The ever-vigilant Jim Breig has brought this to our attention:
The BBC2's program(me) "Friday Night Is Music Night" for June 26 opens with "Ben Hur." The evening includes other film music as well.
Listen here:Has anyone ever theorized as to why MR so often employed (for want of a better and more appropriate term) echoic phrases in his music? That is, he presents some notes and they repeat immediately. When I was first learning about him decades ago and didn't know his list of films, I could instantly recognize his scores by that habit.
Jim Breig





