Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 3,23 May 2026,59 mins

Edith is joined by composer John Harle and presenter Mark Forrest

Sound of Cinema

Available for 25 days

From iconic themes to modern masterpieces — your weekly roundup of film scores and movie music with Edith Bowman. On this week’s programme, we spotlight landmark jazz scores, turning our focus to musician and composer Miles Davis as part of our celebrations marking the centenary of his birth. In Harmonising Hollywood, composer Jon Harle discusses Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 crime thriller Anatomy of a Murder, while presenter Mark Forrest shares his Pick of the Flicks, featuring music from a 1988 crime comedy‑drama. Plus, all the latest soundtrack releases alongside a look back at some timeless classical film scores.

Programme Website
More episodes

Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
    Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
    John Williams
  3. 2.
    Silent Witness: "Silencium" (Main Theme)
    Silent Witness: "Silencium" (Main Theme)
    John Harle
  4. 3.
    Concert on the Runway
    Concert on the Runway
    Michel Legrand & Miles Davis