Program No. 88 - 26th January 2014

Happy Australia Day everyone.

Tonight's show will be a celebration of Australian music, in brass, in cinema and on radio.

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)

1.    Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
      - Scream In Blue (1992)

2.    Forgotten Years (Midnight Oil)
      - Blue Sky Mining (1989)

3.    ABC News Theme
      - Remixed by Pendulum (2010)

4.    Back In Black (Trombone Shorty)
      - Trombone Shorty - Live At Jazz Fest (2007)

5.    Holy Grail (Hunters & Collectors)
      -  Living In Large Rooms and Lounges (1995)

6.    Do You See What I See (Hunters & Collectors)
      - Collected Works (1986)

7.    Eagle Rock 1908 (Ross Wilson)
      - Tributary (2008)

8.    Land Down Under (Ophil)
      - Ophil Live (2005)

9.    Still Young  (The Cat Empire)
10.  Go (The Cat Empire)      -  Steal The Light (2013)

11.  Sydney By Night (James Morrison)
      -  Postcards from Down Under (1988)

Next week, we play music from Australian trumpeter and singer, Vince Jones.

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)

We are featuring music from two iconic Australian movies. The first was released back in 1982 with music composed by Bruce Rowland - The Man From Snowy River. The second movie was released in 2008 with music composed largely by David Hirschfelder - Australia.

1.    Main Titles
2.    Mountain Theme
3.    Jessica's Theme
4.    The Chase
5.    Jim's Ride
6.    Jim Brings In The Brumbies
7.    Closing Titles
     - The Man from Snowy River

8.    Welcome to Australia (Overture)
9.    No Man Hires Me, No Man Fires Me
10.  The Rush
11.  Across the Room / Begin the Beguine
12.  Faraway Downs
13.  Fire from the Sky
14.  Nimrod (From the Enigma Variations)
15.  Waltzing Matilda
     - Australia

Next week we play music from Ramon Djawadi.
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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)

 1.   The Australasian (Grimethorpe Colliery Band)
     - Grimethorpe in Concert (2002)

2.    An Australian Fantasy (Sellers Engineering Band)
     - The World of Brass (1992)

3.    Endeavour (Yorkshire Imperial Band)
     - Endeavour (2002)

4.    At The Going Down Of The Sun (Kew Band Melbourne)
     - 'Neath Austral Skies

5.    Terra Australis (Brighouse & Rastrick Band)
     - The Nationals 2010

6.     Waltzing Matilda (Melbourne Staff Band)
     - Celebration Of Faithfulness (2007)

7.    Advance Australia Fair (Australian National Band & David Stanhope)
    - Advance Australia Fair: The Australian National Anthem (2005)

On next week's show, we feature trombone player Brett Baker.

Program No. 87 - 12th January 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
James Morrison - Live Albums

Of the 26 albums Wikipedia show that James Morrison has released, the live albums are only a small minority. This show will feature those albums that I have managed to track down on that list (plus another one not on that list).

1.   The Flintstones Theme
    - James Morrison At The Winery (1984)

2.   The Opener
3.   Mack The Knife
    - Live At The Sydney Opera House (1996)

4.   Light Walk (with Melbourne Staff Band)
    - Fiesta (2007)

5.   Holy Holy Holy (with Edge Church International)
6.   Were You There / How Great Thou Art (with Edge Church International)
    - James Morrison Live At Edge (2012)

7.   Blues For Judy
    -  Swiss Encounter: Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival (1989)

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
The Best of 2013

I thought 2013 was a good year for movie soundtracks. Given my leaning towards blockbuster and action movies I thought that in pretty much all cases the music scored did the movies justice. All the top composers had been busy during the year with Zimmer, Elfman, Shore, Newton Howard, Djawadi, Giaccino and Tyler featuring high on the list of my best scores for 2013.

I have limited my choice to movies I actually saw in 2013 (Unfortunately John Williams doesn't get a look in this year, because of this restriction).

1.   Marvel Studios Fanfare (Brian Taylor)
2.   Thor: The Dark World (Brian Taylor)
    - Thor: Dark World

3.   Un Monumneto (Ennio Morricone)
    - Django Unchained

4.   Star Trek Main Theme (Michael Giacchino)
    - Star Trek Into Darkness

5.   Pacific Rim (Ramin Djawadi and Tom Morello)
    - Pacific Rim

6.   Horn of Plenty (James Newton Howard)
    -  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

7.   Love Is The Drug (Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
    - The Great Gatsby

8.   Look To The Stars (Hans Zimmer)
    - Man Of Steel

9.   The Main Titles (Danny Elfman)
10.  The Munchkin Welcome Song (Danny Elfman)
    - Oz the Great and Powerful

11.  Epic Final Confrontation (Danny Elfman)
    - Epic

12.  The Forest River (Howard Shore)
    - The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

13.  Can You Dig It (Brian Tyler)
    - Iron Man 3

14.  Finale (Hans Zimmer)
    - The Lone Ranger

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Cory Band

2013 saw Cory Band again dominate the contesting scene, winning,National Championships of Great Britain, Brass In Concert Championships and European Championships. They also toured Australia, as well as released Words and Music (judged by Brass Band World as the best brass band CD of 2013). Here is a selection of their performances during the year.

