My father recorded his career reminisces into tape during 1989 for prosperity and local interest. Thankfully before Alzheimer's and Dementia took hold of him 15 years later. Being a prominent musician during the 1940s to 1970s in London was an incredible era in the history of all genres of music and you'll hear many anecdotes and true stories throughout this 37 min spoken track. From hiding in bunkers whilst cycling to the Royal Academy of Music during the Second World War, to touring the world with Sir Yehudi Menuhin. 

* Technical note: The audio has been enhanced as much as possible, but some imperfections remain. Special thanks to Anthony Morris for his work on improving the sound quality. You can see his portfolio here: https://vimeo.com/artdespitetechnology

John Burden: Tales from a London Horn Player's Life 1921 - 1981

The London Horn Trio Play Vivaldi, Glazunov & Cooke with John Burden Lionel Bentley & Celia Arieli

A 50 minute chronological (except where noted*) montage of John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra highlights, including interview clips and scoring session audio: 

00:00 Anvil Studios Session Chatter 00:14 Another Happy Landing (ROTS) and Maurizio's Intro - 1977 - 02:23 Star Wars Main Title (Alternate) & Tie Fighter Attack (ANH) - 1978 - 05:03 The Planet Krypton (Alternate) & The Dome Opens (Alternate) & The Kryptonquake & Jonathan's Death & Leaving Home (Superman) 10:12 For Gillian & The Search for Robin & Death on the Carousel (The Fury) - 1979 - 16:13 Main Title (Dracula) - 1980 - 17:44 BBC Documentary excerpt & The Mynock Cave & The Clash of Lightsabers (TESB) - 1981 - 21:12 In the Idol Temple & The German Sub (ROTLA) - 1982 - 24:54 Main Title & Appolini's Decision (Monsignor) - 1983 - 26:14 The Forest Battle (ROTJ) 28:32 Violin Concerto (Mark Peskanov) 29:08 Flute Concerto (Peter Lloyd) - 1996 - 30:14 Bassoon Concerto (Judith LeClair) - 2002 - 31:00 Essay for Strings* 32:48 Trumpet Concerto* (Arturo Sandoval) - 1999 - 34:51 Qui Gon and Darth Maul Meet & The Tide Turns (TPM) - 2002 - 37:43 Yoda and the Younglings & Zam the Assassin(AOTC) 42:12 Reunion of Friends (HP:COS) 44:48 - 2005 - Princess Leia's Theme & The Boys Continue & Anakin's Dark Deeds (Film Version) (ROTS) - 2019 - 47:42 Galaxy's Edge (Disneyland) - 1997 - 48:55 Throne Room Finale Fanfare* (from The Hollywood Sound LSO Sony Classical Album recording of Star Wars) www.thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com 

Many thanks to Maurizio Caschetto and Miguel Andrade

John Williams and the LSO: The Special Relationship Montage - The Legacy of John Williams

This 15 minute tribute montage features some comments from James himself (recorded during our 2009 interview). Plus soundbites from 2 of his collaborators, Simon Rhodes and David Pyatt. To listen to the full interviews subscribe to FSM Online @ www.FSMOnlinemag.com

Here's a breakdown of the score selections heard during this feature:

A Beautiful Mind / Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan / Battle Beyond the Stars / Krull / Aliens / Cocoon / Journey of Natty Gann / Willow / The Land Before Time / The Rocketeer / We're Back: A Dinosaur Story / Braveheart / The Man Without a Face / Apollo 13 / Radio / Titanic / Avatar / Iris / Troy / The Mask of Zorro.

James Horner Birthday Tribute Montage

Composer Daniel Hart speaks with me about his dynamic score for "The Green Knight" which is available on CD from Sony / Milan and streaming online at the usual places. Hear how Daniel constructed his refreshingly original soundscape.

This segment originally aired as part of my weekly movie show on www.Belfast247OnAir.com - every Thursday night between 7 & 9pm.

DANIEL HART on THE GREEN KNIGHT - A chat and selected score commentary - TIM BURDEN

A clip from my weekly www.Belfast247OnAir.com show (Thursday nights at 7pm) highlighting thoughts on the first seven episodes of Succession Season 3. It airs on HBO Max on 17th October and on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in UK and Ireland from the 18th.

Succession Season 3 Reaction by Tim Burden featuring the music of Nicholas Britell

A clip which highlights a performance of music from The Wizard of Oz by the London Symphony Orchestra and John Williams. Featuring a beautiful French horn solo by Hugh Seenan (recorded in 1996).

