Wolf Hall and Period Music in Film

Sound of Cinema by BBC

Feb 5, 202524:07Society & Culture

Matthew Sweet talks to composer Debbie Wiseman about using period music in films. For the TV series Wolf Hall, Debbie wrote original music in a period style, films like Farinelli and Death In Venice use classical music a...

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