Sound of Cinema
Episodes
Berlioz - the Ultimate Romantic
16 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique epitomises the image of romantic composer as tormented soul. Matthew Sweet looks at how cinematic portrayals of clas...
Oscar nominee Nicholas Britell
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet in conversation with the American composer and pianist Nicholas Britell who created the scores for films such 'Moonlight', 'The Big Shor...
Music for Dragons
02 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The film franchise is a major part of the modern cinematic world, and the role of the composer is a major contributory factor to the success of the fr...
Smugglers
26 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet considers the changing face of smuggling in film through the scores that have accompanied them from the high jinks of Whiskey Galore to ...
Hitch and Herrmann
19 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet examines the Alfred Hitchcock/Bernard Herrmann artistic collaboration through the music for their films, including North By Northwest, P...
Double Acts
12 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet takes his cue from the newly released 'Stan and Ollie', scored by Rolfe Kent, for a look at music for films featuring notable "double ac...
Justin Hurwitz
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet meets the composer of First Man and La La Land, Justin Hurwitz, who has built an enviable reputation in Hollywood and two Academy Awards...
Sherlock Holmes
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Conan Doyle's detective takes to the screens again this Christmas with a new comic film, "Holmes & Watson", with music by Mark Mothersbaugh. Matt...
Robin Hood
24 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cinema's consistent love affair with the Robin Hood legend spawns a new film this week, "Robin Hood", starring Taron Egerton in the title role and wit...
Magic
17 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet takes the theme of magic for his exploration of film music this week to tie in with the release of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grin...
David Shire
10 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran Hollywood composer David Shire is responsible for some of film's most iconic scores, including 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'; Francis F...
Up North!
03 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet takes the release of Peterloo as an excuse to examine film music and culture inspired by life and events in the North of England.
Video Game Music
27 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet presents a special programme from the current "Video Games: Design/Play/Disrupt" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London ...
Forests
20 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A selection of film music inspired by Radio 3's Forests Season presented by Matthew Sweet. Forests have proved a rich environment for film, whether as...
Hotels
13 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it's the threatening and atmospheric environment of the hotel in The Shining or the opulence of the Grand Budapest Hotel these public building...
Star Makers
06 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With the release of the new version of A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Matthew Sweet profiles music for films about stars in the mak...
Bernstein 100: The films of Elia Kazan
25 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Bernstein centenary celebrations Matthew Sweet looks at music for the films of Elia Kazan including Bernstein's score for On The Waterf...
'Very like a Whale'
11 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by sea creatures in the week that has seen the release of The Meg with music by Harry Gregson-Williams.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
28 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Lorne Balfe invites Matthew Sweet behind the scenes at Air Studios for the recording sessions of the score for the new Mission: Impossible fi...
Music and British Animation
14 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet considers music for British animation as the BFI mark the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine. The programme looks back on scores for s...
Frankenstein
07 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks back on film scores composed to convey the wonder and terror of Mary Shelley's great creation in the week of Haifaa al-Mansour's n...
Father/Daughter
30 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at music for films that explore father/daughter relationships in the week of the release of Debra Granik's new movie "Leave No Tra...
Team Spirit
23 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music movies and teamwork in the week of the launch of Ocean's 8 with a score by Daniel Pemberton.
Gabriel Yared
16 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet talks to the Lebanese-born composer Gabriel Yared, who worked closely with director Anthony Minghella on scores for "The English Patient...
1993 in film
09 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet takes this week's launch of new Jurassic World film, "Jurassic World-Fallen Kingdom", to look back at the beginning of the franchise and...
Doppelgänger
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet introduces music for films which explore the idea of the doppelgänger - from "The Prince and the Pauper" and "I Was Monty's Double" to ...
'Caparisoned like a man'
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films that employ a common theatrical device often used to explore ideas about gender politics - where a woman appears di...
Post War British Novelists
19 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films inspired by contemporary British novelists in the week that sees the release of On Chesil Beach based on the novel ...
'A Martian Sends A Postcard Home.....'
12 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at films that explore clashes of culture and presents a mix of music for the screen which underscore the world as it might appear ...
What's The Big Idea?
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet look at music for films with an overt or subliminal philosophical subtext, in the week of the release of "The Young Karl Marx" which fea...
Alexandre Desplat
31 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet talks to Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat on a line to his home in France, about his career in film music in the week that sees th...