Movie Magic airs each Thursday and Sunday night at 7pm on www.Belfast247OnAir.com

Movie Magic (clip) "Over the Rainbow" Hugh Seenan French horn solo

A highly entertaining conversation with the award-winning Lorne Balfe about his work on Top Gun: Maverick, the forthcoming Mission Impossible and working with his idols. Follow Lorne on Twitter, Facebook & find out more @ https://coolmusicltd.com/composers/lorne-balfe/

The full show was broadcast on 23rd June at www.Belfast247OnAir.com

LORNE BALFE on MOVIE MAGIC with Tim Burden (Full Interview)

Douglass Fake, Roger Feigelson and Chris Malone join me to discuss the brilliance of James Horner, Shawn Murphy and the London Symphony Orchestra. 1988's Willow is a seminal score which displays all involved at their very best. The new 2CD expansion is available at www.intrada.com from Tuesday 29th June.

Movie Magic airs at www.Belfast247OnAir.com every Thursday and Sunday between 7 and 9pm (GMT). Thanks for listening! Tim :-)

Movie Magic Willow Premiere James Horner Special with Intrada Records

A review of the latest film from Jordan Peele which highlights social commentary, visionary filmmaking and superb music by Michael Abels.

This clip is from Movie Magic which airs Thursday and Sunday nights between 7 and 9pm (U.K.) at www.Belfast247OnAir.com

NOPE radio review with clips, Jordan Peele interview and original score by Michael Abels

The CEO of the UK Cinema Association Phil Clapp joins me to talk about the many diverse films being shown across Belfast on Saturday 3rd September. A solid reminder of how our local cinema is the best place to experience a film.

Phil Clapp on Belfast's Cinema Day 3rd September 2022

A segment from my show featuring the ultra-talented Sibéal.

Magic and traditional stories were a strong influence across the whole E.P, weaving themselves through the song choices.

“I wanted the entire EP to have the same echo of mystery, escapism and the supernatural. Seoithín Seó is a lullaby that a mother sings to her baby. She is singing that she is by her child’s side and that she won’t let the fairies take her baby away. The idea behind this version of the lullaby is to engage the listener into a trance. That they find peace within the song by falling into a trance.” 

Of course, Sibéal’s traditional Irish heritage has also played in to the song choices - “An Chúlfhionn is a love song. It was my grandfather’s favourite song and I grew up listening to my father and my uncles play it”

Continuing the theme of magic, and other worlds, the E.P. also include a hypnotic new version of ‘Over The Rainbow’, which Sibéal describes as “a song that is all about escaping a world that you feel isn’t for you or perhaps has failed you. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to use your imagination to dream and to escape the real world into a beautiful new one. This is why ‘Rainbow’ suited this E.P. so perfectly.”

Sibéal Clapsholas EP Promo - Tim Burden - Belfast247Radio

Reflections is the latest album from Daryl Simpson and features great songs like ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, ‘Everybody’s Talkin’, ‘Will you Still Love Me Tomorrow?’ and ‘Annie’s Song’. This is an easy listening album of classic tracks to sit back and relax to.  The album is jointly produced by Daryl and Brian McGrane and places the beautiful vocal front and centre. There are some exquisite arrangements bringing a new twist to some of these well know songs reminding us of the well-crafted lyrics of writers such as Van Morrison, Billy Joel and Kris Kristofferson. Tracks like ‘You Needed Me’, and ‘Go Rest High On That Mountain’ feature the complementing acoustic guitars of Simpson and McGrane. Other moments feature the deft piano skills of Daryl in the likes of ‘Brown Eyed Girl’Reflections is the latest album from Daryl Simpson and features great songs like ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, ‘Everybody’s Talkin’, ‘Will you Still Love Me Tomorrow?’ and ‘Annie’s Song’. This is an easy listening album of classic tracks to sit back and relax to.

DARYL SIMPSON REFLECTIONS MIX - TIMBURDEN 0922

Top composer and all round first class musician Chris Boardman joined me on Movie Magic in early October to chat about his career workiing with Quincy Jones, Michael Kamen, James Horner & James Newton Howard. We also highlight a dynamic concert experience taking place in 2023: https://themissinglink.mykajabi.com/

Chris Boardman in Conversation with Tim Burden

In Dreams Are Monsters: Häxan With Live Score By Nick Carlisle
Showing: 24 November 2022. Book @ www.queensfilmtheatre.com 

This special event features a 100th anniversary screening of Häxan, the classic 1922 silent film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen, with a brand new QFT-commissioned score, composed and performed live by Nick Carlisle.

Supposedly intended as a moral education tool, Häxan instead is ripe, bawdy, and more than likely to give you sympathy for the devil. Director Benjamin Christiansen took the Malleus Maleficarum – the medieval witch finder’s handbook – and made a documentary on witches. Having it deliciously both ways, Christiansen’s film gives us incubuses seducing maidens, medieval torture devices and witches’ sabbaths, while also unpacking the myth of the witch as a tool of oppression. Full of sumptuous recreations – in brilliant red and blue filters – of witch burnings, goblin parties and ostentatious devilry, on its release Häxan was the most expensive Swedish film yet made. A phantasmagoria worthy of William Blake or Albrecht Durer, it’s guaranteed to make you look askance at a church gargoyle and see silent film in a new light.

