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Laura Karpman from 2023-11-11T16:01
Laura Karpman is best known for her work composing the soundtracks for The Marvels, and the Disney+ series Ms Marvel and What If… She joins Matthew Sweet from her studio in LA overlooking the P...
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Thomas Newman in conversation from 2022-04-16T14:55
Thomas Newman is one of Hollywood's foremost composers, one of a great dynasty of musicians stretching back to the Golden Age, he talks to Matthew Sweet about his life and music. Films scores featu...
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Germaine Franco and Encanto from 2022-03-26T15:55
Matthew Sweet talks to Germaine Franco, the first female composer to score a Disney animated feature, 'Encanto', which is nominated for best Original Score at this weekend’s Academy Awards. Matthew...
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Everybody Wants to Be a Cat from 2022-03-19T17:04
Matthew Sweet ponders the relationship between cinema and cats and features some of its best film feline scores including Roy Webb’s ‘Cat People’, Danny Elfman’s music for Catwoman in ‘Batman Retur...
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The Modern TV Score from 2022-03-12T15:55
With the arrival of the big budget series for TV and streaming, scoring has undergone a transformation in recent years. Matthew focuses on writing scores for the small screen. There's music from 'D...
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The Wit to Woo from 2022-02-26T16:51
With Joe Wright's new film out, inspired by the fictional Cyrano de Bergerac and with a score by Bryce and Aaron Dressner, Matthew looks at films that explore the art of wooing. He introduces musi...
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Bruce Broughton from 2022-02-19T15:55
'Young Sherlock Holmes', 'Silverado', 'Tombstone', 'Lost In Space' are just a few of the films scored by Matthew Sweet's guest, the Hollywood composer Bruce Broughton. Bruce looks back on his caree...
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Agatha Christie from 2022-02-12T15:55
With the release of the latest adaptation of Death on the Nile, Matthew marks the portrayal on screen of Agatha Christie's famous detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
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Motherhood from 2022-01-29T15:55
Matthew Sweet focuses on the theme of motherhood with a selection of music for the screen that's inspried by the release of Pedro Aldomovar's latest film 'Parallel Mothers' featuring an acclaimed s...
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Nathan Johnson from 2022-01-22T15:55
Matthew Sweet talks to composer Nathan Johnson about his music for films including his score for Guillermo del Toro’s neo-noir film Nightmare Alley which is out this week. Nathan talks about workin...
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It's a Scream! from 2022-01-15T15:00
With the release of the fifth film in the ‘Scream’ franchise this week, boasting a new score from Brian Tyler, Matthew Sweet foregrounds that whilst reflecting on the overall history and art of the...
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Mind the Gap! from 2022-01-08T15:00
Matthew looks at music for films that explore the age gap between their characters, inspired by the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, Licorice Pizza, which includes music by Jonny Greenwo...
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Come Together at Abbey Road from 2021-12-25T15:00
Radio 3’s ‘Sound of…’ marks the 90th anniversary of one of the most famous of all recording studios, London’s Abbey Road. Presenters Matthew Sweet and Louise Blain team up for a special programme f...
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The Return of The Lord of the Rings from 2021-12-18T15:00
It's 20 years since the launch of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings so Matthew devotes the whole of this week's programme to one of the most ambitious of all film scores - Howard Shore's remark...
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Marni Nixon from 2021-12-11T15:00
Matthew looks back on the career and recordings of soprano Marni Nixon, a "ghost singer" who provided the vocals for several leading actresses often without audiences being aware. With the release ...
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The World of Fashion from 2021-11-27T15:50
The fashion industry has long links with cinema, both on screen and off. With the release of House of Gucci in mind, Matthew Sweet looks at the relationship between film and fashion, featuring film...
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The films of Clint Eastwood from 2021-11-13T16:00
With the release this week of 'Cry Macho', Matthew Sweet looks back on the music for the films of Clint Eastwood, both as actor, director and composer. The programme includes music from 'For A Few ...
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Epic Struggle from 2021-10-23T15:00
Transferring a book or idea to the screen can be troublesome, in the week of the long-awaited ‘Dune’, Matthew Sweet selects music for films that have struggled to reach the screen. The programme in...
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John Carpenter from 2021-10-16T15:00
Matthew Sweet meets director and composer John Carpenter to talk about writing the music for his films, and his score for 'Halloween Kills', which was released this week. They discuss John's iconic...
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Bond Villains from 2021-10-09T15:00
With the recent release of the new James Bond film ‘No Time To Die’, Matthew Sweet looks back on the music for Bond villains from John Barry to Hans Zimmer. Included in the programme is music for B...
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Mike Leigh's Music from 2021-09-18T15:00
Matthew Sweet is joined by director Mike Leigh to talk about his ideas about music for films and to look back on some of the scores for films such as the historical dramas 'Mr Turner', 'Peterloo' a...
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Underground from 2021-09-11T14:00
Matthew Sweet with music for films inspired by the world beneath the surface including James Horner's music for 'The 33' and Bernard Herrmann's music for the classic 1959 version of 'Journey To T...
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Running amok! from 2021-08-28T15:00
Matthew Sweet with a look and film music for movies with a disruptive vibe reflecting the launch this last week of Michael Caton-Jones's new film 'Our Ladies', about a group of school girls from t...
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Love Knows No Bounds from 2021-08-21T14:00
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the new film Reminiscence with a score by Ramin Djawadi, with a look at films in which the pursuit of love has to overcome extraordinary...
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Christophe Beck from 2021-08-14T15:00
Matthew meets Canadian film composer Christophe Beck, who wrote the music for both Frozen films, the Ant-Man franchise and The Hangover trilogy. Initially a music student at Yale where he wrote tw...
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Indiana Jones and the Ruby Anniversary from 2021-07-31T15:00
Matthew looks back on 40 years of Indiana Jones, with music from the franchise alongside some of the titles from the Golden Age of cinema that inspired both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to re-...
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He'll Be Back...! from 2021-07-24T14:00
Matthew looks at music for the Tough Guy Movie, especially films featuring the creations of Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Bronson, Eastwood and Willis - heroes with staying power. In particular Matthe...
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Mark Mothersbaugh from 2021-07-17T15:00
Matthew Sweet catches up with the prolific American film composer, artist and author Mark Mothersbaugh, founder of art-house band Devo and the composer of a new animated movie The Croods 2. Mother...
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Who Do You Think You Are? from 2021-07-10T15:00
Inspired by the release of Freaky, featuring a new score by Bear McCreary, Matthew Sweet presents a selection of scores for films where characters have either lost track of who they are or who find...
