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Steven Price and Neil Brand: Soundtracking the Sea and Silent Laughter

Cerys welcomes Steven Price to explore scoring Ocean with Attenborough, and Neil Brand shares insights from the Laurel & Hardy centenary, celebrating their timeless comic legacy.

Cerys welcomes Steven Price for an in‑depth look at composing the vivid score for Ocean with David Attenborough - from shaping the underwater palette to finding the music that carries the documentary’s awe and momentum.

She’s also joined by Neil Brand, whose Laurel & Hardy centenary tour celebrates a century of the duo’s genius; he shares how music defines their comic timing, why those themes endure, and what it’s like bringing their world to life for audiences today.

As a bonus, we hear brief voice notes from Pat Chin, co‑founder of VP Records, offering a glimpse into the story of Randy’s Studio 17, its origins and the moments that shaped its legacy - arriving alongside the new Randy’s 50th Anniversary: Reggae Anthology – Chapter One, with vinyl out 30 January 2026.

Cerys brings it all together with hand‑picked favourites from her classic shelves and standout new discoveries.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Sun 22 Feb 202610:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Thundercat

    She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller)

    • Brainfeeder.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown.

  • Gary Stewart

    She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

    • Out Of Hand.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 6.

  • Haylie Davis

    Young Man

    • fire records.

  • Gilberto Gil

    Serafim

    • Parabolicamará.
    • WM Brazil.
    • 5.

  • George Lewis, Barry Martyn & Cuff Billett

    South of the Border (feat. Pete Dyer, Graham Paterson, John Coles & Terry Knight)

    • George Lewis and the Barry Martyn Band.
    • GHB.
    • 3.

  • aja monet

    weathering

    • when the poems do what they do.
    • drink sum wtr.
    • 5.

  • MJ Lenderman

    You Don't Know The Shape I'm In

    • Manning Fireworks.
    • Anti/Epitaph.
    • 7.

  • J.J. Cale

    Call Me The Breeze

    • Classic J.J. Cale - The Universal Masters Collection.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Syd Barrett

    Dark Globe

    • The Madcap Laughs.
    • Rhino.
    • 5.

  • Momoko Gill

    No Others

    • Momoko.
    • Strut.
    • 2.

  • Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe & Yomo Toro

    La Murga

    • A Man And His Music: The Player.
    • Fania.
    • 6.

  • Kevin Ayers

    Star (2009 Remaster)

    • Yes We Have No Mananas [With Bonus Tracks].
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • Laurel & Hardy & The Avalon Boys

    The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

    • Laurel & Hardy Sing.
    • Blue Lagoon.
    • 3.

  • The Beau Hunks

    Gangway Charlie

    • The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music.
    • Basta Audio-Visuals.
    • 66.

  • Spike Jones and His City Slickers

    Cocktails for Two

    • Musical Mayhem.
    • H&H Music Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    The Man I Love

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 2.

  • Miles Davis

    Générique

    • Miles Davis Greatest Ballads.
    • Efor, S.L.
    • 13.

  • The Heptones

    Book Of Rules

    • Mango.

  • Junior Murvin

    Police And Thieves

    • Mango.

  • Jacob Miller

    Tenement Yard

    • Song Book: Chapter a Day.
    • DubShot Records/Sound Bwoy Ent.
    • 9.

  • Augustus Pablo

    Java

    • This Is Augustus Pablo.
    • VP Records.
    • 13.

  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • ZENA & Meron T

    It's You (Ante Neh)

    • Brownswood.

  • Steven Price

    All Life Began in the Deep Blue Sea

    • Ocean with David Attenborough (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.
    • 1.

  • Steven Price

    Airlock

    • Gravity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 6.

  • The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Parlophone.

  • Steven Price

    Seers of the Sky

    • Milan Records.

  • Steven Price

    Norman

    • Fury (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 19.

  • Aimee Mann

    One

    • Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Ebo Taylor

    Will You Promise

    • Mr Bongo Worldwide Ltd.

  • Ebo Taylor

    Make You No Mind

    • Palaver.
    • BBE Music.
    • 2.

  • Ebo Taylor

    Love and Death

    • Mr Bongo Worldwide Ltd.

  • Budgie

    Breadfan

    • Never Turn Your Back On A Friend.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Feb 202610:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music