THE MUSIC

Nick Carlisle is a composer, performer and producer based in Brighton, employing an array of mostly vintage analogue synthesisers and other keyboards such as the Mellotron as his palette. He is currently a member of the band Lean Logic, a collaboration with Rose Keeler-Schäffeler (Keel Her).

About the commission, Nick says:

"I was delighted to be asked to compose for this project. I previously played in a band called "Katy and Nick" which had quite a sinister feel, where Mellotron cellos and strangely medieval clarion calls inhabited a kind of fever dream space. So Häxan in many ways doesn't feel like such a foreign place to visit. I took the decision to keep only a loose eye on the sounds and styles I would use - there is the odd reference to the European shamanic Sámi drum, and the doomy Mellotron and synthesisers used are played in such a way to squeeze them more or less into a 15th Century timeframe. But in the main, since the film ultimately deals with the pitfalls of human ignorance and imagination, I relied on my own to lead the way, for better or worse.”

Nick will release highlights from the score as an album entitled “Häxan - A Soundtrack” - available exclusively from Bandcamp at midnight on 25 November 2022. The first track is available to stream now from Bandcamp.

Screening as part of In Dreams Are Monsters: A Season of Horror Films, a UK-wide film season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. www.indreamsaremonsters.co.uk

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Nick Carlisle On QFTs Häxan with Live Score Screening - Movie Magic Segment - Tim Burden

LOVE FOR GUARDING TESS - Radio Clip

BRAID Film 181122 SHORTFILM SHOWCASE

Peter Bernstein reminices about hearing his father composing "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the piano. A taste of what's to come when the National Symphony Orchestra perform Elmer's music on 9th December,  2022. Book tickets at www.nch.ie

100 Years of Elmer Bernstein Dublin NCH Concert 9th Dec 2022

To coincide with the new 2CD limited edition release of John Williams' award winning score for Empire of the Sun, I speak with the producer and scholar of this very special movie and music. Mike Matessino has been involved with many high profile soundtrack releases, and this release is no exception. We discuss the movie and music in detail,  with numerous cue commentaries and Mike reveals the unique scoring and spotting approach that Spielberg and Williams took. 

The CD is available from www.lalalandrecords.com and you can read more about Mike's work and biography at www.mikematessino.com 

More of my shows can be found here: http://www.timburden.com/Movie-magic.aspx 

Thanks for listening.

Remembering Empire of the Sun with Mike Matessino - Steven Spielberg and John Williams at their Best

A clip from my 60 minute audio feature interview with Tom Boyd. His beautiful Oboe solos have graced countless films. This montage features just a small few of these:

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Joe Versus the Volcano, Sabrina, JFK, Jurassic Park, Innerspace, Silverado, Beauty and the Beast, Grand Canyon, Dances With Wolves, Glory, Father of the Bride II, Cast Away, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Wyatt Earp, Mr. Deeds, Big, Rich in Love, Steel Magnolias, Deep Impact.

The full feature can be found at www.FSMOnlineMag.com at this link: 
http://filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/story.cfm?maID=3538

Tom Boyd on Prince of Tides and an Oboe Solo Montage

2 interview features for local BBC radio with a focus on new film releases from 101 Films and Highfliers Productions.

Special thanks to Polly Wyatt at Aim Publicity.

THE TROUBLES: A DUBLIN STORY LUKE HANLON INTERVIEW BBCNI MIX

THE SHAMROCK SPITFIRE IAN AND DOMINIC HIGGINS INTERVIEW BBCNI MIX

Dad Eulogy Final

Intrada have released a limited edition CD of Jerry Goldsmith's much loved score to Joe Dante's Explorers. A movie that Joe always credits Jerry as saving. Listen to what he had to say......

The full 40 minute interview can be heard for subscribers at FSM Online here: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/story.cfm?maID=2748

Joe Dante on Jerry Goldsmith's Explorers

A self contained audio feature focusing on my favourite score from last year. Patrick Doyle, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Maggie Rodford on the music of Disney's lavish 2015 Cinderella directed by Branagh. Music by Patrick Doyle, produced by Maggie Rodford, executive produced by Kenneth Branagh.

Music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

This audio feature produced by Tim Burden.

The Music of Cinderella with Patrick Doyle, Sir Kenneth Branagh & Maggie Rodford

The second clip featuring an extract from my 2 hour interview with Mike Matessino, talking about his film music restoration work and recent John Williams anniversary album presentations which he produced. 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a score which Mike feels is more influential than Star Wars and we discuss many aspects from the film and score.

The full interview will be published mid-January. Thanks for listening.

