On episode five of THE ARCHIVE, host Jason Drury celebrates STAR WARS and gets into the festive mood with some Christmas favourites.

The show is literally a show of two halves. The first half acknowledges the release of the latest film in the Star Wars series, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, by looking back at scores from films influenced by the success of the series set in a galaxy far, far away.

First, we’ll sample music from Stu Phillips’ memorable score from the pilot of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Then we’ll hear selections from THE ICE PIRATES composed by Bruce Broughton and John Barry’s score to THE BLACK HOLE. The first half then finishes with a suite from HYPERSPACE by Don Davis.

THEN…

The Archive comes back to earth with scores from movies about and/or set during the Christmas season. After Danny Elfman composes and performs a song from A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, we’ll hear selections from the new release of Nick Bicat’s score to the 1984 adaptation of Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL. We’ll then hear some exciting music from Michael Kamen’s DIE HARD 2 and Jerry Goldsmith’s score to GREMLINS. The program then concludes with a seasonal suite from Henry Mancini’s exceptional score to SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE.

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