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And the Beat Goes On: Percussion in Film

Mar 6, 202515:43Society & Culture

Matthew Sweet bangs the drum for the inventive ways films use percussion. There's Tan Dun's taiko masterclass of a score in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the delicate and lyrical marimba in American Beauty, John Willia...

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And the Beat Goes On: Percussion in Film is an episode from Sound of Cinema by BBC. Matthew Sweet bangs the drum for the inventive ways films use percussion. There's Tan Dun's taiko masterclass of a score in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,...

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Published Mar 6, 2025, 15:43 long, audio available.

And the Beat Goes On: Percussion in Film

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