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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.
The Connoisseurs
Matthew considers film and film music under the wider context of the connoisseur.
Lalo Schifrin at 90
Matthew Sweet looks back on the career of Argentine-born composer Lalo Schifrin.
Tom Holkenborg
Featuring the brilliant, classically trained Dutch composer Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. JunkieXL
You'll never leave
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.
Widescreen
Matthew Sweet looks back on the story of widescreen cinema.
Vaughan Williams and film
Matthew Sweet marks the anniversary of Vaughan Williams.
Lorne Balfe
Matthew Sweet in conversation with Grammy-winning composer Lorne Balfe.
And then there were nuns!
Matthew Sweet looks at how the world of the convent has inspired cinema.
Michael Nyman
Matthew Sweet discusses the film music of Michael Nyman.
The Romance of Horror
Avatar and Simon Franglen
Matthew Sweet meets the composer of the new Avatar.
Second Chance
Matthew Sweet looks at the music of films that offer their protagonists redemption.
Decadence
With Babylon now in cinemas, Matthew Sweet looks at the theme of decadence in the movies.
Cinema with Dad
Matthew Sweet explores the experience of going to the pictures with your Dad.
Discover the world of film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
Matthew is joined by award-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir.
Volker Bertelmann
Matthew Sweet meets Bafta nominee Volker Bertelmann.
Rampage!
Matthew Sweet looks at music written for films about animals behaving badly.
1997
Looking back at the 70th Academy Awards ceremony in 1998.