1.   Fanfare and Celebration 
     - Perihelion: Closer to the Sun - The Brass Band Music of Philip Sparke

2.   King's Messenger
    - Words and Music

3.   Los Hermanos de Bop
4.   La Fiesta
5.   My Way (with Dave Mitchell)
    - The Nationals 2013

6.   Perihelion
    - European Brass Band Championships


The show will be having a sort break next week, so join us back on 26th January for a special Australia Day edition of Brass Monkeys

Program No. 86 - 5th January 2014

Welcome to the first show in the new format.

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
The Cat Empire

They spent a lot of 2013 touring the world, after the release of their latest CD, Steal The Light.  This Australian group has a unique sound, full of brass, and is one of my favourite groups at the moment. The show tonight borrows from a show I programmed back in May last year, in celebration of the release of Steal The Light.

1.   Jungle
2.   Anymore
3.   Side to Side
4.   Know Your Name
    - Cities (2006)

5.   Sunny Moon
6.   No Mountain
7.   Radio Song
8.   No Longer There
    - So Many Nights (2007)

9.   Brighter Than Gold
10.  Wild Animals
11.  Prophets In The Sky
12.  Don't Throw Your Hands Up
13.  All Night Loud
    - Steal The Light (2013)

Next week - music from some of the live albums of Australian Jazz Legend, James Morrison

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino has a vast body of work for a variety of screen media, including television (best known for Alias and Lost), movies (including the latest 2 Star Trek movies) as well as for computer games (such as Medal of Honour and Call of Duty.  Tonight's show will feature his movies scores, and specifically the four movie scores that he has composed for Pixar Animation.

1.   End Creditouilles 
    - Ratatouille (2008)

2.   Seizing the Spirit of Adventure
3.   Up With End Credits
    - Up (2009)

4.   It's Finn McMissile!
5.   Porto Corsa
6.   Mater's The Bomb
    - Cars 2 (2011)

7.   Kronos Unveiled
8.  The Incredits
    - The Incredibles (2004)

Next week - a review of the best movie scores of 2013.


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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Paul Lovatt-Cooper

We featured works from acclaimed composer Paul Lovatt-Cooper in 2013. Tonight's show is a reworking of last year's program with a couple of extra added.

1.   When Thunder Calls
    - Black Dyke Band (European Brass Band Championships 2013)

2.   Where Eagles Sing
    - Black Dyke Band (Essential Dyke, Volume 7 - 2007)

3.   Within Blue Empires
    - Brass Band Oberosterreich (European Brass Band Championships 2012)

4.   Donegal Bay (with baritone soloist Gareth Brindle)
    - Fairey FP (Music) Band (Virtuosi! - 2003)

5.   Song for the Skies (with tuba soloist Joseph Cook)
6.   Rondo alla Turca (with xylophone soloist Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
7.   Enchanted Kingdom
    - Black Dyke Band (Only For You - The Music of Paul Lovatt-Cooper Volume II - 2011)

Next week - music from the top brass band of 2013, The Cory Band.

2014 - New Look Brass Monkeys

Happy New Year to all my loyal listeners. I hope 2014 is all that you want it to be.

After 85 shows, over two years, I thought it time to review the format of the show, and to see if we can make it better for you.

We have also been approved by Station Management to extend our show to 3 hours.

So, with the extra hour, I have revamped the structure.

In the first hour (from 7:00pm - 8:00pm) we will feature Jazz and Contemporary Brass.

In the second hour (from 8:00pm - 9:00pm) we will move on to Movie Scores.

In the third and final hour (from 9:00pm - 10:00pm) we will focus on Brass Bands and Brass Ensembles.

Each hour will still be themed, though the theme will (mostly) be different in each hour.

So I invite you to listen tonight for our first show in the new format.

In Melbourne go to 94.5 KRR FM.

Everywhere else, the show streams online. Just go to the radio website http://kinglakerangesradio.org/ and follow the link.

The show can also be picked up on your favourite radio App, such as TuneIn Radio.

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