Picture This Playlist 125: Radiothon II (Voices! Voices! Voices!)
Picture This: Film Music on the Radio 04/19/2026
Wayne Cresser
WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI
Sundays 6-8 pm
On the web at: www.wriu.org
Choirs, singing groups, vocal ensembles, chorales, all of the above provided the music for Picture This 125, in which we offered compositions from Ennio Morricone, Burt Bacharach, Jonsi Birgisson and Alex Somers, Mel Brooks, James Newberry, Roomful of Teeth, Luniz and Michael Marshall, and the Hanna-Barbera Singers, to name a few. A celebration of voices, sometimes so indispensable to a shot, scene, or sequence that the meaning of the film or television moment would not be the same without them and sometimes they are only subliminal in their presence.
I hope you will join me for Picture This 126 at 6 PM on Sunday, April 26th, when we journey to north to spend a couple of hours with the cinematic and television music of our Canadian friends.
I’m Shipping Up to Boston from Warrior’s Code, composed and performed by the Dropkick Murphys
This is Fun and Together, from Is This Thing On?, composed and performed by James Newberry
From Catherine, known as Birdy, all music composed by Carter Burwell and performed by Roomful of Teeth: Questioning Birdy, Introductions, and A Medieval Wedding
South American Getaway from Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, composed by Burt Bacharach, performed by Bacharach and the Ron Hicklin Singers
Soul Bossa Nova from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, composed by Quincy Jones, performed by The Swingle Singers
From Rental Family, all music composed and performed by Jonsi and Alex
See Through Window, Funeral Choir and Funeral Choir Fading Out
Hope for the Best, Expect for the Worst from The Twelve Chairs, melody based on Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dances Number 4 in B Minor, lyrics and arrangement by Mel Brooks and John Morris, performed by The Orchestra of The Twelve Chairs.
Hymn to Red October from The Hunt for Red October, composed by Basil Pouledoris, performed by Pouledoris and the Ron Hicklin Singers
I Got 5 On It from Us, composed by Luniz, performed by Luniz and Michael Marshall, Michael Abels
Judy’s Theme I from Judy and Punch, composed François “Franç” Tétaz
End titles montage from Get Out, composed by Michael Abels
All songs composed by Ennio Morricone
Gabriel’s Oboe, On Earth as it is In Heaven and Te Deum Gurani from The Mission
Title music from A Fistful of Dollars
The Theme from The Simpsons, composed by Danny Elfman, performed by the Williams Family Singers, Elfman, and the City of Prague Philharmonic
The Jetsons from The Jetsons, composed by Hoyt Curtin, performed by the Hanna-Barbera Singers
Yogi Bear from The Yogi Bear Show, composed by Hoyt Curtin, performed by the Hanna-Barbera Singers
Rosemary’s Party from Rosemary’s Baby, composed by Krzysztof Komeda, performed by the Ron Hicklin Singers
Main titles theme from Beetlejuice, composed by Danny Elfman
From Coraline, all music composed by Bruno Coulais, performed by the Children’s Choir of Nice, conductor Laurent Petitgirard, bassist Bernard Paganotti, actress Teri Hatcher and The Hungarian Symphony Orchestra of Budapest: Dreaming, Installation and the End Credits
A Man and a Woman from A Man and a Woman, French lyrics by Patrick Baruch, English lyrics by Jerry Keller, music by Francis Lai, performed by the Anita Kerr Singers
September in the Rain from Melody for Two, composed by Al Dubin and Harold Arlen, performed by The Norman Luboff Choir
Happy Roving Cowboy from Song of the Saddle, composed by Bob Nolan, performed by The Norman Luboff Choir
Spanish Ladies from The Buccaneers and Jaws, traditional, performed by Robert Shaw
Spanish Ladies from Sea Shanties, performed by The Robert Shaw
Brazil from Brazil, composed by Ary Barroso and S.K. “Bob” Russell, performed by Kate Bush
Blame Canada from South Park, composed by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman, performed by Marc Shaiman