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PSO Soundtracks: "Picture Perfect: Music and the Movies"

Radio host and music journalist Ross Amico discusses the role of music in film, sharing personal interactions with some of his favorite film scores and observations on the evolution of movie music.

Presented in partnership with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.

About the presenter: "Ross Amico has been sharing his love of classical music and film music for nearly 40 years. After working in community radio while an undergraduate at Temple, he joined WWFM-FM (89.1) The Classical Network, where he hosted live air shifts and produced recorded concerts for the next 25 years. He has also hosted regular shows on WPRB-FM (103.3) Princeton and WRTI-FM (90.1) Philadelphia. He continues to explore film music on Picture Perfect and examines seldom-heard composers and recordings on The Lost Chord. These long-running shows air in syndication along with his light music program, added in 2023, Sweetness and Light. As a writer, he has promoted the local and regional arts scene through articles and reviews for The Times of Trenton and U.S. 1. He has interviewed, among others, JoAnn Falletta, Leon Fleisher, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Marc-André Hamelin, Sharon Isbin, Peter Schickele, Caroline Shaw, Chris Thile, Dawn Upshaw, Pinchas Zukerman, and Christopher Walken. A record collector from the age of 10, Ross credits his fascination with film with having introduced him to the symphony orchestra."

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