Martin Handley presents breakfast on Sound of Cinema Sunday, with music composed for the big screen and with introductions from the composers themselves. Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting film music to complement your morning, whether you’re resting after a busy week, or busy planning for the week ahead. Show more
Private Passions
Mark Cousins - Sound of Cinema Sunday
43 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Michael Berkeley’s guest is the film-maker, producer and writer Mark Cousins. Show more
Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge with guests Hans Zimmer and Oscar nominees Ludwig Goransson and Jerskin Fendrix and two hours of music and chat on composing for the modern cinema. Show more
The Early Music Show
Presenter Hannah French with composer Jocelyn Pook on represenations of period music in film.
59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 3 months
Hannah French looks back at representations of period music in film. She talks to composers Peter Gregson and Jocelyn Pook about the inspiration they drew on when scoring films. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents your requests for jazz in film, with music from Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Laura Karpman. Show more
The Listening Service
Needle Drop: the power of classical music in film
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Tom Service gets the drop on needle drop - the use of pre-existing music in film soundtracks - and discovers the unique power that it has for film-makers and viewers. Show more
With the Academy Awards given out today, the literary sequence turns to the movies alongside the sounds of Erich Korngold and Max Steiner, John Williams, John Adams and Poulenc. Show more
Between the Ears
Henry Mancini – Sound of Cinema Sunday
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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An immersive dive into the life and music of one of the greatest film music composers of all time Henry Mancini, who was born 100 years ago this year Show more
Sunday Feature
Flaming Creatures - Sound of Cinema Sunday
14 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Jack Smith's short film Flaming Creatures caused uproar in the 1960s for violating obscenity laws. Diarmuid Hester reassesses the importance of this groundbreaking film. Show more
The explosive relationship between Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock brought to life by Andrew McCaldon with the BBC Concert Orchestra, starring Tim McInnerny and Toby Jones. Show more
Hannah French has more from the recordings discussed in yesterday's Record Review, including the full work featured in Building a Library. Show more
Sofi Jeannin - Singing Together
Telling Stories and Forming Identities
59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 3 months
Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores the collective singing experience and how it serves to bind us together as a community. Show more
Linton Stephens tries out a classical playlist on his music-loving guest, the comedian and writer Dane Baptiste. Show more
Philippe Herreweghe conducts Collegium Vocale Gent and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Mass in C minor. Presented by John Shea. Show more