Cities - Urban Landscapes
Cinema's urban landscapes can be threatening and challenging. Matthew Sweet introduces film music evoking the darkness and the light of the city including "Metropolis" and "Bladerunner".The Classic Sc...
24 Jan 201522min
All that Jazz...
Matthew Sweet with a selection of jazz inspired film music including Justin Hurwitz's new score for "Whiplash" and the Classic Score "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Alex North.
17 Jan 201526min
Film Musicals - The Last 50 Years
The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews is 50 years old - in the week of the release of Sondheim's screen version of Into The Woods, Matthew Sweet looks back on the last half century of the screen music...
10 Jan 201523min
In the Limelight
Matthew Sweet introduces music written for films inspired by the acting profession hot on the heels of the launch of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's new drama, "Birdman - The Unexpected Virtue of Ignora...
3 Jan 201522min
Movie Sagas
With the latest instalment of Peter Jackson's Tolkien-inspired films launched on Friday - "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies", Matthew Sweet looks at film music and sagas. The programme features m...
13 Dec 201422min
British Sci-Fi from the BFI Days of Fear and Wonder
Matthew Sweet is joined by Oscar-winning composer Steven Price for a review of music written for British Sci Fi films, recorded on London's South Bank as part of the BFI Sci Fi Festival -"Days of Fear...
6 Dec 201432min
Lorne Balfe
Matthew Sweet meets Lorne Balfe, composer for the new animated comedy The Penguins of Madagascar. The programme explores how Balfe set about writing music for this offshoot to the one of the biggest m...
29 Nov 201424min
Let the Games Begin
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by contest and competition in the arena, from sporting prowess to the gladiatorial - including music for the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
22 Nov 201419min