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A Need For Speed from 2021-06-26T14:00
Matthew Sweet marks the return of the Fast and Furious franchise to cinemas, and a new score by Brian Tyler, with a look at film music for fast cars and the quest for speed. The programme includes...
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Clint Mansell from 2021-06-19T14:00
Matthew Sweet talks to Coventry born Clint Mansell, founder member of the group Pop Will Eat Itself, and one of the most distinctive composers of modern film. His credits include 'Requiem for a Dre...
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Joseph Bishara from 2021-05-29T14:00
Hollywood composer Joseph Bishara, who has scored all the Insidious and Conjuring films, joins Matthew Sweet to delve into the world of contemporary horror and discuss the presence of evil, the pow...
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Road Movies from 2021-05-22T14:00
Matthew Sweet with music for the road movie genre, marking the cinematic release of the much-garlanded film 'Nomadland'. Characters in a road movie undergo a journey - usually by car or motorbike ...
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Real-Life Spies from 2021-05-15T15:00
Matthew Sweet marks the forthcoming release of Dominic Cooke's thriller 'The Courier', with a new score by Abel Korzeniowski, and focuses on films based on true espionage stories. Matthew features...
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The Films of Bertrand Tavernier from 2021-05-08T14:00
Matthew Sweet looks back on the music for the films of the great French director Bertrand Tavernier, who died earlier this year, including Herbie Hancock's Oscar winning score for the film 'Round M...
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Spring! - The Movies from 2021-03-20T15:00
A selection of film music written to evoke the start of spring and the idea of rebirth, including scores by Ji Bark, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer, Nino Rot...
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The women that score from 2021-03-06T16:00
It’s 25 years since Rachel Portman composed the music for Emma and collected an Academy Award for Best Soundtrack, the first woman to merit such recognition, since which time there has been an arra...
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Christopher Lennertz from 2021-02-27T16:00
With the upcoming release of a full length big screen outing for Tom and Jerry, Matthew Sweet meets composer Christopher Lennertz to talk about his music for this and other films.
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Future Visions of the Present from 2021-02-20T15:55
As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, Matthew Sweet features a selection of music for film from across the years that has presented its own vision of the 20s, such as Children of Men an...
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Mark Isham from 2021-02-13T17:47
Mark Isham, Hollywood composer of 'October Sky', 'A River Runs Through It' and the new 'Judas and the Black Messiah' has scored over 400 films and is a favourite composer with the likes of Robert R...
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Patrick Doyle - Henry V from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand looks at the music Patrick Doyle wrote for Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film Henry V.
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Small Screen, Many Parts from 2021-01-23T16:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music for some of the recent On Demand small screen series and in particular at those with a supernatural theme, in the light of the release of the new drama 'Fate - The Win...
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Terence Blanchard from 2021-01-16T15:00
The American composer and jazz trumpeter, Terence Blanchard, talks to Matthew Sweet about his career in film music and his artistic association with film-maker Spike Lee. Terence's latest score fo...
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I Remember from 2021-01-09T15:55
With the release of Kornél Mundruczó’s award winning ‘Pieces of A Woman’, with a new score by Howard Shore, Matthew Sweet looks at film music inspired by the idea of autobiography.
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The Cinema at Christmas from 2020-12-26T15:55
'Tis more than just a season of snow-clad backdrops and tinkling soundtracks as Matthew Sweet illustrates in his sparkling assortment of film music for cinematic Christmases.
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The Films of Orson Welles from 2020-12-21T14:17
With the recent on demand release of David Fincher’s new film ‘Mank’, exploring the background to the 1941 classic film, 'Citizen Kane' and starring Gary Oldman as writer Herman J Mankiewicz,, Mat...
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Turkish Bond and Indian Potter from 2020-11-28T15:55
As part of a weekend profiling Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, Matthew Sweet is joined by film historian Iain Smith, a past member of scheme, for a look at one of his pet interests - how popular...
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Dave Grusin from 2020-11-22T16:16
Heaven Can Wait, On Golden Pond, The Champ, The Firm and The Fabulous Baker Boys are some of the best-loved film scores of the past 50 years. Matthew Sweet meets their composer, Dave Grusin, for a ...
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Film music for Hallowe'en from 2020-10-31T15:55
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music inspired by the theme of Halloween, from the classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to more recent manifestations such as - Halloween. Matthew looks at r...
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Secret Places from 2020-10-24T14:55
With the cinematic release of a new telling of the classic Frances Hodgson Burnett children’s book The Secret Garden, featuring a score by Dario Marianelli, Matthew Sweet looks at this and other mu...
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Zbigniew Preisner from 2020-10-03T14:55
Zbigniew Preisner first came to international attention through his collaboration with the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, for films such as the Dekalog series, The Double Life of Veron...
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Christopher Nolan from 2020-09-29T14:55
With Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' now back in cinemas alongside the eagerly awaited arrival of 'Tenet', Matthew Sweet looks back on some of the music his films have inspired, including some of ...
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History - according to the cinema from 2020-09-26T14:55
Matthew Sweet marks the release of the new Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter 'Bill and Ted' adventure - 'Bill and Ted Face The Music' - with a selection of scores for movies which tackle historical subj...
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Movie Tyrants from 2020-09-19T14:55
Matthew introduces a selection of music that underscores some of cinema's most tyrannical characters. The programme draws on music from Star Wars -Phantom Menace, You Only Live Twice, Chitty Chitty...
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Harry Gregson-Williams from 2020-09-12T14:55
Matthew Sweet meets the British-born composer Harry Gregson-Williams for a retrospective on his career in film. He’s been a hugely successful figure in Hollywood film-scoring for the past two decad...
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Empowerment from 2020-08-15T14:55
Featured this week is 'Project Power', a new film starring Jamie Foxx with music by Joseph Trapanese. The film is centred around a new drug which gives its recipient super powers for up to five min...
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The Comic Strip from 2020-07-25T14:55
With the 40th anniversary re-release of Mike Hodges’s Flash Gordon into cinemas at the end of the month, Matthew Sweet is joined by guitarist Brian May for a look back on the film's groundbreaking ...
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Ennio Morricone from 2020-07-11T14:55
Matthew Sweet marks the news of the death earlier this week of the great Italian film composer Ennio Morricone with a look back on his career and music with the Italian film expert Pasquale Iannone...
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John Williams - the scores you'd forgotten from 2020-07-04T14:55
John Williams is one of the most successful and most identifiable of all Hollywood composers, with the likes of Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan and Sc...
