Sound of Cinema

Matthew Sweet takes musical inspiration from this week's new Godzilla film - the fictional filmic monster who has been inspiring metaphors and mayhem for the past 60 years.This week Matthew looks at m...

17 Mai 201423min

Matthew Sweet looks at the music for the Japanese phenomenon that is Studio Ghibli in the week that sees the release of Hayao Miyazaki last film, "The Wind Rises".The celebrated Japanese animation stu...

10 Mai 201423min

Matthew Sweet looks at the music of the Newman Dynasty of film composers, founded by Alfred and including David, whose score features in "Tarzan", released this week.Alfred Newman scored over 200 film...

3 Mai 201419min

Matthew Sweet with film scores inspired by robots, cyborgs and artificial intelligence in the week that sees the release of Wally Pfister's "Transcendence" and a new score by Mychael Danna. Matthew's ...

26 Apr 201418min

Matthew Sweet introduces film music for superheroes including the new score for The Amazing Spiderman 2 by Hans Zimmer and the Classic Score of the Week - John Williams's Superman. While superheroes h...

19 Apr 201420min

As part of Radio 3's 18th Century season, Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music with an 18th century theme including John Addison's music for "Tom Jones", George Fenton's music for "The M...

12 Apr 201419min

Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film scores inspired by the Bible including the Classic Score of the Week, Alfred Newman's "The Robe" and Clint Mansell's music for "Noah".#soundofcinema.

5 Apr 201418min

Matthew Sweet comes live from London's Southbank Centre with guest Mica Levi, composer for the new Scarlett Johansson film "Under the Skin". This week's featured new release is Jason Reitman's "Labor ...

24 Mar 201422min