Best Korzeniowski Podcasts (2024)

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Cinema Paradiso and the long hot summer 16:21

20d ago16:21

16:21

Matthew Sweet packs his bags in search of the films that bring back memories of summer - with music from the hot sun of Roman Holiday and Jean de Florette, the childhood adventures of Swallows and Amazons and UP and the nostalgia of Cinema Paradiso.By BBC Radio 3

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An interview with visionary filmmaker and director M. Night Shyamalan 33:25

1M ago33:25

33:25

This special episode of Sound of Cinema features an exclusive interview with the visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, known for his masterful blend of suspense, psychological drama, and supernatural elements in films like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and Split. His collaboration with composers like James Newton Howard has resulted in som…

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Actor Kiefer Sutherland on the life and films of his father Donald Sutherland 29:48

2M ago29:48

29:48

With a career spanning 60 years and over 200 films, the late Donald Sutherland was a true acting legend. His son, actor Kiefer Sutherland - best known for his starring roles in 1987's The Lost Boys plus Designated Survivor and 24 - joins Matthew Sweet to look back at his father's life through the soundtracks of his major films. It includes music fr…

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It's all lies! Music for films of deceit and fakery...or is it? 18:19

2M ago18:19

18:19

With the release of Fly Me To The Moon - in which Scarlett Johansson wants to fake the moon landing - Matthew Sweet uncovers the films in which fakery is the name of the game. From characters stuck in artificial worlds - The Truman Show and The Matrix - to films that lead the audience to question what's real and what's not, like The Game, Total Rec…

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Composer of The Watched - Abel Korzeniowski 29:50

3M ago29:50

29:50

Matthew Sweet in conversation with Abel Korzeniowski, the composer of Ishana Night Shyamalan's supernatural horror film The Watched. We'll hear about writing music for 'Emily', the 2022 biopic about Emily Brontë, and the film that won Colin Firth the Best Actor award at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, A Single Man. Abel also talks about why Francis …

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First Women 23:47

3M ago23:47

23:47

Matthew Sweet showcases film scores about female firsts and cinematic examples of outstanding achievements by women, and he chats to composer Amelia Warner about her score for the new film Young Woman and the Sea recalling the story of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. The programme also includes music from Pope Joan, Cl…

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Cannes Film Festival 25:22

4M ago25:22

25:22

Cannes is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. In this week’s Sound of Cinema, Matthew Sweet catches up with journalist and film critic Agnes Poirier who is in Cannes to put us at the heart of the festival. She tells of encounters with Jack Nicholson on his way home from a party at 7am and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a shoe shop. S…

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Planet of the Apes 23:57

4M ago23:57

23:57

With the release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Matthew Sweet hails cinema's greatest apes. From King Kong to Gorillas In The Mist, apes have proven a constant lure throughout the history of film and in today's programme we'll hear the soundtracks for the very best of them. And Matthew takes us on a sonic journey through the music of all nin…

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The Ex Factor 22:06

5M ago22:06

22:06

From the new Zendaya film "Challengers", to "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind", every breakup brings its own challenges. Matthew Sweet brings the ice cream and a shoulder to cry on for the films that tackle the subject of exes head on.By BBC Radio 3

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Real Lives and the musical world of cinema biopics 19:43

5M ago19:43

19:43

With the release of the biopic about Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Matthew Sweet explores the stories of lives that have been told on the silver screen.By BBC Radio 3

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Denis Villeneuve, director of Dune Part 2, the biggest Sci-fi movie of the decade 28:27

7M ago28:27

28:27

The Sci-fi sequel Dune 2 is one of the most hotly awaited films of the decade. As part of the build-up to tomorrow's Sound of Cinema Day, which anticipates the Academy Awards celebrations, Matthew Sweet talks music with Dune's extraordinary and brilliant French-Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve.By BBC Radio 3

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Stephen Warbeck 30:59

7M ago30:59

30:59

Matthew Sweet in conversation with the Oscar-winning composer of Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck.By BBC Radio 3

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Kris Bowers 34:45

8M ago34:45

34:45

The American composer of TV's Bridgerton, The Green Book, Chevalier and King Richard, Kris Bowers, joins Matthew Sweet to talk about his music for the remake of The Color Purple and Origin in a look back on his screen career to date.By BBC Radio 3