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The screen music of Barry Gray from 2020-06-27T14:00
Jamie Anderson, whose father Gerry Anderson gave us Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, UFO and Captain Scarlet, joins Matthew Sweet for a look back on the music of Barry Gray, the man who provid...
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David Amram from 2020-06-20T14:55
The multi-instrumentalist musician David Amram describes himself as a 'promising young composer' as he approaches his 90th birthday. This promising young man has created and played seminal scores f...
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Child Stars from 2020-06-13T15:00
Matthew Sweet features a selection of music for films that have been led by actors not yet in or out of their teens. From the likes of Jackie Coogan, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland,...
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Electric Palaces from 2020-06-06T15:00
Matthew considers films that make a feature of the cinema going experience itself and invites stories and recollections from listeners as part of the programme; and he looks forward to the new re-m...
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Disappeared! from 2020-05-30T15:00
Matthew Sweet focuses on music for mystery films, a genre favourite, where the unexplained disappearance of a character becomes the starting point for adventure. As well as great examples from the ...
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Danny Elfman from 2020-05-16T14:55
Danny Elfman is one of the biggest names in film music. His numerous collaborations with Tim Burton include Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice. He's scored Hollywood blockcusters Men in B...
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Armchair Cinema from 2020-05-09T14:00
Online film streaming services have become an influential means of receiving and enjoying film and have created an important platform for new film and for film composers. This week Matthew Sweet lo...
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Good Films for Hard Times from 2020-05-02T14:55
With cinemas closed, new releases postponed and audiences turning to film from home, Matthew Sweet ponders the best films and best film music for these hard times.
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The Unreliable Narrator from 2020-03-21T15:55
Hirokazu Kore-eda's film 'The Truth' appeared this week, it stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliet Binoche and Ethan Hawke with a new score by Alexi Aigui. That much is fact. Matthew Sweet features music ...
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Weird Westerns from 2020-03-14T15:00
Matthew Sweet takes his cue from the UK release of Juliano Dornelles's and Kleber Mendonca Filho's award winning film 'Bacurau', with music by Mateus Alves and Tomaz Alves Souza, for an examination...
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Mychael Danna from 2020-03-07T15:55
Academy Award-winner Mychael Danna's scores include Life of Pi, Little Miss Sunshine, The Time Traveller's Wife, and Monsoon Wedding. His regular collaborators include directors Ang Lee, Atom Egoya...
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The Female Gaze from 2020-02-29T15:55
With the release this week of the acclaimed 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' with music by Jean-Baptiste Laubier, Matthew considers the impact of "the female gaze" on film- making. He foregrounds films...
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Jane Austen from 2020-02-15T15:55
Matthew Sweet talks to composer Isobel Waller-Bridge about her score for the new film of Emma and looks back at other Jane Austen adaptations over the years. From famous Mr Darcy's like Laurence Ol...
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The Oscars from 2020-02-08T15:55
In the weekend of the Academy Awards Matthew Sweet looks at some wonderful film scores over the decades that somehow failed to pick up an Oscar despite their greatness. The programme includes music...
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Coming of Age from 2019-12-28T15:55
In the week that sees the release of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Matthew Sweet focuses his attention on music for films that explore the idea of coming of age. The programme features music for th...
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The MGM Musical from 2019-12-21T15:00
As the nationwide BFI Musicals season continues Matthew Sweet celebrates the all-singing, all-dancing world of MGM musicals on film. Featuring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Howard Keel in music from...
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Henry Jackman from 2019-12-14T12:48
Matthew talks to the celebrated Los Angeles-based English film composer, conductor and arranger Henry Jackman. Jackman is now hugely successful in Hollywood. In this probing interview he relates h...
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Down to Earth from 2019-12-07T15:00
Matthew Sweet presents music from films with characters who come back down to earth with a bump. Whether it's returning to everyday life after war, surviving an accident or extreme event, or adjust...
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The "Sound" of Cinema from 2019-11-30T16:00
Matthew's guest is the Hollywood Sound Designer Midge Costin (Con Air, The Rock, and Armageddon), director of the new documentary 'Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound', who discusses the stor...
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God of War and Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary from 2019-10-19T14:55
Composer Bear McCreary's credits include Godzilla King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Child's Play, Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and the PlayStation 4 game God of War. In this exc...
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Primal Scene from 2019-10-05T14:55
Joker is the new Batman-themed film directed by Todd Philips, a movie which describes the rich psychological back-story of its lead character, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Matthew Sweet uses the majo...
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Object of Desire from 2019-09-28T14:55
With the screen adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel ‘The Goldfinch’ just released, Matthew Sweet features some of Trevor Gorecki’s score plus music for films on the theme of covetousness. The progra...
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Deep Space from 2019-09-21T14:55
Matthew Sweet ventures into deep space and spins a few stellar cinematic discs to mark the launch of ‘Ad Astra’ and a new score from Max Richter. Featuring music from Lost in Space, Sunshine, and S...
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The Country House from 2019-09-14T14:55
The big-screen version of Downton Abbey is released this week so the setting for today’s theme is the stately pile or country retreat - the des res much beloved by film makers. Featured music comes...
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Spooky Children from 2019-09-07T14:55
With the next chapter in the 'It' series released this week, featuring music by Benjamin Wallfisch, Matthew Sweet turns his attention to music that underscores children in the horror genre.
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Alberto Iglesias from 2019-09-06T12:24
Composer Alberto Iglesias has worked extensively with legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar since the late nineties, scoring All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver, The Skin I...
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A Four-Legged Friend from 2019-08-31T14:00
Jed Kurzel's new score for The Mustang, which was released this week, is the spur for a programme looking at the horse in film. Matthew Sweet considers the role of the workhorse with music from Joh...
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The Spaghetti Western from 2019-08-10T14:55
A look at the history of the Italian-made western, through its music, with Matthew Sweet. A genre that appeared in the mid-60s and soon became instantly recognisable through the music of Ennio Morr...
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Henry Mancini from 2019-08-03T14:55
Matthew Sweet talks to Monica Mancini, the daughter of one of the great icons of film music, the composer Henry Mancini, whose seminal scores for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', 'The Pink Panther', 'Char...
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'You've Never Had It So Good' from 2019-07-20T14:55
A look back on cinematic depictions of 1950's Britain through film music with Matthew Sweet, marking the release this week of 'Tell It To The Bees' - Annabel Jankel's drama set in 1950's Scotland, ...
