Perhaps slightly off topic, but radio DJ "The Greaseman" frequently uses film score music as underscore for his wacky stories. You can hear music tracks from Poltergeist, Blade Runner, The Fury, Basic Instinct, Jurassic Park and many more during his programs.
BBC Radio Four used to have a series called Space Force which starred - get ready, 70's British television junkies - Barry Foster (he of Van Der Valk Fame) and Tony Osoba (of Porridge). Apart from the piece of music that opened each episode, every piece of score used in it was cribbed from Jerry Goldsmith's back catalogue, from 1976 up until 1982.
BBC Radio Four used to have a series called Space Force which starred - get ready, 70's British television junkies - Barry Foster (he of Van Der Valk Fame) and Tony Osoba (of Porridge). Apart from the piece of music that opened each episode, every piece of score used in it was cribbed from Jerry Goldsmith's back catalogue, from 1976 up until 1982.
And digital BBC Radio 7 used to air this series periodically. It was renamed BBC 4 Extra a while ago, but I'd expect they'd still air it.
Indeed they do, and the creaky scripts and '50's air - Professor Magnus Carter! - lend it an antique charm, and the Goldsmith snippets are a big bonus.
"The C.B.S. Mystery Theatre" used part of Nathan Van Cleave's score for "The Twilight Zone" episode "Two" for the main title, despite writer Himan Brown's claims to the contrary.
"The C.B.S. Mystery Theatre" used part of Nathan Van Cleave's score for "The Twilight Zone" episode "Two" for the main title, despite writer Himan Brown's claims to the contrary.
Transitional short passages from Jerry Goldsmith's Twilight Zone score for "The Invaders" pop up frequently on "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater" along with lots of other Jerry Goldsmith Twilight Zone and other Twilight Zone score moments, apparently from the CBS stock music library.
Embryonic moments of future Herrmann scores can be heard from time to time on the CBS Radio series "Suspense" in the early years when Herrmann was aboard the show and wrote a little original music in the first seasons.