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Survival films 32:40

8M ago32:40

32:40

Matthew Sweet musters all his resourcefulness to bring us the music of the best modern survival films as Jodie Comer tackles rising water and raising a child in The End We Start From. Matthew is joined by the composer of the film's score, Anna Meredith, who talks about her experiences of working in film.Also in the programme, music from Life of Pi,…

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Chapter 1 17:01

9M ago17:01

17:01

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 2 58:07

9M ago58:07

58:07

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 3 33:58

9M ago33:58

33:58

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Spielberg and Williams 21:37

9M ago21:37

21:37

Matthew Sweet celebrates 50 years of one of cinema's greatest collaborations - that of director Steven Spielberg and his composer of choice, John Williams. With music from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Schindler's List and Jurassic Park. Matthew gives us a close encounter with the music for Close Encounters of the Third Kind as h…

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Chapter 4 38:12

9M ago38:12

38:12

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 5 50:02

9M ago50:02

50:02

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 6 56:24

9M ago56:24

56:24

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 7 30:52

9M ago30:52

30:52

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 8 – 01: 3:45

9M ago3:45

3:45

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 9 57:53

9M ago57:53

57:53

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 10 27:49

9M ago27:49

27:49

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 11 – 01: 12:50

9M ago12:50

12:50

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 12 – 01: 5:26

9M ago5:26

5:26

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Chapter 13 20:52

9M ago20:52

20:52

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Joseph Conrad

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Laura Karpman 36:52

10M ago36:52

36:52

Laura Karpman is best known for her work composing the soundtracks for The Marvels, and the Disney+ series Ms Marvel and What If… She joins Matthew Sweet from her studio in LA overlooking the Pacific and talks about studying under Milton Babbitt and Nadia Boulanger, scoring for documentaries, attending the Last Night of the Proms and the influence …

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Hammer 26:24

11M ago26:24

26:24

This weekend sees the relaunch of Hammer Studios and the release of a new telling of the Dr Jekyllstory, starring Eddie Izzard. Matthew looks back on Hammer’s contribution to cinema and to some of the often inventive and even experimental composers who have created music for the studios since its inception in 1934. Hammer Horror - the vibrantly col…

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First Dates 26:43

11M ago26:43

26:43

What was your experience of a first date at the cinema? Presumably you arrived together - but did you leave separately? Matthew Sweet listens to listeners' experiences of their movie first-dates and - rather appropriately - plays great, thrilling and tragic music from the films.By BBC Radio 3

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George Fenton 32:55

12M ago32:55

32:55

Matthew Sweet's guest this week is the composer George Fenton. His breakthrough came with Richard Attenborough's biopic Gandhi, since then he's scored over 100 films including Cry Freedom, Shadowlands, The Madness of King George, Groundhog Day and The Wind that Shakes The Barley. He speaks to Matthew about his rich and varied career as well as his …

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Family Films 25:07

12M ago25:07

25:07

Of all the genre titles the 'family film' is perhaps the trickiest to define. Its intention, clearly, is to entertain and appeal to the whole family - togetherness. But what are the specific ingredients that make it so? Nevertheless, cinema goers seem to have a good sense of what an advertised family film might have to offer. Matthew Sweet looks ba…

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Zoomorphia 21:43

1y ago21:43

21:43

From the Life of Pi to The Jungle Book; His Dark Materials to Wolverine, Matthew Sweet features film music shaped by the fantastical idea of humans as animals. We'll hear of spirit animals, cursed princes, what happens when your parents are turned into pigs (Spirited Away) or your mum becomes a bear (Brave). And we adopt the mantle of The Batman to…

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Think Pink 23:19

1y ago23:19

23:19

Following the release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Matthew Sweet considers cinema's fascination with the colour pink. Many films adopt a colour code to establish the mood and tone of the movie. The colour pink in particular has associations with love, innocence, femininity, charm and fun. In this edition of Sound of Cinema, Matthew focuses on music fo…

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Destroyer of Worlds 22:53

1y ago22:53

22:53

With the appearance of the eagerly anticipated new Christopher Nolan biopic about Oppenheimer, Matthew Sweet turns his attention to film scores bent on destruction, including Ludwig Goransson's score for the new film. The programme includes music from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, When Worlds Collide, Melancholia, Wandering Earth, Deep Impa…

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Stunt Films 29:41

1y ago29:41

29:41

With the release of the new Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible film - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - Matthew Sweet focuses on stunt scenes in movies. Carefully planned and choreographed stunts have been a part of cinematic entertainment since the start. Matthew offers a selection of music to match the moment. Matthew is joined by Hollywood stunt co-ordinator …