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... Yours faithfully from 2019-07-06T14:55
With the release of the bio-pic ‘Vita&Virginia’ this week, inspired by the correspondence of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, Matthew Sweet reflects on the epistolary film - movies inspired ...
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Daniel Pemberton from 2019-06-29T14:55
Matthew Sweet meets the British composer Daniel Pemberton who started writing documentary scores aged 17. He's since collaborated with Ridley Scott on The Counselor, Guy Ritchie on The Man from U.N...
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The Berlin Wall from 2019-06-15T14:55
Matthew Sweet with a selection of Cold War inspired film music for films centres around the Berlin Wall marking the release this week of Michael Herbig's 'Balloon' with music by Marvin Miller and R...
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Electronica from 2019-06-08T14:55
Inspired by the release of 'Gloria Bell' with a new score by electronic musician Matthew Herbert, this week's programme with Matthew Sweet, looks back on the synth score, including the work of Jer...
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Kaijū and the Japanese mega monster! from 2019-06-01T15:00
With the release of a new Michael Dougherty film, ‘Godzilla: The King of Monsters’ this week, Matthew Sweet looks at Japanese Kaijū, which draws on ancient myths of giant monsters, and considers it...
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The films of David Lean from 2019-05-25T14:55
David Lean was one of Britain’s greatest and most influential film makers, directing epics such as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, ‘The Bridge On The River Kwai’ and Doctor Zhivago’. Matthew Sweet reflects ...
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The Twilight Zone from 2019-05-18T14:16
Roxann Dawson's new film "Breakthrough", with a score by Marcelo Zarvos, is the featured new release and puts Matthew in mind of films that explore the mysterious realm between life and death. The...
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The Con Artist from 2019-05-11T14:00
Inspired by 'The Hustle', with a new score by Anne Dudley, a remake of the comedy 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' gives Matthew Sweet his cinematic theme this week: the con artist.
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Free Thinking - Cinematic Love Themes from 2019-03-30T15:55
Matthew Sweet live from Sage Gateshead with a look at cinematic love themes as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival.
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Things are not what they seem... from 2019-03-23T15:55
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music for films where things are not quite as they would have us believe, including music by Michael Abels for the new psycho-thriller Us.
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John Scott from 2019-03-16T15:55
He's the man who gave us the music for A Study in Terror, The Final Countdown, and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan. He worked with John Barry, Henry Mancini and Jacques Cousteau, whistled on the Ri...
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Women Super Heroes from 2019-03-09T15:55
Matthew Sweet considers music for the female super hero and talks exclusively to composer Pinar Toprak who's written the score for the much anticipated new Captain Marvel film, released this weeken...
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Video Game Music: Lines, Loops and Layers from 2019-03-02T15:55
Exactly how do you set about composing music for a video game? As part of Radio 3 and 6Music's exploration of video game music - "High Scores" - Matthew Sweet visits the studio of composer Stephen ...
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Berlioz - the Ultimate Romantic from 2019-02-16T15:55
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique epitomises the image of romantic composer as tormented soul. Matthew Sweet looks at how cinematic portrayals of classical composers have taken this idea to heart. Th...
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Oscar nominee Nicholas Britell from 2019-02-09T15:55
Matthew Sweet in conversation with the American composer and pianist Nicholas Britell who created the scores for films such 'Moonlight', 'The Big Short', 'Free State of Jones' and 'Vice' and whose ...
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Music for Dragons from 2019-02-02T15:55
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 franchise. Matthew Sweet looks back on music for ...
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Hitch and Herrmann from 2019-01-19T15:55
Matthew Sweet examines the Alfred Hitchcock/Bernard Herrmann artistic collaboration through the music for their films, including North By Northwest, Psycho, Marnie, and Vertigo. The programme marks...
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Double Acts from 2019-01-12T15:55
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 acts", not least from the new Laurel and Hardy in...
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Justin Hurwitz from 2019-01-03T15:59
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 from just four films. Matthew looks at his car...
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Sherlock Holmes from 2018-12-29T15:55
Conan Doyle's detective takes to the screens again this Christmas with a new comic film, "Holmes&Watson", with music by Mark Mothersbaugh. Matthew Sweet marks the event with a look back on some of...
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Robin Hood from 2018-11-24T15:55
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 with music by Joseph Trapanese - another take on ...
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David Shire from 2018-11-10T15:55
Veteran Hollywood composer David Shire is responsible for some of film's most iconic scores, including 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'; Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Conversation'; and 'All The ...
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Video Game Music from 2018-10-27T15:00
Matthew Sweet presents a special programme from the current "Video Games: Design/Play/Disrupt" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London exploring the nature and function of modern vid...
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Star Makers from 2018-10-06T14:56
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 making. The programme features music from 'Venus ...
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Bernstein 100: The films of Elia Kazan from 2018-08-25T14:50
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 Waterfront. The programme also features music from V...
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'Very like a Whale' from 2018-08-11T14:50
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.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout from 2018-07-28T14:55
Composer Lorne Balfe invites Matthew Sweet behind the scenes at Air Studios for the recording sessions of the score for the new Mission: Impossible film which is in cinemas this week. Matthew find...
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Music and British Animation from 2018-07-14T14:00
Matthew Sweet considers music for British animation as the BFI mark the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine. The programme looks back on scores for some of the classic children's animation titles ...
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Frankenstein from 2018-07-07T14:00
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 new film biopic of the writer. As well as featu...
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Father/Daughter from 2018-06-30T14:58
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 Trace".
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Team Spirit from 2018-06-23T14:00
Matthew Sweet with film music movies and teamwork in the week of the launch of Ocean's 8 with a score by Daniel Pemberton.
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Gabriel Yared from 2018-06-16T14:00
Matthew Sweet talks to the Lebanese-born composer Gabriel Yared, who worked closely with director Anthony Minghella on scores for "The English Patient", "The Talented Mr Ripley" and "Cold Mountain"...
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1993 in film from 2018-06-09T15:00
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 the film music world of 1993 - a year which fi...
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Doppelgänger from 2018-06-02T15:00
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 this week's featured new release, François Ozon'...
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'Caparisoned like a man' from 2018-05-26T15:00
Matthew Sweet with music for films that employ a common theatrical device often used to explore ideas about gender politics - where a woman appears disguised as a man. This programme comes in the w...
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Post War British Novelists from 2018-05-19T14:00
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 by Ian McEwan, and featuring a new score by Dan...
