Everybody Wants to Be a Cat

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Matthew Sweet ponders the relationship between cinema and cats and features some of its best film feline scores including Roy Webb’s ‘Cat People’, Danny Elfman’s music for Catwoman in ‘Batman Returns’ and naturally enough ‘The Aristocats’. Also in the programme is Henry Jackman's "Puss Suite" from Puss In Boots, Bruce Broughton's 'Homeward Bound', Kira Fontana's 'Kedi', Yuji Nomi's 'The Cat Returns' for Studio Ghibli, Christoper Young's 'Pet Sematary', Hans Zimmer's 'The Dark Knight Rises', and some of Michael Giachino's Cat Woman score for the new 'Batman' film. Matthew also takes a look at the recently released 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy, with music by Arthur Sharpe. The story of an Edwardian cat-lover and artist, which has a digital and DVD release this month.