The Score is a weekly celebration of symphonic music in film, and a fascinating guided tour through America's best-loved art form. It includes timely box office tie-ins and enticing weekly themes. Host Edmund Stone is a classically trained Shakespearean actor whose background includes a variety of stage and screen roles.
Deus ex machina: It's the cinematic trope that will not die. Originating with ancient Greek drama, the God from a Machine plot device is a way of handily wrapping up a story with a "divine intervention." On this week's episode of The Score, you'll hear music from some films that have used this device - for better or for worse - including Lord of the Rings, War of the Worlds, Avengers: Endgame, Matrix: Revolutions and more.
Shot on Location at UNESCO Sites: UNESCO World Heritage sites are places of "outstanding universal value," examples of human genius, cultural traditions, or superlative natural phenomena or beauty. This week, The Score features music from films shot at UNESCO sites, such as the glorious Taj Mahal in Slumdog Millionaire, the breath-taking Antelope Canyon in The Tree of Life, the Galapagos Islands in Master and Commander.
World Leaders -- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Join Edmund Stone as he showcases films that examine the qualities of leadership throughout history and around the world. From Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln, to Ramses in The Ten Commandments, and Hitler in Valkyrie, it's an extraordinary look and listen to world leadership.