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'A Martian Sends A Postcard Home.....' from 2018-05-12T14:00
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 from the perspective of someone from another wo...
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What's The Big Idea? from 2018-05-05T14:00
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 features a new score by Alexei Aigui. Films and s...
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Alexandre Desplat from 2018-03-31T14:58
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 the release of his latest score for Wes Anderson'...
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Free Thinking Festival: Extras Needed from 2018-03-10T15:00
Matthew Sweet rounds up a mob to explore crowd scenes in film, live from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead,.
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The 1940 Oscars from 2018-03-03T16:00
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 Chips and Mr Smith Goes to Washington but it was Go...
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Angela Allen - The Continuity 'Girls' from 2018-02-24T15:58
Matthew talks film music with Angela Allen, the hugely prolific English script and continuity supervisor of nearly a hundred movies, including The African Queen, The Dirty Dozen and Murder on the O...
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Franz Waxman 2/2 from 2018-01-06T15:58
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 some of Waxman's greatest scores from Sunset Bou...
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Franz Waxman 1/2 from 2017-12-30T15:00
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 Hollywood Golden Age - Franz Waxman. In today's progra...
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Breaking Free - Soviet Cinema from 2017-11-11T15:00
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 Battleship Potemkin, Alexander Nevsky, War and Peace,...
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Whodunnit? from 2017-11-04T16:00
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 Agatha Christie's classic "Murder On The Orient E...
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Nitin Sawhney from 2017-10-28T14:00
Matthew Sweet interviews composer and musician Nitin Sawhney, who has scored music for over 50 films, including the new film "Breathe" directed by Andy Serkis, and music for TV including "Human Pla...
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The Disaster Movie from 2017-10-21T14:00
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 often ensemble cast, pitted against difficult od...
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Why Music? The Key to Memory from 2017-10-14T14:00
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 to be remembered. Matthew Sweet is joined by ...
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Michael Giacchino from 2017-09-30T14:00
Matthew Sweet in conversation with one of today's leading Hollywood figures, Michael Giacchino, composer of "The Incredibles", "Up", "Ratatouille" for Disney/Pixar and for his collaborations with J...
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Denham Film Studios from 2017-09-23T15:00
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 cultural life bringing us films such as Things...
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Benjamin Wallfisch from 2017-09-09T15:00
Matthew Sweet meets the Golden Globe, Emmy and Ivor Novello award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. With his music for A Cure for Wellness, Annabelle: Creation and Dunkirk already in cinemas t...
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The Mysterious East (of London) from 2017-09-02T14:58
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 Johan Soderqvist. The film, by Juan Carlos Med...
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Trouble on the Streets from 2017-08-26T14:49
Matthew Sweet marks the release of Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" with music from films featuring urban chaos and trouble on the streets - from historic riots in cities across the US to dystopian visi...
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Beneath the Waves from 2017-08-19T14:58
Matthew Sweet with underwater film music marking the release of The Odyssey, based on the career of the pioneering French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau: from deep sea diving adventures score...
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Space Opera from 2017-08-05T14:00
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 Thousand Planets" with a new score by Alexandre ...
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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name from 2017-07-29T14:02
Matthew Sweet with a Sound of Cinema for Gay Britannia exploring homosexual presence and portrayal in British and American movies prior to the UK Sexual Offences Act of 1967 and its partially decri...
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First Contact from 2017-07-18T07:46
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 a score by Jóhann Jóhannsson. The programme fe...
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...The field of human conflict from 2017-07-15T14:58
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. The programme features music from "Sink The Bi...
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Arthurian Legends from 2017-05-20T15:00
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 the release of Guy Ritchie's new film "King Arth...
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Mr S Goes to Washington from 2017-05-13T15:00
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 score by Max Richter. The programme looks at some ...
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold from 2017-05-06T15:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music reflecting the film career of pioneering Hollywood genius Erich Wolfgang Korngold, featuring examples from the scores for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Captain ...
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Sourced from the Bard from 2017-04-29T15:00
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 Oldroyd's film "Lady Macbeth". While the cinema...
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Their Finest Hour from 2017-04-22T15:00
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 "Their Finest" with a score by Rachel Portman, ...
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Eastertide from 2017-04-15T14:00
For the Easter weekend Matthew Sweet goes on a cinematic egg hunt encountering music by Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin and Bernard Herrmann along the way. There are some bunnies too, courtesy of Do...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 2017-03-29T17:22
Matthew Sweet marks the BFI's retrospective of the films of the pioneering German director and screenwriter Rainer Werner Fassbinder with a look at his collaboration with composer Peer Raben. Plus ...
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French Cinema from 2017-03-23T17:42
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 in Film and Digital Media at Newcastle Universit...
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Anne Dudley from 2017-03-11T15:45
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 acclaimed new film "Elle". One time member of the 80...
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The Family from 2017-02-25T15:45
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", with music by Gabriel Yared. The programme ...
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William Alwyn from 2017-02-17T12:15
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 Polly", "The Swiss Family Robinson" and "The Crims...
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Treasure Hunt from 2017-02-06T15:49
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 release of "Gold" with music by Daniel Pemberton. ...
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1963 - The Year Everything Happened from 2017-01-21T16:15
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 was assassinated, and when in the film world Ric...
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The 21st-Century Musical from 2017-01-14T17:00
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 had a huge success with "Whiplash" a couple of ye...
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Breaking Free: Serialism and the Cinema from 2017-01-07T16:30
Matthew Sweet looks at the influence of Schoenberg on film music - not least in the scores of Leonard Rosenman, Miklos Rozsa, Scott Bradley, Jerry Goldsmith, David Shire, Ernest Gold, Johnny Mandel...
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In the Blood from 2016-12-10T16:00
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 Serial Killer". In Billy O'Brien's new film, base...
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First Peoples from 2016-12-03T16:30
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 particular he focuses on Native Americans on the ...
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Women at War from 2016-11-26T16:30
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 score by Alan Silvestri. The programme draws f...
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James Newton Howard from 2016-11-24T16:45
Matthew Sweet with music and conversation with one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific composers, James Newton Howard, whose latest score is for the JK Rowling inspired film "Fantastic Beas...
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The Judgement of Solomon from 2016-11-23T14:48
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 music by Alexandre Desplat. The programme also fea...
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Black British cinema from 2016-10-22T15:30
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 such as "Belle" and "Twelve Years A Slave". Th...
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Howard Shore at 70 from 2016-10-21T15:36
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 to date, which include titles like "The Fly"; "S...
