It’s very hard to believe, but the eternally youthful Yo-Yo Ma will be 60 on October 7. This week on “Picture Perfect,” we honor one of the most famous classical musicians in the world with music from three of his film projects.

Ma played cello solos in two scores by John Williams – those for “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997) and “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2005). Of course, Williams being Williams, both scores were nominated for Academy Awards.

Ma actually hit pay dirt with “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000). Tan Dun’s music contributed to what could be termed “The Year of the Dragon,” as Ang Lee’s film accumulated 10 Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. In the end, “Crouching Tiger” was honored with awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and of course Best Original Score.

In 2004, Ma recorded a very popular album of arrangements for cello and orchestra from the film scores of Ennio Morricone, with the composer conducting. We’ll round out the hour with some of Morricone’s beloved music from “The Mission” (1986).

I hope you’ll join me, as we salute Yo-Yo Ma at the movies, tomorrow evening at 6 ET, with a repeat Saturday morning at 6; or that you’ll listen to it later as a webcast at wwfm.org.