Walter Murch On The Conversation, Apocalypse Now & The Godfather Trilogy

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is something of a cinematic polymath – a writer, director, editor and sound designer – the latter being a job description he basically coined. Walter Murch joined Edith to discuss the 50th anniversary of The Conversation, which has been re-released in selected cinemas so you can enjoy it in all its glory on the big screen. Walter took care of the sound and editing on that for starters! We also unpack (some of) the rest of his long and fruitful relationship with Francis Ford Coppola, which also encompasses Apocalypse Now and the Godfather Trilogy.

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Andrew Scott Live At The Everyman Soundtracking Film Club

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is actor Andrew Scott, who joined Edith in front of an audience as part of our Everyman Soundtracking Film Club to discuss the critically-lauded Netflix series, Ripley. Shot in black and white, it’s a dark, brooding and beautiful retelling of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel The Talented Mr Ripley – in which Andrew delivers a performance as the titular antihero described by the Guardian newspaper as ‘absolutely spellbinding’.

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Ep 439:
Music Supervisor Maggie Phillips Discusses Her Career

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Our guest today is music supervisor extraordinaire Maggie Phillips, who has an incredible list of credits including Normal People, Moonlight, Shogun, The Handmaid’s Tale, Mr Robot, Fargo and The Great. I absolutely loved talking to Maggie – and also her dog, who seemed keen to join what was an absolutely fascinating conversation.

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Writer/director Jeff Nichols On The Music Of The Bikeriders

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is the wonderful Jeff Nicholls, who joins us to discuss his brilliant new film, The Bikeriders. Inspired by a book of the same name by photo-journalist Danny Lyon, it tells the story of The Vandals MC, a motorcycle club from Illinois in the 60s, and features a fantastic cast including Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy. By Jeff’s reckoning, The Bikeriders showcases over 30 needle-drops, so plenty to discuss.

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Richard Linklater On The Music Of Hit Man

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is someone for whom music has had a hugely important role to play in his films. Richard Linklater joined Edith to discuss Hit Man, which is streaming right now on Netflix. Based on a true story, it follows a psychology professor and undercover police contractor who also poses as a hitman. We know: the truth is indeed often stranger than fiction.

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Jerry Bruckheimer & Joachim Rønning Discuss Young Woman And The Sea

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We have a bonus episode for you today, which is an Everyman Soundtracking Live with Jerry Bruckheimer and Joachim Ronning – who joined me live on stage to discuss their wonderful movie Young Woman And The Sea. Starring Daisy Ridley, it tells the story of Trudy Ederie who became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926, but has since been largely forgotten. Until now, that is!

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Award Winning Editor Joe Walker talks Dune

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Edith has been wanting to get our latest guest on Soundtracking for some time, not least because of his wonderful collaborations with the likes of Steve McQueen and Denis Villeneuve. And it’s his relationship with the latter that we are focussing on with editor-extraordinaire Joe Walker today, with Dune 2 now available to watch on home entertainment formats.

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Abi Morgan & Lucy Forbes On The Music Of Eric

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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Abi Morgan and Lucy Forbes – respectively the writer and the director of the quite extraordinary Eric, which is available to watch right now on Netflix. To try to describe this series in a couple of sentences would be to do it an injustice, but very broadly speaking it involves a man who believes he can find his missing son with the help of a giant puppet called Eric.

Amelia Warner On The Music Of Young Woman And The Sea

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Our latest episode of Soundtracking sees a welcome return to the podcast for composer Amelia Warner, who has provided the score for Young Woman And The Sea. Based on a true story, Young Woman And The Sea stars Daisy Ridley as swimmer Trudy Ederie, the first woman to swim the English Channel way back in 1926. It’s an extraordinary story about an exceptional, inspiring woman that the world needs to know more about and celebrate.

Anna Calvi On The Music Of Peaky Blinders

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is the musician, style icon and all-round delight, Anna Calvi, who joins Edith to discuss her score for seasons five and six of Peaky Blinders. Anna’s music is such a key component to the culmination of the much-loved show, and hearing her talk about her creative process in soundtracking it is utterly captivating.

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Rose Glass On The Music Of Love Lies Bleeding – CONTAINS MAJOR SPOLIERS

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We have another one of our live Everyman Soundtracking shows for you today, recorded with Rose Glass, director and co-writer of Love Lies Bleeding. Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris, its plot follows the relationship between a reclusive gym manager, who is part of a crime family, and an ambitious bodybuilder in 1989 smalltown America. Love Lies Bleeding is scored by friend of the show Clint Mansell

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Luca Guadagnino On The Music Of Challengers

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It’s a welcome return to Soundtracking for Luca Guadagnino, who joined Edith from Los Angeles to discuss his latest movie, Challengers. The story – in very broad terms – follows a professional tennis champion who plots a comeback with the help of his wife – a former prodigy who retired after an injury – as he goes up against another player who also happens to be his former best friend and wife’s former lover. Challengers is scored by our old friends Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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Zack Snyder On The Music Of Rebel Moon & Watchmen

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Our latest guest on Soundtracking is director Zack Snyder, joining Edith to discuss Part Two of Rebel Moon – entitled The Scargiver – which you can watch on Netflix now. Following on from the first installment of the saga, it sees our heroine Kora and a band of warriors defend their homeland, Veldt, against the tyrannical Motherworld. Both film are scored by friend of the podcast, Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL.

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Episode 426:
Sam Taylor-Johnson, Giles Martin & Iain Cooke On Back To Black

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A couple of weeks after we.brought you Dev Patel and Jordan Peele talking Monkey Man, we’re delighted to say we have another live Soundtracking Everyman Film Club for you. Today it’s the turn of director Sam Taylor Johnson, producer Giles Martin and Music Supervisor Iain Cooke to discuss Sam’s Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Black. Starring Marissa Abela in the lead role, it predominantly charts the influence of Amy’s family, her early years in the music industry and her troubled relationship with Blake Fielder Civil, encompassing her triumph at the 2008 Grammys, at which she won 5 awards including Best Album. Sam, Giles and Ian joined Edith in front of an audience at The Screen On The Green in Islington, north London.

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