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An Alternative Life from 2016-10-08T15:38
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 music by Danny Elfman. The programme also featur...
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Music for Stanley Kubrick from 2016-10-01T16:48
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 at London's Southbank Centre.
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Sound Frontiers: 1946 from 2016-09-24T15:13
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 nots; when Noir was at its height; when UK cin...
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Dario Marianelli from 2016-09-10T15:00
Matthew Sweet meets the award winning film composer Dario Marianelli, creator of scores for films such as Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, The Brothers Grimm and Anna Karenina, in the week of the la...
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The Modern Prometheus from 2016-09-03T15:01
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, Mary Shelley, her step-sister Claire Clairemo...
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From Ealing to Indiana Jones from 2016-07-30T15:00
Matthew Sweet introduces music written for movies associated with the great British cinematographer, Douglas Slocombe, who died earlier this year at the age of 103. The catalogue of his films incl...
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Roald Dahl from 2016-07-23T15:00
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 The BFG. The programme also features music from ...
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Man Overboard! from 2016-07-16T15:00
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 Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCart...
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The Music of Georges Delerue from 2016-07-02T15:01
Matthew Sweet reflects on the film music of the great French film composer Georges Delerue, who composed over 350 scores including much of the music for the films of François Truffaut - a composer ...
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The American Civil War from 2016-06-18T15:00
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the American Civil War including the Classic Score of the Week - Max Steiner's "Gone With The Wind". Featured scores include those for "North and South"; "...
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Courtroom Drama from 2016-06-11T15:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music inspired by the court room drama - including the classic score of the week - Franz Waxman's music for Hitchcock's "The Paradine Case".
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Imaginary Films from 2016-05-14T15:00
Matthew Sweet explores the trend among composers of creating music for films that do not actually exist. Matthew looks at music for "Imaginary films", music written for films that don't exist and a...
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The Entertainer from 2016-05-07T15:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the idea of 'The Entertainer' in the week of the launch of Stephen Frears's new film "Florence Foster Jenkins", with music by Alexandr...
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The Yellow Star from 2016-04-30T15:00
Matthew Sweet presents music from films set in and after the Holocaust including Laszlo Melis's score to Son of Saul which won Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Academy Awards, and Alfred N...
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Brian Tyler from 2016-04-16T15:00
Matthew Sweet is joined by Award winning Hollywood composer Brian Tyler whose credits include over 70 films including blockbusters such "Avengers: Age of Ultron", "Iron Man 3" and the "Fast and Fur...
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Powell and Pressburger from 2016-04-02T15:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music for the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger who created some of Britain's best loved and innovative classic films. The programme features music from "The 49t...
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Batman v Superman from 2016-03-31T10:01
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by the cinematic portrayal of Batman and Superman in the week in which the movies pit one comic strip hero against the other in Zack Snyder's "Batman v. Super...
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Son of God from 2016-03-19T16:00
Matthew Sweet with a programme of film music inspired by the life and times of Christ.
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International Women's Day from 2016-03-05T16:01
Ahead of Radio 3's International Women's Day celebration this Tuesday Matthew Sweet presents music from films made by female directors, from Hollywood big hitters Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion, ...
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Crime and Punishment from 2016-02-27T16:01
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music inspired by "crime and punishment" prompted by the Hollywood remake of "Secret In Their Eyes" with music by Emilio Kauderer. The programme also includes...
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Malcolm Arnold from 2016-02-20T16:01
Matthew Sweet looks back on the film career of Malcolm Arnold, including excerpts from "Hobson's Choice", "Bridge on the River Kwai", "Hard Times" and "Roots of Heaven". Matthew's classic score of ...
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Enemy of the People from 2016-02-13T16:02
Matthew Sweet with music for films about whistle-blowers, Cassandras and Enemies of the People in the week that sees the launch of the Ibsenesque "Concussion" starring Will Smith.The programme feat...
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Reds and Beds from 2016-02-06T16:01
Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the fears of communist infiltration in Hollywood in the late 40s and 50s and the persecution of the "Hollywood 10" and others, in the we...
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Rags and Riches from 2016-01-23T16:01
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by images of poverty and riches in the week of the launch of "The Big Short" with a score by Nicholas Britell. Nicholas Brittell's work ...
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Rousseau's Forbidden Experiment from 2016-01-16T16:01
Matthew Sweet with music for films about those cut off from conventional living. Those left to their own devices include Mowgli, Tarzan and Romulus&Remus. The programme features music from "Edward...
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New Year New Music - Experimenting with music for film from 2016-01-02T16:06
Matthew Sweet looks at some of the experimental ventures in music for film from composers who have strived to create new sounds and evoke new aural worlds to underscore the movies. Recorded as par...
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God Bless Us Everyone from 2015-12-26T14:03
Matthew Sweet presents music from film adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens: including scores for his festive favourite A Christmas Carol by Richard Addinsell and Danny Elfman.
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Northern Lights: Fire and Ice from 2015-12-05T16:00
Matthew Sweet looks at film, music, and Iceland and is joined by the award-winning composer Johann Johannsson, whose scores include The Theory of Everything and Sicario.
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Once More unto the Breach... from 2015-11-21T12:48
Matthew Sweet looks at film music inspired by the battlefield hot on the heels of the release of Hunger Games, Mockingjay 2. The Classic score of the week is Rosza's El Cid. The programme also inc...
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Jocelyn Pook from 2015-11-07T14:13
Matthew Sweet is joined by composer Jocelyn Pook, whose music features in Eyes Wide Shut, Heidi and Brick Lane to talk about her work in film.
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Symphonic Bond from 2015-10-31T14:21
As the new James Bond movie, "Spectre" reaches cinemas, Matthew Sweet is at London's Barbican Centre as part of "Sound Unbound" to celebrate the great music from this most beloved of movie franchis...
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Witchcraft from 2015-10-24T13:39
Matthew Sweet introduces music for films exploring the theme of witchcraft prompted by the release of "The Last Witch Hunter" with music by Steve Jablonsky. The Classic Score of the Week is Roy Web...
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Changing the Way We Think from 2015-10-17T13:25
Matthew Sweet introduces scores for films that question the way we think about the cinema, and about other things as well.... The programme features music from Birth of a Nation; The Assassination...
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From out of the Shadows from 2015-10-10T13:46
Matthew Sweet presents music from films featuring a range of assassins, hitmen and sharp shooters. Our classic score of the week is David Amram's 1962 score for The Manchurian Candidate, the Cold W...
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The Caledonian Way from 2015-10-03T14:44
Matthew Sweet reflects on film music which revels in the history and culture of Scotland.