Challenging Tonality: 40 Years of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Mike Matessino

MIKE MATESSINO FULL LENGTH INTERVIEW - FUTURE PROOFING THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

This will bring back many memories. The music was written by Cliff Adams and titled The Night Rider. Dad played the French horn solo between 1968 and 1979. His friend and colleague, Alan Civil continued the exceptional playing thereafter, until his passing in 1989.

MILK TRAY 1970's TV Commercial

Recent work voiced for McDonald's, Sony, Kia, Global Aid and Denplan, among others.

Tim Burden Voice Over Showreel

Part 1 of 3. John Williams' archival soundtrack producer Mike Matessino spoke with me at length about John Williams and his relationship with London and its musicians. This first part focuses on the 4th London Symphony Orchestra assignment; 'Dracula' (1979). This score which JW himself is very fond of, has just been released as a beautiful deluxe edition by Varese Sarabande records, with Mike as producer with Robert Townson.

Mike Matessino on Dracula and John Williams

"You're a wizard, Harry!" is a quote that could easily be edited and attributed to John Williams and Mike Matessino, especially when thinking about their work throughout this 7 disc box set which is released as a limited edition of 5,000 copies on 27th November. 

Go to www.lalalandrecords.com for more and the second part of this feature will follow mid-December. Thanks for listening.

Hogwarts Forever: Mike Matessino on John Williams' Music for Harry Potter

In this final part of Mike Matessino's interview, the remaining Harry Potter scores by John Williams are discussed. Plenty more music is premiered and more detail on the complexities of the release are revealed. Thanks for listening and best wishes for Christmas!

https://lalalandrecords.com/harry-potter-the-john-williams-soundtrack-collection-limited-edition-7-cd-box-set/

The Musical Wizardry of John Williams: Mike Matessino on Harry Potter

I produced this for FSM Online and local radio shortly after John Barry passed away in 2011. The idea was to have a career timeline of the musicians that worked with him pay tribute, as it was very much part of John Barry's own early life.

My father also worked with him, but alas he wasn't well enough to speak and passed away 3 months before John Barry did.

I hope you enjoy listening.

(Photo is of me meeting JB in Dublin, after a concert of his works with the RTENSO. Special thanks to Aedin O'Gormley for pulling the event together, you can hear a clip of this during the tribute feature).

John Barry Tribute featuring Derek Watkins, Jim Thatcher, Alan Smale & Lord Attenborough

To celebrate Intrada's new expanded 2CD release, James Newton Howard talks about his work with Frank Marshall during 1992's 'Alive' and what he felt the film needed musically.

To purchase the CD go to www.intrada.com

James Newton Howard on 'ALIVE'

I spoke with Derek Watkins in February 2011, shortly after John Barry passed away and we spoke about the legacy of music that they both created together. They are now reunited in that great concert hall in the sky.

RIP Derek Roy Watkins: 2 March 1945 - 22 March 2013

This short clip is lifted from FSM Online's "A John Barry Tribute: We Have All the Time in the World" published in February 2011. Go to www.FSMOnlinemag.com to hear the full unedited version, filed under online back issues.

Derek Watkins on John Barry

The man behind this classic music and so much more will be at Ballymena's Braid Arts Centre on Wednesday 17th April. LIVE music, conversation and film projected on a BIG screen. Don't miss it! http://www.thebraid.com/news-specific.aspx?s=&dataid=949193

BBC News 9 O'Clock News Theme - George Fenton

An interview with French horn legend Jim Thatcher by Maurizio Caschetto is forthcoming at www.thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com - here is a taste of his stunning solos as a specially edited montage. Featuring excerpts from:

Sleepers
Amistad
Stepmom
The Patriot
Always
Home Alone 1 & 2
JFK
Far & Away
Rosewood
Sabrina
Jurassic Park
Nixon
War Horse
American Journey (5th Movement)
Sleepers 
The Patriot

Jim Thatcher French Horn Tribute Montage

Patrick Doyle speaks with me about his latest music, the wonderful 'Impressions of America'.
To listen to the full show go to www.timburden.com/movies and to hear / purchase Patrick's full CD head over to www.varesesarabande.com 

Movie Magic May 2013 Patrick Doyle clip - Tim Burden - QRadio

What does a film music librarian do? Karen Smith is one of the best and she speaks with me about her career and working as the personal librarian for a certain, John Williams. The complete 30 minute interview can be found at www.FSMOnlinemag.com 

More about Karen's fascinating career and music recordings can be found here: http://www.resonancefluteconsort.com/bios/karen-smith/ 

Karen Smith on John Williams FSMO clip - TB - 180513

Hi! Welcome to my little cloud of sound! There are radio shows, voice over reels, interviews and also clips of my Dad's (John Burden) work awaiting your ears. Film music is the main topic of conversation, so I hope you enjoy your visit. Tim :-o)

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