Series of programmes exploring film music. Read more
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Series of programmes exploring film music.
John Carpenter
Matthew Sweet and director and composer John Carpenter talk about the music for his films.
Epic Struggle
Matthew Sweet selects music for films that have struggled to reach the screen.
1966
Matthew Sweet looks back at the film music of 1966.
The films of Clint Eastwood
Matthew Sweet looks back on the music written for the films of Clint Eastwood.
The World of Fashion
With the release of House of Gucci, Matthew Sweet features music from films about fashion.
Marni Nixon
Matthew looks back on the career and recordings of soprano Marni Nixon.
The Return of The Lord of the Rings
Matthew Sweet and Doug Adams take a detailed look at the score for The Lord of the Rings.
Come Together at Abbey Road
A special profile of Abbey Road at 90.
Mind the Gap!
Music for films that explore the age gap.
It's a Scream!
Matthew Sweet reflects on the history and art of screaming in films.
Nathan Johnson
Matthew Sweet talks to composer Nathan Johnson about scoring music for film.
Motherhood
Matthew Sweet focuses on the theme of motherhood inspired by Aldomovar's Parallel Mothers.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple portrayed on screen.
The Wit to Woo
Matthew Sweet looks at films that explore the art of wooing.
The Modern TV Score
Scoring music for series with big budgets on small screens for TV and streaming services.
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.
Germaine Franco and Encanto
Hollywood composer Germaine Franco on her Academy Award-nominated score for Encanto.
Feast
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
Bruce Broughton
Matthew meets Hollywood composer Bruce Broughton for a look back at his career in film.
The Music of Nicolas Cage
Matthew sifts through the underscore to Nicolas Cage's career.
Cabaret
Fifty years on from Cabaret, Matthew looks at representations of Berlin's 'Weimar Years'.
The Multiverse
Matthew Sweet features music from movies that engage with the multidimensional multiverse.
Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber talks to Matthew Sweet about her career composing music for films.
Wings
Matthew turns his thoughts to film music that explores our sky-borne aspirations.
Stop Motion
Matthew Sweet looks at animating the inanimate and the role that music plays.
Star Trekkin'...
Matthew Sweet celebrates the music of the Star Trek movie franchise.
Sound of Vangelis
Matthew Sweet looks at the extraordinary output of Vangelis who has recently died.
Viking gods
The score for Thor: Love and Thunder sets Matthew thinking about Viking gods in films.
Bill Conti
Matthew Sweet is joined by Hollywood composer Bill Conti.
Stranger Things about the Eighties
Matthew Sweet with music for film that captured a decade.