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Sound of Cinema: 1968

1968

BBC Radio 3 - Sound of Cinema, 1968

Matthew Sweet features music for the films of 1968

This week's featured release is The Trial of the Chicago 7, set against the background of protest and unrest of 1968, Matthew looks at this and to films released in that year.

This week's featured new release is The Trial of the Chicago 7, with a new score by Daniel Pemberton, a true story set against the background of protest and unrest of 1968, a year historically regarded as being a watershed for social change. Matthew takes a look at the film and its new score  and looks back to some of the many films released in 1968. The year that saw the arrival of 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Bullitt, If, The Lion In Winter, and Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet.


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