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Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
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To mark the latest release in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth, Matthew Sweet looks at music for films set in prehistoric times, or...
Walter Murch
Matthew Sweet talks to film editor, sound designer and director Walter Murch about working on Apocalypse Now, the Godfather films, The Conversation, B...
Mythical Creatures
Matthew Sweet is on the hunt for mythical creatures on the big screen. Tune in to escape reality, as we explore film music that transports you to fant...
Unusual Instruments
Matthew Sweet looks at unusual instruments used in film scores such as the Cristal Baschet which is a favourite of Cliff Martinez in scores such as Dr...
The Telephone
Matthew Sweet dials in, with a playlist of film music inspired by a phone call.
Hold the line for classics including Scream, The Conversation a...
Slumdog Millionaire composer - A.R. Rahman
Matthew Sweet is joined by multiple award-winning composer A.R. Rahman to explore his extraordinary career in film music, including his best-known sco...
Joe Hisaishi
Matthew Sweet celebrates the life and work of Studio Ghibli composer, Joe Hisaishi. Tune in for some of his most beloved music, with classic soundtrac...
Hans Zimmer on the concert platform
This special episode of Sound of Cinema features an exclusive interview with the legendary film composer and record producer, Hans Zimmer.
Hoste...
Wallace & Gromit and the music of Aardman Animations
Evil penguins, chickens on the run and the mischievous sheep of Mossy Bottom Farm. Enter the unique musical world of Aardman Animations as Matthew Swe...
And the Beat Goes On: percussion in film
Matthew Sweet bangs the drum for the inventive ways films use percussion. There's Tan Dun's taiko masterclass of a score in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dr...
100 years of Ron Goodwin
Matthew Sweet celebrates the centenary of legendary film composer Ron Goodwin - famous for his scores for Where Eagles Dare, 633 Squadron, The Battle...
Bafta Film Awards 2025: Soundtrack highlights
Matthew Sweet celebrates the film highlights of the year with a focus on the recently announced 2025 Bafta winners.
He speaks exclusively with...
Warsaw Concertos – Film music from Poland
Matthew Sweet speaks to actor and director Jesse Eisenberg about using Chopin's music in his latest film "A Real Pain" - the story of two cousins tour...
Wolf Hall and Period Music in Film
Matthew Sweet talks to composer Debbie Wiseman about using period music in films. For the TV series Wolf Hall, Debbie wrote original music in a period...
Maria Callas and opera in films
With the Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie in cinemas, Matthew Sweet speaks to Maria director Pablo Larrain. The talk about working with Ang...
Four trombones and a mandolin? Small but mighty soundtracks
Defying the convention of massive orchestral scores, Matthew Sweet looks at films that embrace the intimacy of chamber music including: the Syrian-ins...
Alfred Hitchcock
From the driving energy of North By Northwest to the iconic string stabs of Psycho, music is an integral part of what makes Alfred Hitchcock's films s...
A celebration of German film
As part of Radio 3's European Road Trip, Matthew Sweet explores some of the best soundtracks in German cinema.
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Music from films themed around the Vatican
What is the sound of Papal Rome? Matthew Sweet explores the music of films set in and influenced by the Vatican. From Morricone's melancholy oboe in T...
Comfort films
Presenter Matthew Sweet cosies up with the soundtracks of films that bring comfort to those dark, wintry nights…
From the life-affirming joy of...
Christmas film scores
Hop on board the Polar Express! Matthew Sweet's unwrapping the greatest Christmas film soundtracks. We'll be walking in the air with Howard Blake's Sn...
Cinematic Presidents
In cinema, US presidents have been portrayed as heroes, villains, great leaders who unite the world and hopeless puppets who are the butt of jokes. In...
The Roman Empire
With the release of Gladiator II in cinemas, Matthew Sweet brings us the music of the Roman Empire - as told by Hollywood - from Alex North's scores f...
Hollywood composer Marc Shaiman
Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, The Addams Family, Hairspray, Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman's music has been a part of our lives for...
Westerns
Matthew Sweet saddles up to explore the most iconic soundtracks of the Wild West. Traverse the sweeping landscape with music from Western blockbusters...
Cinema Paradiso and the long hot summer
Matthew Sweet packs his bags in search of the films that bring back memories of summer - with music from the hot sun of Roman Holiday and Jean de Flor...
An interview with visionary filmmaker and director M. Night Shyamalan
This special episode of Sound of Cinema features an exclusive interview with the visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, known for his masterful blend...
Actor Kiefer Sutherland on the life and films of his father Donald Sutherland
With a career spanning 60 years and over 200 films, the late Donald Sutherland was a true acting legend.
His son, actor Kiefer Sutherland - bes...
It's all lies! Music for films of deceit and fakery...or is it?
With the release of Fly Me To The Moon - in which Scarlett Johansson wants to fake the moon landing - Matthew Sweet uncovers the films in which fakery...
Composer of The Watched - Abel Korzeniowski
Matthew Sweet in conversation with Abel Korzeniowski, the composer of Ishana Night Shyamalan's supernatural horror film The Watched. We'll hear about...
First Women
Matthew Sweet showcases film scores about female firsts and cinematic examples of outstanding achievements by women, and he chats to composer Amelia W...
Planet of the Apes
With the release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Matthew Sweet hails cinema's greatest apes. From King Kong to Gorillas In The Mist, apes have p...
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. In this week’s Sound of Cinema, Matthew Sweet catches up with journalist and film c...
The Ex Factor
From the new Zendaya film "Challengers", to "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind", every breakup brings its own challenges. Matthew Sweet brings the i...
Real Lives and the musical world of cinema biopics
With the release of the biopic about Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Matthew Sweet explores the stories of lives that have been told on the silver scree...
Denis Villeneuve, director of Dune Part 2, the biggest Sci-fi movie of the decade
The Sci-fi sequel Dune 2 is one of the most hotly awaited films of the decade. As part of the build-up to tomorrow's Sound of Cinema Day, which antici...
Stephen Warbeck
Matthew Sweet in conversation with the Oscar-winning composer of Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck.
Kris Bowers
The American composer of TV's Bridgerton, The Green Book, Chevalier and King Richard - Kris Bowers, joins Matthew Sweet to talk about his music for th...
Survival films
Matthew Sweet musters all his resourcefulness to bring us the music of the best modern survival films as Jodie Comer tackles rising water and raising...
Spielberg and Williams
Matthew Sweet celebrates 50 years of one of cinema's greatest collaborations - that of director Steven Spielberg and his composer of choice, John Will...