Series of programmes exploring film music. Read more
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Series of programmes exploring film music.
John Carpenter
Matthew Sweet and director and composer John Carpenter talk about the music for his films.
Epic Struggle
Matthew Sweet selects music for films that have struggled to reach the screen.
1966
Matthew Sweet looks back at the film music of 1966.
The films of Clint Eastwood
Matthew Sweet looks back on the music written for the films of Clint Eastwood.
The World of Fashion
With the release of House of Gucci, Matthew Sweet features music from films about fashion.
Marni Nixon
Matthew looks back on the career and recordings of soprano Marni Nixon.
The Return of The Lord of the Rings
Matthew Sweet and Doug Adams take a detailed look at the score for The Lord of the Rings.
Come Together at Abbey Road
A special profile of Abbey Road at 90.
Mind the Gap!
Music for films that explore the age gap.
It's a Scream!
Matthew Sweet reflects on the history and art of screaming in films.
Nathan Johnson
Matthew Sweet talks to composer Nathan Johnson about scoring music for film.
Motherhood
Matthew Sweet focuses on the theme of motherhood inspired by Aldomovar's Parallel Mothers.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple portrayed on screen.
The Wit to Woo
Matthew Sweet looks at films that explore the art of wooing.
The Modern TV Score
Scoring music for series with big budgets on small screens for TV and streaming services.
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.
Germaine Franco and Encanto
Hollywood composer Germaine Franco on her Academy Award-nominated score for Encanto.
Feast
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
Bruce Broughton
Matthew meets Hollywood composer Bruce Broughton for a look back at his career in film.
The Music of Nicolas Cage
Matthew sifts through the underscore to Nicolas Cage's career.
Cabaret
Fifty years on from Cabaret, Matthew looks at representations of Berlin's 'Weimar Years'.
The Multiverse
Matthew Sweet features music from movies that engage with the multidimensional multiverse.
Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber talks to Matthew Sweet about her career composing music for films.
Wings
Matthew turns his thoughts to film music that explores our sky-borne aspirations.
Stop Motion
Matthew Sweet looks at animating the inanimate and the role that music plays.
Star Trekkin'...
Matthew Sweet celebrates the music of the Star Trek movie franchise.
Sound of Vangelis
Matthew Sweet looks at the extraordinary output of Vangelis who has recently died.
Viking gods
The score for Thor: Love and Thunder sets Matthew thinking about Viking gods in films.
Bill Conti
Matthew Sweet is joined by Hollywood composer Bill Conti.
Stranger Things about the Eighties
Matthew Sweet with music for film that captured a decade.
The Connoisseurs
Matthew considers film and film music under the wider context of the connoisseur.
Lalo Schifrin at 90
Matthew Sweet looks back on the career of Argentine-born composer Lalo Schifrin.
Tom Holkenborg
Featuring the brilliant, classically trained Dutch composer Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. JunkieXL
You'll never leave
Widescreen
Matthew Sweet looks back on the story of widescreen cinema.
Vaughan Williams and film
Matthew Sweet marks the anniversary of Vaughan Williams.
Lorne Balfe
Matthew Sweet in conversation with Grammy-winning composer Lorne Balfe.
And then there were nuns!
Matthew Sweet looks at how the world of the convent has inspired cinema.
Michael Nyman
Matthew Sweet discusses the film music of Michael Nyman.
The Romance of Horror
Avatar and Simon Franglen
Matthew Sweet meets the composer of the new Avatar.
Second Chance
Matthew Sweet looks at the music of films that offer their protagonists redemption.
Decadence
With Babylon now in cinemas, Matthew Sweet looks at the theme of decadence in the movies.
Cinema with Dad
Matthew Sweet explores the experience of going to the pictures with your Dad.
Discover the world of film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
Matthew is joined by award-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir.
Volker Bertelmann
Matthew Sweet meets Bafta nominee Volker Bertelmann.
Rampage!
Matthew Sweet looks at music written for films about animals behaving badly.
1997
Looking back at the 70th Academy Awards ceremony in 1998.
John Debney
Hollywood composer John Debney talks to Matthew Sweet.
Dracula
Matthew Sweet with screen music for Dracula.
The Earth
Screen music to underscore the natural world.
Folk
Matthew Sweet explores the influence of folk on film music.
The Crowded Planet
Hallyu - The South Korean Wave
Matthew Sweet with music for the screen from the Korean Wave.
David Lynch
Matthew Sweet talks to iconic film director David Lynch.
Chevalier and cinema's ear on the past
Films that made an impression
Listeners' stories of how film changed their lives.
The world of director Wes Anderson
Matthew Sweet's listens to the music in Wes Anderson's films.
The Elements
Earth, wind, fire, water. How the elements have been portrayed in film music.
Stunt Films
Matthew Sweet's looks at music written for the stunts performed in cinema.
Destroyer of Worlds
Explosive film music with Matthew Sweet.
Think Pink
Following the release of Barbie, what is cinema's fascination with the colour pink?
Zoomorphia
Films in which humans take on animal characteristics
Family Films
Film and music for all the family.
George Fenton
Matthew Sweet speaks to composer George Fenton about his rich and varied career.
First Dates
Matthew Sweet looks at the music from films listeners have seen on first dates.
Hammer
Music for an iconic name in British film.
Laura Karpman
Matthew Sweet talks with the composer of The Marvels.
Spielberg and Williams
Matthew Sweet celebrates 50 years of one of cinema's greatest collaborations.
Stephen Warbeck
Matthew Sweet with the Oscar-winning composer of Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck.
Real Lives and the musical world of cinema biopics
With the release of the Amy Winehouse biopic, Matthew Sweet explores lives told on film.
'Interview with the Vampire' composer Elliot Goldenthal
Matthew Sweet in conversation with Grammy and Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal.
The Ex Factor
With the release of Zendaya's "Challengers", Matthew Sweet takes on the best film breakups