Sundays | 6 – 7 pm
Playlists from previous shows:
July 31, 2022 – The Twilight Zone
Serling Open (Constant)————————00:29
Serling Open (Herrmann)———————-00:25
Where is Everybody?—————————-11:19
The Invaders————————————–12:49
Main Title (Season 2)—————————-00:28
Walking Distance———————————12:24
The 16mm Shrine———————————10:47
July 24, 2022 – Cinema Serenade
Out of Africa——————————3:10
Laura————————————–3:12
The Color Purple————————-4:29
The Lost Weekend———————–4:18
The Age of Innocence——————-4:10
The Adventures of Robin Hood——-4:04
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg———-3:43
Now Voyager—————————5:04
Black Orpheus————————–4:13
The Uninvited—————————5:09
July 17, 2022 – Two By Henry Jackman
Shrek———————————1:30 & under
Puss in Boots———————– 28:00
Puss in Boots————————1:30 & under
Captain America: Civil War——25:00
July 10, 2022 – The Mask Of Zorro
The Mark of Zorro (1940)———————-4:40 & under
The Mask of Zorro (trks 1-5)——————–31:00
The Mask of Zorro (trks 8-9, 11-12)———–20:00
July 3, 2022 – Harryhausen/Herrmann
Mysterious Island (OST)———————-:48 & under
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad———————-9:30
Mysterious Island (Suite)———————-14:30
Three Worlds of Gulliver———————–26:00
Jason & the Argonauts————————-3:00
June 26, 2022 – Franz Waxman
Task Force—————————-:50
Bride of Frankenstein—————-6:58
Untamed——————————-7:19
Peyton Place—————————9:37
The Nun’s Story———————–11:02
The Devil Doll————————-6:22
Hotel Berlin—————————-8:32
June 19, 2022 – Father’s Day/Juneteenth
20th Century-Fox Fanfare & Street Scene——–4:22 & under
Wall-E————————————————-5:30
Prince of Foxes—————————————13:19
The Robe———————————————-8:32
How to Make an American Quilt & The Player–5:10
Glory————————————————–9:35
June 12, 2022 – Apollo 13
Apollo 13 (SONY)————————-1:30 & under
Apollo 13 (OST 1-6)———————-30:00
Apollo 13 (OST 7-12)———————26:00
June 5, 2022 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters (SONY)———————–1:30
Close Encounters (OST 1-5)——————–22:00
Close Encounters (SONY)———————-1:00
Close Encounters (OST 6-10)——————28:00
Star Wars (MT)———————————5:45
May 29, 2022 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. (Flying theme)——————-1:30
E.T. (OST)——————————17:00
E.T. (Flying theme)——————-1:00
E.T. (OST)——————————22:00
Close Encounters———————-9:45
May 22, 2022 – Music By Victor Young
Shane———————————-4:00
The Uninvited————————-8:00
Scaramouche————————-18:00
When I Fall in Love——————4:00
My Foolish Heart——————–3:43
For Whom the Bell Tolls————2:45
Samson & Delilah——————-2:40
Around the World in 80 Days—-4:00
May 15, 2022 – Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds (RCA)———————1:30
Between Two Worlds (LONDON)————–30:15
Between Two Worlds (TCM/RHINO)———-1:30
The Constant Nymph—————————–6:02
Escape Me Never———————————-8:14
Deception——————————————2:00
May 8, 2022 – Murder On The Orient Express
Waltz from Murder On The Orient Express——-2:00
Murder On The Orient Express (OST)————-30:00
Murder On The Orient Express (OST)————-15:00
Lady Caroline Lamb——————————– 10:00
May 1, 2022 – Gladiator
The Fall of the Roman Empire——————1:30
Gladiator (OST)———————————-24:00
Gladiator Rhapsody—————————–1:30
Gladiator (OST)———————————-29:00
April 24, 2022 – The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior (Dub)————————1:30
The 13th Warrior (Original Soundtrack)—-29:00
The 13th Warrior (Dub)———————–:45
The 13th Warrior (Original Soundtrack)—-24:00
April 17, 2022 – Easter Show
The 10 Commandments (Denon)——————–1:30
The Ten Commandments (OST)———————26:15
King of Kings (Angel)———————————1:30
King of Kings (Kunzel)——————————–19:10
April 10, 2022 – Film Classics Pledge Edition
The Sea Hawk————————-5:31
Star Trek—The Motion Picture—–7:34
Notorious——————————5:46
Beneath the 12 Mile Reef————11:26
Prince Valiant————————-9:49
April 3rd, 2022 – John Williams In Berlin Part 2
The Jungle Book (Rozsa)————1:30
Raiders of the Lost Ark————–4:05
Scherzo for Motorcycle & Orch.—-3:36
Elegy for cello & Orch.—————7:42
Raiders March————————5:51
Imperial March———————–3:11
Yoda’s Theme————————–3:39
E.T. (Flying Theme)——————3:58
Throne Room & Finale (SW)——–8:32
March 27, 2022 – John Williams In Berlin Part 1
Superman (Main Title March)——————–4:54
Close Encounters———————————–8:00
Far and Away—————————————8:03
Olympic Fanfare & Theme————————4:16
Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone———12:31
Jurassic Park (Theme)—————————–5:37
Schindler’s List————————————–3:17
March 20, 2022 – Unused But Not Unheard
2001-A Space Odyssey———————–1:37
Something Wicked This Way Comes——-11:48
Caesar and Cleopatra————————17:00
Frenzy (Rejected)—————————–2:15
Torn Curtain———————————-6:28
Battle of Britain——————————2:15
The Journey of Natty Gann—————–2:17
March 13, 2022 – Dystopia
Metropolis——————————1:02
Things to Come————————4:54
Fahrenheit 451————————-6:15
The World, the Flesh & the Devil—-11:19
The Terminator————————2:17
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome—4:38
V for Vendetta————————-6:40
Things to Come————————3:32
What is Film Classics?
