Discovering more about the score of ‘Frankenstein’ with Sara Karloff

About this episode

In this episode, Hilary Seabrook interviews Sara Karloff about her father's legacy and the original score for Frankenstein.

Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, where I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious. This episode is unusual, in that Sara Karloff is not a musician. She is the only daughter of Boris Karloff, star of many films but famously the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Sara will join composer Michael Shapiro in London on 25 October as his original score is performed in London together with a screening of Frankenstein: commissioned i...

People in this episode

Host: Hilary Seabrook

Guest: Sara Karloff

Topics covered

• music
• film scores
• interviews
• Frankenstein
• Boris Karloff

Keywords

• Frankenstein
• Boris Karloff
• Sara Karloff
• Michael Shapiro
• film music
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frankenstein

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