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Marco Beltrami from 2015-08-08T14:00
Matthew Sweet meets prolific American composer Marco Beltrami, pupil of Jerry Goldsmith and arguably the foremost creator of the modern horror film soundtrack. ("Scream", "Mimic","Carrie", "The Ome...
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Real Lives and True Events from 2015-07-25T14:00
Matthew Sweet turns his attention to music written for films based on real lives and true events in the weekend of the launch of "True Story" - a film inspired by a real tale of identify theft. Mu...
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James Horner from 2015-07-11T16:00
Matthew Sweet presents a tribute to the film composer James Horner who died suddenly last month. A regular collaborator of directors Ron Howard and James Cameron, Horner was nominated for ten Acade...
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The Age of Machines from 2015-07-04T15:00
Matthew Sweet on film music inspired by man and machine in the week of the launch of the latest in the Terminator series. Matthew joins composers Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe who talk about their ne...
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On the Wrong Side of the Law from 2015-07-01T11:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music written for characters who find themselves on the wrong side of the law in the week that has seen the release of John Maclean's "Slow West" with a score...
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Prehistory from 2015-06-13T15:25
Matthew Sweet excavates samples of prehistoric film music in the light of the launch of the latest movie in the Jurassic Park franchise - Jurassic World.The programme features scores from "When Din...
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Is There Anybody out There? from 2015-05-30T15:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music for films inspired by the spirit world in the week of the release of the remake of "Poltergeist" with a new score by Marc Streitenfeld. The programme also features mus...
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The Ealing Comedies from 2015-05-16T15:55
Matthew Sweet turns his attention to the celebrated Ealing Comedies from 1947-57 and the composers who wrote the music for them, including Georges Auric, Benjamin Frankel, Tristram Cary and Ernest ...
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Classic Novels from 2015-05-02T15:00
Matthew Sweet presents film music inspired by classic novels in the week of the launch of Thomas Vinterberg's new version of Thomas Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd" with music by Craig Armstron...
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Patrick Doyle from 2015-04-08T09:46
Matthew Sweet meets composer Patrick Doyle for a look back on his film composing career to date in the week that sees the release of his new score for Disney's Cinderella.
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Down Under from 2015-04-04T15:01
With the release of Russell Crowe's directorial debut in The Water Diviner, Matthew Sweet features some of its music and looks at a selection of film music with an antipodean connection.
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Folk Tales from 2015-03-21T17:00
Matthew Sweet features film music inspired by the folk tale in the week that sees the UK release of Isao Takahata's acclaimed Studio Ghibli animation The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. The programme...
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Bafta Games Awards from 2015-03-14T17:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music specially written for the important growth area of Video Gaming and marks the 2015 BAFTA Gaming Awards, the winners of which which were announced this week. He looks ba...
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Women in Film from 2015-03-07T17:00
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel created an influential means of measuring the significance of the role woman play in film: Does the film contain a conversation between two women about something other tha...
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Jerry Goldsmith 1/2 from 2015-02-21T17:00
Matthew Sweet is joined by conductor Robert Ziegler in the first of two programmes reflecting on the scores of one of the great figures of film music - Jerry Goldsmith. The Classic Score of the We...
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Inherit the Earth from 2015-02-07T17:01
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by heritage - the Classic score of the week is Copland's "The Heiress" and the new release, Michael Giacchino's score for "Jupiter Ascending".
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Cities - Urban Landscapes from 2015-01-24T17:00
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 Class...
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All that Jazz... from 2015-01-17T17:00
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.
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Film Musicals - The Last 50 Years from 2015-01-10T17:00
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 mu...
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In the Limelight from 2015-01-03T17:00
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 Ign...
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Movie Sagas from 2014-12-13T17:00
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 feature...
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British Sci-Fi from the BFI Days of Fear and Wonder from 2014-12-06T17:00
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 F...
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Lorne Balfe from 2014-11-29T17:00
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 bigges...
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Let the Games Begin from 2014-11-22T17:00
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.
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Live from the Free Thinking Festival: Breaking the Sound Barrier from 2014-11-14T14:51
Matthew Sweet presents a live edition from Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at Sage Gateshead with composer Max Richter, whose credits include music for "Shutter Island", "Waltz with Bashi...
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The Fourth Dimension from 2014-11-08T17:00
Matthew Sweet profiles scores for films inspired by notions of time, space and travel prompted by Christopher Nolan's new film "Interstellar". The programme includes music by Bill McGuffie from "D...
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Richard Attenborough Tribute from 2014-10-18T16:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music in homage to the late Richard Attenborough. Matthew's guest is the composer George Fenton who collaborated with Attenborough on many films: "Gandh...
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Of a Puzzling Nature from 2014-10-11T16:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music for films inspired by puzzles and games prompted by this week's new release, "The Maze Runner" with music by John Paesano. The Classic Score of the Week is ...
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Guilty 'til Proven Innocent from 2014-10-04T16:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music for films on the subject of innocence and guilt prompted by the release of David Fincher's "Gone Girl" with a new score by Trent Reznor. The programme also ...
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From the Small Screen from 2014-09-27T16:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music for film that began life on the small screen, including Harry Gregson-Williams's score for Antoine Fuqua's new release - The Equalizer. The programme also i...
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Grey Matter - Brains and Movie Music from 2014-08-23T16:00
Matthew Sweet with a selection of music for film inspired by the human brain, from the thoughts of great geniuses to the creations of mad scientists. Featured scores include: Hans Zimmer and Lorne...
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Till Death Us Do Part from 2014-08-02T15:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film scores inspired by love and tragedy prompted by this week's featured new release, Michel Gondry's romantic fantasy film Mood Indigo, starring Audrey Tau...
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They Came from Outer Space from 2014-07-26T15:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by visitors from outer space inspired by the week's featured new release: David Green's "Earth to Echo" with music by Joseph Trapanese. ...
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Monkey Business from 2014-07-19T15:07
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of simian inspired film music for the week that has seen the release of the latest in the Planet of the Apes series of movies: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes wi...
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Senior Moments from 2014-07-05T15:00
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by movies about old age, prompted by this week's new release: "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared", with music by Matti By...
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Music in the Great War: The First World War from 2014-06-28T15:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music for films set against the background of the First World War, including the Classic Score of the Week, Joseph Kosma's music for Jean Renoir's movie masterpiece, La Grand...