Gaming
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Lara Croft leaps into cinemas in the latest Tomb Raider film, Matthew Sweet takes on her, pacman and the Super Mario Brothers as he explores the in...
Free Thinking Festival: Extras Needed
10 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet rounds up a mob to explore crowd scenes in film, live from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead,.
The 1940 Oscars
03 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Chip...
Angela Allen - The Continuity 'Girls'
24 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew talks film music with Angela Allen, the hugely prolific English script and continuity supervisor of nearly a hundred movies, including The Afr...
Monsters!
17 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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'.Matt...
Deception
10 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 stor...
The Muse
03 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 sc...
Nation
27 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Fl...
Power
20 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
Grief
13 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet takes this week's new release, the acclaimed "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", which has a new score by Carter Burwell and lo...
Franz Waxman 2/2
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet on the film music of Franz Waxman and in this, the second of two programmes, the focus is on the post war years - a time which gave us s...
Franz Waxman 1/2
30 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with the first of two programmes marking the 50th anniversary of the death of one of cinema's greatest musical figures from the Hollywoo...
Breaking Free - Soviet Cinema
11 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet reflects on the impact of the Russian Revolution and music for Soviet film as part of the "Breaking Free" season, with scores for Battle...
Whodunnit?
04 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet explores the whodunnit genre with a varied line-up of suspicious looking film scores in the week of the release of the new version of Ag...
Nitin Sawhney
28 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet interviews composer and musician Nitin Sawhney, who has scored music for over 50 films, including the new film "Breathe" directed by And...
The Disaster Movie
21 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films inspired by the Disaster Movie genre in the week of the release of "Geostorm" featuring music by Lorne Balfe.An oft...
Why Music? The Key to Memory
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Wellcome Collection as part of Why Music? The Key to Memory, a weekend of events, concerts and discussions exploring music's unique capacity...
Neo-noir
07 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With Blade Runner 2049 hitting cinemas Matthew Sweet dons his trilby and gumshoes and prowls the mean streets to bring us music from some of the best ...
Michael Giacchino
30 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet in conversation with one of today's leading Hollywood figures, Michael Giacchino, composer of "The Incredibles", "Up", "Ratatouille" for...
Denham Film Studios
23 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at music associated with Alexander Korda's famous Denham Film Studios which between the 1930s and 50s were a major part of British...
Victoria
16 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at representations of Queen Victoria in film with a programme of film music inspired by the release of "Victoria and Abdul" featur...
Benjamin Wallfisch
09 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet meets the Golden Globe, Emmy and Ivor Novello award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. With his music for A Cure for Wellness, Annab...
The Mysterious East (of London)
02 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a film music inspired by London's historic East End, prompted by the release of "The Limehouse Golem" which features a new score by...
Trouble on the Streets
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet marks the release of Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" with music from films featuring urban chaos and trouble on the streets - from historic ...
Beneath the Waves
19 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with underwater film music marking the release of The Odyssey, based on the career of the pioneering French underwater explorer Jacques ...
Space Opera
05 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the space opera genre following the release of Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a T...
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
29 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a Sound of Cinema for Gay Britannia exploring homosexual presence and portrayal in British and American movies prior to the UK Sexu...
First Contact
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films about contact with new worlds, new people and extra-terrestrials, in the week of "Arrival", a new Sci Fi film with ...
...The field of human conflict
15 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks forward to the forthcoming release of Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk with a look at how film and film music portray historic battles....
1977
27 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Forty years ago this week cinema audiences were introduced to the Galactic Empire, Death Star and Tatooine as the very first Star Wars film - A New Ho...
Arthurian Legends
20 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music and takes a look at some of diverse range of films inspired by the Arthurian legends in the week of t...
Mr S Goes to Washington
13 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music inspired by the political world of Washington DC, in the week of the release of 'Miss Sloane' with a scor...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
06 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music reflecting the film career of pioneering Hollywood genius Erich Wolfgang Korngold, featuring examples from the...
Sourced from the Bard
29 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music inspired by films that take inspiration from the works of Shakespeare in the week of the release of William Ol...
Their Finest Hour
22 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music reflecting wartime propaganda in the cinema and the wartime spirit, inspired by Lone Scherfig's new film ...
Eastertide
15 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the Easter weekend Matthew Sweet goes on a cinematic egg hunt encountering music by Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin and Bernard Herrmann along the ...
