Sound of Cinema Podcast
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
UK Only
Episodes to download
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William Alwyn
Sat 11 Feb 2017
Matthew Sweet looks back on the film music career of composer William Alwyn.
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Treasure Hunt
Sat 4 Feb 2017
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by classic stories of secret maps and lost treasure
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1963 - The Year Everything Happened
Sat 21 Jan 2017
Matthew Sweet presents an anthology of film music from the year 1963.
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The 21st-Century Musical
Sat 14 Jan 2017
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music from 21st-century film musicals.
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Breaking Free: Serialism and the Cinema
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Matthew Sweet explores the impact of Schoenberg's ideas on film music.
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Part 2—Game Changers
Sat 31 Dec 2016
Matthew Sweet and Neil Brand explore music from films of the 1960s onwards.
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Part 1—Game Changers
Christmas Eve 2016
Matthew Sweet and Neil Brand explore film music from the golden age of cinema.
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In the Blood
Sat 10 Dec 2016
Matthew Sweet with music for films that explore ideas of heredity and genetics.
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First Peoples
Sat 3 Dec 2016
Matthew Sweet explores music for films reflecting the depictions of indigenous peoples.
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Women at War
Sat 26 Nov 2016
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music on the theme of women at war.
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James Newton Howard
Sat 19 Nov 2016
Matthew Sweet presents music and conversation with film composer James Newton Howard.
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First Contact
Sat 12 Nov 2016
Music for films about contact with new worlds, new people and extra-terrestrials.
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The Judgement of Solomon
Sat 5 Nov 2016
Matthew Sweet introduces film music on the theme of parent/child relationships.
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Black British cinema
Sat 22 Oct 2016
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music giving a brief history of black british cinema
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Howard Shore at 70
Sat 15 Oct 2016
Matthew Sweet is in conversation with film composer Howard Shore.
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An Alternative Life
Sat 8 Oct 2016
Matthew Sweet presents music for films about people leading double lives.
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Music for Stanley Kubrick
Sat 1 Oct 2016
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music featured in the films of Stanley Kubrick.
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Sound Frontiers: 1946
Sat 24 Sep 2016
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music from the year 1946.
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The Modern Prometheus
Sat 3 Sep 2016
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the Frankenstein story.
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From Ealing to Indiana Jones
Sat 30 Jul 2016
Matthew Sweet introduces music for films associated with cinematographer Douglas Slocombe.
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Roald Dahl
Sat 23 Jul 2016
Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by the works of writer Roald Dahl.
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Man Overboard!
Sat 16 Jul 2016
Matthew Sweet with music for films mapping female power and male anxiety.
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The Music of Georges Delerue
Sat 2 Jul 2016
Matthew Sweet reflects on the film music of French composer Georges Delerue.
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The American Civil War
Sat 18 Jun 2016
Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by the American Civil War.
Moon River: The story of the 1962 Oscars Best Song winner
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