In this episode, Jens & Joe dive into the forgotten reels of Dmitri Shostakovich’s film music, from Italian partisans to Austrian invaders — and ask why everyone knows Prokofiev’s Ivan the Terrible, but not The Fall of Berlin. A well‑earned shoutout, too, to Dave at @DavesClassicalGuide.

0:20   Introduction
1:32   Shostakovich and the Soviet Film Industry
4:30   The Gadfly (1955) – Bazar
7:04   The Gadfly (1955) – Romance
9:04   Dictates of the Soviet Regime
10:34  The New Babylon (1929)
13:45  Five Days – Five Nights (1961)
16:21  The Hidden Scores
17:50  King Lear – Incidental Music (1940)
20:06  Shostakovich vs. Prokofiev
20:50  The Fall of Berlin (1950)
22:54  The Film Music Recordings
23:46  Golden Mountains (1931)
26:03  King Lear – Film Music (1970)
28:14  Conclusion

8.573747  Shostakovich: The Gadfly (Naxos)
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C7450  Shostakovich: Film Music Edition (Capriccio)
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