Sound of Cinema Podcast
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen
UK Only
Episodes to download
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Rousseau's Forbidden Experiment
Sat 16 Jan 2016
Matthew Sweet with music from films about people living outside of conventional society.
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Countdown
Sat 9 Jan 2016
Matthew Sweet counts down through movie scores featuring numbers in the title.
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New Year New Music - Experimenting with music for film
Sat 2 Jan 2016
Matthew Sweet explores some of the experimental ventures in music for film.
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God Bless Us Everyone
Boxing Day 2015
Matthew Sweet presents music from film adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.
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Star Wars
Sat 19 Dec 2015
Matthew Sweet explores John Williams's music for the Star Wars film series.
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Northern Lights: Fire and Ice
Sat 5 Dec 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music with an Icelandic theme.
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Once More unto the Breach...
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the battlefield.
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Jocelyn Pook
Sat 7 Nov 2015
Composer Jocelyn Pook joins Matthew Sweet to talk about her work in film.
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Symphonic Bond
Sat 31 Oct 2015
Live from London's Barbican, Matthew Sweet celebrates the music of the James Bond films.
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Changing the Way We Think
Sat 17 Oct 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces scores for films that have changed the way we think about cinema.
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From out of the Shadows
Sat 10 Oct 2015
Matthew Sweet presents music from films featuring assassins and hitmen.
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Hammer
Sat 29 Aug 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces music from films made by the Hammer production company.
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Real Lives and True Events
Sat 25 Jul 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of music written for films based on real lives.
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James Horner
Sat 11 Jul 2015
Matthew Sweet with a tribute to the award-winning and prolific film composer James Horner.
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The Age of Machines
Sat 4 Jul 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by man and machine.
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On the Wrong Side of the Law
Sat 27 Jun 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of music inspired by the theme of outlaws.
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Prehistory
Sat 13 Jun 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music with a prehistoric theme.
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Is There Anybody out There?
Sat 23 May 2015
Matthew Sweet explores music for films inspired by the spirit world.
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The Ealing Comedies
Sat 16 May 2015
Matthew Sweet on the music and composers for the famous Ealing comedies.
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Classic Novels
Sat 2 May 2015
Matthew Sweet presents film music inspired by classic novels and short stories.
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Part 2—Westerns
Sat 18 Apr 2015
Music from westerns, including Alfred Newman, Carter Burwell and Jonny Greenwood.
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Part 1—Westerns
Sat 11 Apr 2015
Music from westerns, including Dimitri Tiomkin, Elmer Bernstein and Ennio Morricone.
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Down Under
Sat 4 Apr 2015
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music with an antipodean connection.
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Patrick Doyle
Sat 28 Mar 2015
Matthew Sweet meets composer Patrick Doyle to discuss his career as a film score composer.
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Moon River: The story of the 1962 Oscars Best Song winner
"Wherever you're going, I'm going your way..."
