where most peo­ple today hear orches­tral music, and there will be plen­ty of that today. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

Today we’ll be fea­tur­ing Andrea Far­ri’s evoca­tive music from  Le Château du Tarot — a short film that unveiled the Dior Haute-Cou­ture Spring-Sum­mer 2021 col­lec­tion by Maria Grazia Chiuri.