By Jack Goggin
Briefly, it’s a weekly hour-long radio program devoted to music written for motion pictures. I began doing it back in the late 70’s at the old WQRS when we had scheduled a syndicated movie music show hosted by the composer David Raksin (“Laura” among other scores) which management decided not to run when it turned out the program was not free. Jerry Dellinger, our Music Director at the time, remembered that I was a fan of cinematic music, and asked me if I had enough material in my collection to do a month’s worth of programs so our Program Guide would be more or less accurate. I said “I think so,” and wound up doing the show for about 18 years until 1997.
Later, when WRCJ came into being, Dave Wagner asked me to come on board and mentioned that if things worked out, we might be able to bring the show back here on 90.9 FM- and sure enough, that’s what happened in April of 2007. It is truly a dream come true to be able to do the program again- to be honest, I doubted that I would ever get another opportunity.
The music we play on the show consists mostly of orchestral scores from the early 30’s (the beginning of talking pictures and of background scoring) up to the present (as recently as last week’s new releases), and as I like to point out to people, Film Classics is the only program on WRCJ exclusively devoted to music from the 20th and 21st centuries literally, there’s new material coming out all the time, as well as new recordings of classic scores by the old masters of the genre like Steiner, Korngold, and Herrmann.
Sometimes the show will be devoted to a single score, like “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”, or sometimes it will follow a theme, like “Submarine Movies.” Generally speaking, we don’t do pop soundtrack compilations or very many musicals.
The theme music for the show, heard at the beginning and end of each program, is the main title sequence from “Since You Went Away” by Max Steiner, which won Steiner his third Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1944.
Thanks for Listening!
Three cheers for Jack! Just made my annual pledge, and yes — the “Sea Hawk” sent me here 🙂
So grateful for his program and indeed the soundtrack clips that occasionally make their way into the weekday programs, especially Dr. Dave’s.
Greetings from Massachusetts from a former WQRS fan (also WLDM, anyone?!) who has WRCJ playing almost every day out here via the internet. Neverending thanks to WRCJ for making that possible.
Jack Goggin and 90.9 thank you Michael! It’s nice to know our internet stream finds it’s way to other states and listeners are appreciating it. Your support keeps us going!
It would be great if there were a section on the site here for an archive of tracks played on Film Classics each week. The way it looks right now is that we have to ask for them in the comments section, or just get the immediate past week’s listing if we show up before the next week is posted.
Seems like a missed opportunity – especially as the station has a listing of classical tracks played during the week.
Hello Scott, thanks for listening, we can start keeping two or three weeks on Jack’s page.
Hi Jack. Enjoyed the Dystopia show. I’ve been trying to get in touch with you. Please contact me when you have a moment. Thanks! Your friend, Paul Yee.
Hi Paul, we will send this along to Jack.
I’ve just listened to the program on 11/28 on less well-known Miklos Rosza. I had no idea I would enjoy it so much and didn’t get my pen out early enough to note all the movies down. Is there some way I can get a list of the movies that were played? (It would be lovely if the titles could be listed in your playlists each week.)
Love the show. Many thanks!
Lyriel Claire
Hi Lyriel, the movies Jack featured are:
“Because of Him”
“Knight Without Armour”
“That Hamilton Woman”
“The Jungle Book”
“Moonfleet”
“The World, the Flesh and the Devil”
“Time After Time”
“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
“Tribute to a Bad Man”
I’ve been a loyal listener to Film Classics since the ancient WQRS days. I hope Mr. Goggin can dig out the Columbia L.P. soundtrack to Alec Wilder’s score to “The Sand Castle”. It was in the WQRS library and one track, ” Ragtime ” was used as the theme music for one of the station’s sillier programs. The entire L.P. lasts under a half hour and I think thr music would be a engaging surprise for listeners unfamiliar with it.
Thank you Gerald, you are a loyal listener! We’ll pass this along to Jack, maybe he has “The Sand Castle” in his collection…
Jack I found you again! I used to listen to your religiously on WQRS Detroit Classical Radio in the 1980’s Still have tapes of a lot of your shows, So much has changed since I left the state in the early 90’s. I’m so glad to see you are around.
Yay, welcome back! We borrowed some of the other WQRS folks too.
Great program last week I watched Scrooge (1951) the night before the music is excellent from that movie hope one day you do twilight zone jerry goldsmith and Bernard Herman did music for that show
Thanks Jim! If Jack owns that album then it’s a possibility. We’ll ask him.
Looking forward to Sunday’s Force Spectacular. Jack is always so on target as today’s “Lusty Month of May” start.
Oh you caught that one, yes he tries to find fun little things like that to program. If you enjoy the Star Wars show, there will also be a few selections on Monday too.
Just thought I would drop a note My wife and I have been a fan of yours since WQRS days. I am a movie fan and enjoy “seeing” the movie again through your program Keep on doing what you’re doing We will be listening
Thanks listeners! We will send this along to Jack. He appreciates your loyalty!