With Maggie Gyllenhaal's new cinematic twist on The Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein (Bride! starring Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale) currently in theaters, we'll have some fun with a Frankenstein-themed program on Wednesday afternoon's Classical Music with Foley Schuler. Highlights include Franz Waxman's remarkable music for the classic 1935 The Bride of Frankenstein—credited as the first true symphonic horror film score, and as setting the standard in the genre—as well as Beethoven's only full-length ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, based on the same story from mythology that would be the model for Mary Shelley's iconic 1818 novel that started it all, Frankenstein (which the writer, indeed, subtitled "A Modern Prometheus").
The new film Bride! carries a score by Hildur Guðnadóttir—we'll hear an exerpt from that as well—and, as our Women's History Month spotlight on great women musicians and composers continues we'll feature some more music this remarkable Icelandic performer and composer currently making waves in both the music and film worlds, and whose score for Todd Phillips' 2019 psychological thriller film Joker, won her the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, making her the first solo female composer to ever win all three.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
