Sound of Cinema

Matthew Sweet features film music inspired by the folk tale in the week that sees the UK release of Isao Takahata's acclaimed Studio Ghibli animation The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.The programme also...

21 Mar 201519min

Matthew Sweet looks at music specially written for the important growth area of Video Gaming and marks the 2015 BAFTA Gaming Awards, the winners of which which were announced this week. He looks back ...

14 Mar 201526min

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel created an influential means of measuring the significance of the role woman play in film: Does the film contain a conversation between two women about something other than a...

7 Mar 201526min

Matthew Sweet is joined by conductor Robert Ziegler in the second of their two programmes profiling the film music of Jerry Goldsmith - the Classic Score of the Week is modern classic, the 1999 "Star ...

28 Feb 201526min

Matthew Sweet is joined by conductor Robert Ziegler in the first of two programmes reflecting on the scores of one of the great figures of film music - Jerry Goldsmith.The Classic Score of the Week is...

21 Feb 201535min

In the week of the much anticipated release of "Fifty Shades of Grey", Matthew Sweet features the Danny Elfman score and considers film music inspired by obsession.The programme includes music from Of...

14 Feb 201522min

Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by heritage - the Classic score of the week is Copland's "The Heiress" and the new release, Michael Giacchino's score for "Jupiter Ascending".

7 Feb 201528min

Matthew Sweet considers music written to enhance the character of the movie detective. The Classic Score of the week is David Raksin's 1944 music for Laura which features one of film music's most endu...

31 Jan 201523min