Picture This: Film Music on the Radio 07/12/2026 Wayne Cresser WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Sundays 6-8 pm On the web at: www.wriu.org
A Word about Tonight’s Show: Again, tonight we dispensed with theme, a concession to my rebellion against formality, and not purpose, Tonight we featured threads, not suits. A thread of film music based on adaptations of literature, a thread of film music featured in stories of children, both real and imagined, both two-legged and four-legged. And as always with these mixed shows, turns of humor from this time around, Mel Brooks, Albert Brooks. Dick Shawn and The Muppets. Plus a tribute to the invincible singer, songwriter and actress Peggy Lee.
Not everything’s a curveball, but there is enough off-speed and offbeat stuff in the mix to keep you loose.
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THEPICTURE THIS IT’S A MOVIE! SONG OF THE WEEK
Intro: Coming Attractions from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith
The Monkey from The Big Beat of Dave Bartholomew, composed by Bartholomew and Pearl King, performed by Dave Bartholomew
THE SHOW
Title Music from Doctor Zhivago, composed by Maurice Jarre
See Things that Others Don’t from Hamnet, composed by Max Richter
Benjamin and Daisy from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, composed by Alexander Despalt
Liz on Top of the World from Pride and Prejudice, composed by Dario Marianelli
Powerhouse from The Music of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights and Turkish Delights, composed and performed by Raymond Scott
Up in Velseyland from Slippery When Wet, composed and performed by Bud Shank
Underlay No. 3. from Blow-Up, composed by Jack Trombey
The Asteroid Field from The Empire Strikes Back, composed by John Williams
The Limelight Waltz from Archives Three: Showbiz/Romance, composed by Albert Marland
Prologue to The Miracle Worker, composed by Laurence Rosenthal
Front Titles from Kes, composed by John
Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, composed by John Williams
The Shire from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, composed by Howard Shore.
The Prologue and Title Music from Watership Down, composed by Angela Morley, narration from Michael Horden
Intermission Conclusion from Intermission, music by Julian House, performed by Justin Hopper and the Focus Group,
Bein’ Green from Walt Disney Records The Muppets: The Green Album, composed by Joe Roposa, performed by Andrew Bird
Auditioning 100 Hitlers from The Producers, written by Mel Brooks and John Morris, performed by the cast, featuring Dick Shawn
Love Power from The Producers, composed by Mel Brooks and John Morris, performed by Dick Shawn
Phone Call to Americans from A Star is Bought, written and performed by Albert Brooks
Mah Na Mah Na from The Muppet Show, composed by Piero Umiliani, performed by Jim Henson, Franz Oz, and Loretta Long as The Muppets
One More for the Road from Roadhouse, composed by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, performed by Ida Lupino
How Little We Know from To Have and Have Not, composed by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael, performed by Lauren Bacall
Movie clip: Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart from To Have and Have Not