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The Elements 19:34

1y ago19:34

19:34

The film Elemental is released this week with a score by Thomas Newman. Matthew looks at how the elements, earth, air, fire and water have been portrayed in movie soundtracks.By BBC Radio 3

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The world of director Wes Anderson 21:47

1y ago21:47

21:47

With the appearance this week of Wes Anderson's latest film, Asteroid City, Matthew Sweet looks back at one of Hollywood's most distinctive auteur director's films through the music written to serve them. Titles such as the award-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom and Fantastic Mr Fox.…

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Films that made an impression 21:42

1+ y ago21:42

21:42

For the 400th episode of Sound of Cinema, Matthew Sweet hears from listeners about the films that changed their lives, including West Side Story, On the Waterfront, Maurice and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.By BBC Radio 3

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Chevalier and cinema's ear on the past 27:53

1+ y ago27:53

27:53

Jordan Peele films 'Get Out,' 'Us,' and 'Nope' composer Michael Abels discusses his latest project ‘Chevalier’, the story of the real life Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an enslaved African and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer and master swordsman. Meanwhile Matthew…

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David Lynch 29:04

1+ y ago29:04

29:04

In a rare interview, the iconic film director David Lynch talks to Matthew Sweet about one of the most celebrated collaborations in cinema history: between Lynch and the film composer Angelo Badalamenti who died at the end of last year.By BBC Radio 3

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Hallyu - The South Korean Wave 22:44

1+ y ago22:44

22:44

There has been an explosion in the global popularity of contemporary South Korean culture, often referred to by the Chinese word Hallyu - meaning Korean Wave. - which is also being reflected in a current exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Matthew Sweet foregrounds music from highly praised films such as Parasite, Snowpiercer, The H…

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The Crowded Planet 23:05

1+ y ago23:05

23:05

Music for film reflecting cinema's engagement with the idea of an over populated planet prompted by the release this week of Chie Hayakawa's Japanese feature, 'Plan 75', with a score by Jeremie Archache and Christophe Musset.The programme also includes music from 'Inferno' by Hans Zimmer, 'Passengers' by Thomas Newman, 'Idiocracy' by Theodore Shapi…

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Folk music in films 22:15

1+ y ago22:15

22:15

To mark midsummer weekend, Matthew Sweet dons his finest handmade knitwear to bring us the folk-inspired soundtracks from films that embrace the old ways, including The Wicker Man, Midsommar and Deliverance.By BBC Radio 3

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The Earth 26:05

1+ y ago26:05

26:05

Matthew Sweet marks Earth Day with a look at screen music composed to celebrate the natural world. He is joined by composer Sarah Class, who has written many scores foregrounding environmental issues and for natural history documentaries, and is one of the chosen composers commissioned to write a new piece for the Coronation of Charles III and Cami…

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Dracula 25:14

1+ y ago25:14

25:14

With the release this week of Chris McKay's new film Renfield, Matthew Sweet looks back at the many appearances of Dracula on our screens and at the music the count has inspired. The programme looks back to some of the earliest cinematic manifestations of Dracula, from the 1920s, including the silent classic 'Nosferatu' and brings things right up t…

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John Debney 29:21

1+ y ago29:21

29:21

John Debney, composer of scores for films such as Elf, Jetsons: The Movie, Hocus Pocus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, joins Matthew Sweet for a look back on his prodigious Hollywood career. John has a long association with the Disney studios and he explains to Matthew the extraordinary story of how his Disney career came about, of writ…

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1997 20:32

1+ y ago20:32

20:32

On Oscars weekend, Matthew looks back on the 70th Academy Award Ceremony, to date the most watched ever Oscars. What was it about the films of 1997 that really caught the public imagination? Featuring classic scores from James Horner (Titanic), Hans Zimmer (As Good As It Gets), Edward Shearmur (The Wings of the Dove), Jerry Goldsmith (Air Force One…

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Rampage! 18:45

1+ y ago18:45

18:45

Mark Mothersbaugh's score for the new film Cocaine Bear is the inspiration for this week's programme with Matthew Sweet, who looks at music for films with animals behaving badly. From dogs in an aerial dogfight courtesy of Wallace & Gromit to carnivorous mutant lambs in Black Sheep. Not to mention giant ants, a rogue crocodile and a tornado full of…

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