Sound of Cinema

Matthew Sweet rounds up a mob to explore crowd scenes in film, live from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead,.

10 Mar 201822min

Matthew Sweet dusts off his tux and strolls back in time to the red carpet of the 1940 Oscars. It marked the year of The Wizard of Oz, Goodbye Mr Chips and Mr Smith Goes to Washington but it was Gone ...

3 Mar 201830min

Matthew talks film music with Angela Allen, the hugely prolific English script and continuity supervisor of nearly a hundred movies, including The African Queen, The Dirty Dozen and Murder on the Orie...

24 Feb 201835min

Matthew Sweet looks at movies, music and monsters in the week of the release of the acclaimed new film by Guillermo del Toro 'The Shape of Water'.Matthew considers the monstrous films of Universal Stu...

17 Feb 201826min

Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music exploring the theme of lies and deception in the week of the release of 'The Mercy' about the tragic story of yachtsman Donald Crowhurst boasting a new sco...

10 Feb 201824min

Matthew Sweet with film music on the concept of the muse reflecting a theme of this week's new release, 'Phantom Thread' with a new Oscar nominated score by Jonny Greenwood.The programme also features...

3 Feb 201825min

Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by ideas of patriotism and promoted by this week's new release, Richard Linklater's 'Last Flag Flying'.

27 Jan 201826min

Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the theme of power, in particular the abuse of power, prompted by the release of Steven Spielberg's new film 'The Post'. Amongst Matthew's ...

20 Jan 201821min