Rank
08 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet presents a programme of film music marking Radio 3's Uproot festival, held in Hull - the 2017 UK City of Culture. The programme is inspi...
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet marks the BFI's retrospective of the films of the pioneering German director and screenwriter Rainer Werner Fassbinder with a look at hi...
The Eye
25 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet explores the subject of the eye in cinema through an anthology of film music culminating in the music for Nicolas Pesce's new horror fil...
French Cinema
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a live edition from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead, Matthew Sweet is joined by Guy Austin, Founding Director of the Research Centre i...
Anne Dudley
11 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet meets composer, conductor and arranger Anne Dudley for a focus on her music for film in the week of the launch of Paul Verhoeven's accla...
The Raj
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the Raj in the week of the release of "The Viceroy's House" with a score by AR Rahman.
The Family
25 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet considers film music written to accompany films concerned with family matters, following the release of "It's Only the End of the World"...
The Moon
18 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the moon in the week of the release of "Hidden Figures", with music by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Be...
William Alwyn
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with Philip Lane on the film music career of William Alwyn, composer of over 80 scores including "The Magic Box", "The History of Mr Pol...
Treasure Hunt
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet goes on a treasure hunt with a selection of film music inspired by classic stories of secret maps and lost booty in the week of the rele...
Pacifism
28 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films with a pacifist theme in the week that has seen the launch of Mel Gibson's new film "Hacksaw Ridge" with music by R...
1963 - The Year Everything Happened
21 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet features music by Mica Levi for the new film 'Jackie' in a focus on film music for the pivotal year 1963. The year in which JF Kennedy w...
The 21st-Century Musical
14 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at the 21st-century film musical in the week of the launch of Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" with music by Justin Hurwitz - who ha...
Breaking Free: Serialism and the Cinema
07 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at the influence of Schoenberg on film music - not least in the scores of Leonard Rosenman, Miklos Rozsa, Scott Bradley, Jerry Gol...
Part 2
31 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet and Neil Brand with the second of two programmes charting scores in which composers brought new ideas to the world of film music. In tod...
Part 1
24 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet and Neil Brand look back on the Golden Age of the cinema in the first of two programmes charting scores in which composers rethought the...
Ballet
17 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the magic and romance of the ballet in the week that sees the launch of the Klaus Badelt score for "Ballerin...
In the Blood
10 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films that explore ideas of heredity and genetics in the week of the launch of the Irish-British thriller "I Am Not A Ser...
First Peoples
03 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet explores music for films reflecting the depictions of indigenous peoples in the week that has seen the launch of Disney's "Moana". In pa...
Women at War
26 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the role of women during times of war in the week of the launch of "Allied" with a new ...
James Newton Howard
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music and conversation with one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific composers, James Newton Howard, whose latest score is f...
The Judgement of Solomon
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music on the pleasures and pains of parenthood in the week of Derek Cianfrance's new film "The Light Between Oceans" with musi...
Black British cinema
22 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music outlining a brief history of Black British cinema, from the work of Paul Robeson in the 1930s to recent films ...
Howard Shore at 70
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet marks the 70th birthday this weekend of Howard Shore, in conversation with the composer, with a look back on his many scores for films t...
An Alternative Life
08 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music about people leading double lives in the week that has seen the release of the thriller, "The Girl on the Train" with mu...
Music for Stanley Kubrick
01 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet looks at music featured in the films of Stanley Kubrick with Richard Daniels of the Kubrick Archives live from Radio 3 Sound Frontiers a...
Sound Frontiers: 1946
24 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet is live at London's South Bank Centre celebrating film music from the year 1946 - when the Hays Code determined the coulds and the could...
Gangsters
17 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by gangsters in the week of the launch of Brad Furman's new film "The Infiltrator".As well as Chris Hajia...
Dario Marianelli
10 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet meets the award winning film composer Dario Marianelli, creator of scores for films such as Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, The Brothers...
The Modern Prometheus
03 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
200 years ago this year, a group of English literati, holidaying in Switzerland, which included the poet Lord Byron and his physician Dr John Polidori...
From Ealing to Indiana Jones
30 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet introduces music written for movies associated with the great British cinematographer, Douglas Slocombe, who died earlier this year at t...
Roald Dahl
23 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the works Roald Dahl including John Williams's new score for Steven Spielberg's new big screen version of Th...
Man Overboard!
16 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sweet with music for films mapping female power and male anxiety - in the week that has seen the launch of the remake of Ghostbusters starring...