Musically, the Academy Awards lost me some time ago. I’m an orchestra guy and a product of the 20th century (if not the 19th). This morning on “Sweetness and Light,” we’ll hark back to a halcyon era when indelible movie themes were indispensable components of the overall cinematic experience.

I don’t want to give it all away in my Facebook teaser – in fact, during the course of the show, I won’t even identify the pieces until after each one of them is played, so that you’ll have the added enjoyment of guessing along at home – but trust that you’ll likely recognize most of them, all Best Original Score winners or nominees from highly-decorated films.

As a bonus, the show will open with a 90-second montage of introductory fanfares from the great studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age. So you’ll want to be there when the lights go down. Celluloid memories will be stirred by reel music, on “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EST/8:00 PST, exclusively on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Stream it, wherever you are, at the link:

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

PHOTO: Oscar-winner John Williams (right), with presenters Henry Mancini and Olivia Newton-John, in 1978

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