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Computer Animations and John Powell from 2014-06-21T15:00
Matthew Sweet talks to Hollywood composer John Powell about film scores for computer-animated features such as "How To Train Your Dragon", the much anticipated sequel to which is scatter-released o...
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Movie Inventors from 2014-06-14T15:00
Matthew Sweet looks at film music inspired by inventors following Friday's launch of "The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet". As well as music by Denis Sanacore from Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film, the...
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Rachel Portman and Belle from 2014-06-07T15:00
Matthew Sweet meets composer Rachel Portman in the week that sees the launch of Amma Asante's "Belle", featuring a new Rachel Portman score. Rachel Portman is one of the most successful and distin...
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The Screen Villainess from 2014-05-31T15:00
Matthew Sweet introduces music inspired by screen villainesses in the week that sees the launch of Robert Stromberg's film, "Maleficent" - inspired by Disney's vindictive fairy in "Sleeping Beauty"...
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The Wizard of Oz from 2014-05-24T15:00
In the week that sees the release of "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return", Matthew Sweet looks back on some of the film music that has been created for the adaptations of L Frank Baum's stories of Dor...
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Beneath the Surface with Godzilla - King of Metaphors from 2014-05-17T15:00
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...
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Studio Ghibli from 2014-05-10T15:00
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 animatio...
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The Newman Dynasty from 2014-05-03T15:00
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.
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Robots, Cyborgs and AI from 2014-04-26T15:00
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...
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Comic Strip Heroes from 2014-04-19T15:00
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.
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Film Scores Inspired by the 18th Century from 2014-04-12T15:00
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 "Th...
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Live at Southbank Centre: Mica Levi from 2014-03-24T14:30
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 "Lab...
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Number Crunching from 2014-03-15T16:00
Matthew Sweet proves there's more to movies and mathematics than Superman 1, 2, 3 etc with a selection of film music sharing the theme of The Zero Theorem, this week's big release.
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Ancient Greece - the Soundtrack (According to Hollywood) from 2014-03-08T16:00
Matthew Sweet on film music written for the sword and sandal movie world of Ancient Greece, prompted by this week's featured new release "300: Rise of an Empire".
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19th Century Women from 2014-02-10T16:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by 19th-century women alongside this week's featured new release, "The Invisible Woman" - about Charles Dickens's relationship with the a...
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Behind Enemy Lines from 2014-02-01T16:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music about war and military action behind enemy lines - inspired by this week's featured new release - Peter Berg's "The Lone Survivor", which has a ne...
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Filthy Lucre! from 2014-01-18T16:03
Matthew Sweet introduces film scores on the subject of money by Max Steiner, Ernest Gold and others, and profiles the music for the new cinema release from Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street...
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Imprisoned from 2014-01-04T16:05
This week's featured release is "Mandela:The Long Walk to Freedom", Matthew Sweet features the new score by Alex Heffes and looks at music inspired by other films about prisoners.
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Here Be Dragons... from 2013-12-07T16:00
In the light of the second instalment of Peter Jackson's Tolkien-inspired Hobbit trilogy - "The Desolation of Smaug" - which is launched on Friday, Matthew Sweet focuses on music inspired by fantas...
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From the Writings of Stephen King from 2013-11-30T16:00
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film scores inspired by the master of horror, fantasy and suspense - Stephen King, in the light of this week's featured new release, Kimberly Peirce's versio...
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The Films of Ridley Scott from 2013-11-16T16:00
Matthew Sweet looks back at scores from the films of the distinguished British director Sir Ridley Scott whose new film "The Counsellor" is released this week.
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The Final Frontier from 2013-11-09T16:00
Matthew Sweet introduces music from this week's featured new release, Alfonso Cuarón's space adventure "Gravity", with music by Steven Price. This week's theme looks at film scores created for film...
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Lost Children from 2013-11-02T16:00
Matthew Sweet looks at music inspired by the theme of lost children prompted by this week's new release, Stephen Frears's "Philomena", with music by Alexandre Desplat.
"Philomena" won Stev...
Movie Journalists - Music for the Press from 2013-10-12T16:00
Matthew Sweet takes Carter Burwell's score for the new release, "The Fifth Estate", and profiles music for films reflecting journalism, from Citizen Kane to Frost/Nixon.
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The Sea, the Sea! from 2013-10-07T11:00
Matthew Sweet's weekly celebration of film music looks at scores inspired by our relationship with the sea, including this week's new release, Paul Wright's "For Those In Peril".
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Franz Waxman - Sunset Boulevard from 2013-10-04T10:00
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces the music Franz Waxman wrote for Billy Wilder's dark satire, Sunset Boulevard.
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Arthur Honegger - Pacific 231 from 2013-10-03T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand looks at composer Arthur Honegger's work, Pacific 231, and its use in Jean Mitry's 1949 film of the same name.
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Aaron Copland - The Heiress from 2013-10-02T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Aaron Copland's score for the film The Heiress.
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John Williams - Close Encounters from 2013-09-30T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces composer John Williams' Close Encounters Suite
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Vaughan Williams - Scott of the Antarctic from 2013-09-27T10:05
As part of BBC Sound of Cinema, Neil Brand looks at the music Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for the film Scott of the Antarctic.
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Gershwin - An American in Paris from 2013-09-26T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand looks at George Gershwin's music in the film An American in Paris.
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Rosza - Violin Concerto from 2013-09-25T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Mikloas Rosza’s Violin Concerto - the work he later adapted for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
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Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from 2013-09-24T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand looks at William Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, taken from his score for The First of the Few.
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Korngold - Robin Hood from 2013-09-23T10:05
As part of the BBC Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces the music Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote for the 1938 film, The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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Alex North - Streetcar Named Desire from 2013-09-20T12:00
As part of The Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Alex North's score for the film A Streetcar Named Desire and explores why it is one of the most important in the history of film music.
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Mahler - Death in Venice from 2013-09-19T12:00
As part of The Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces music from Mahler's Symphony No.5 used in the film Death in Venice and explores why it is one of the most important soundtracks in the h...
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Arnold - The Belles of St Trinian's from 2013-09-18T12:00
As part of The Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Malcolm Arnold’s score for The Belles of St Trinian's and explores why it is one of the most important in the history of film music.
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Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky from 2013-09-17T12:00
As part of The Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Sergei Prokofiev’s score for the film Alexander Nevsky and explores why it is one of the most important in the history of film music.
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Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo from 2013-09-16T12:00
As part of The Sound of Cinema season, Neil Brand introduces Bernard Herrmann's score for the film Vertigo and explores why it is one of the most important in the history of film music.
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