{"id":39700,"date":"2024-03-04T18:49:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/41b57509-4309-4ac6-a21b-3b1a09bde6a2"},"modified":"2024-03-04T21:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:39:56","slug":"six-of-the-best-classical-musician-cameos-in-films","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/six-of-the-best-classical-musician-cameos-in-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Six of the best classical musician cameos in films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Neil McKim\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 04 March 2024 at 17:49 PM<\/p>

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1. Bernard Herrmann, conductor \u2013 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)<\/strong><\/p>

This remake by Alfred Hitchcock (of an earlier 1934 film) sees James Stewart and Doris Day cast as two holidaymakers who unwittingly become involved in an assassination plot. The suspenseful climax takes place in the Royal Albert Hall \u2013 with almost ten minutes of music and no dialogue \u2013 as the two lead characters attempt to stop a shooting that is timed to coincide with a crashing cymbal. Hitchcock\u2019s soundtrack composer Bernard Herrmann is shown conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (which we named one of the world’s best orchestras<\/a><\/strong>.). This remake re-uses a piece from the earlier film, Arthur Benjamin\u2019s Storm Clouds<\/em> Cantata<\/a><\/strong>, with Herrmann tweaking the original score, adding new colours for harp, organ and brass. The music ramps up the tension, complete with thundering percussion.<\/p>