I’m sure by now you’ll know that I am a huge Star Wars fan! We’ve already had the pleasure of Gareth Edwards company on Soundtracking and it’s the dream to get time with the legendary John Williams. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is in cinemas now and I think it’s incredible. Writer/Director Rian Johnson has done a wonderful job. I was thrilled to get time with him to talk about his film and also working with John Williams on the score.
Did you know that Cillian Murphy used to be in a band that were once offered a 5 album record deal? Well you will hear him talk about that, but also how music has been a constant throughout his career, most notably in the creative way contemporary music has been used in the hugely successful TV series, Peaky Blinders. A real music fan who also adds music festival curator to his CV, I could have talked to Cillian for hours.
I’ve had the pleasure or interviewing David over the years for various projects. It was wonderful and enlightening to get him to sit down and talk bout his career and how important music has been on that journey.
Two wonderfully talented people who are very easy to talk to. Val and Jon very kindly gave up their time twice to allow us to record the podcast. Their new film, Battle of The Sexes, is glorious with important messages, fun with fantastic performances. We also talked about their break out movie, the phenomenally memorable Little Miss Sunshine and we had a surprise visit from Elizabeth Shue who plays Priscilla Riggs in the film. I hope you enjoy.
Paul McGuigan has made the most wonderful film in ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.’ He’s a director with incredible versatility, in both film and TV. His taste and collaboration with music in his work is top class. I loved talking with Paul.
I’d go so far as to say that Yorgos Lanthimos has almost created his own genre of film! Sweeping statement I know but one that I fully believe to be true. Such an exciting talent and a wonderful generous man to talk to. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode. And go see The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, it’s fantastic.
Call Me By Your Name will win awards next year! It’s beautiful, tender, funny and Luca Guadagnino I think, has made one of the most stunning and honest love stories ever. I hope i’ve done some justice in trying to get to the heart of the importance of music in his films, as i’m such a huge fan.
I don’t think there is much Andy Serkis can’t do! His new film Breathe is out now and a real joy to watch, really complimented by the exceptional score composed by Nitin Sawhney. A treat, a total pleasure to have time to chat with Andy. Hope you enjoy
I don’t know why but I was a little bit nervous about chatting to Michael Winterbottom. Maybe just because i’m such a big fan. Those nerves were very quickly put to rest as Michael was a total joy to chat to. Warm, funny and so very talented, I hope you enjoy our chat.
I had the pleasure of doing a few interviews with Tomas a few years back, around the release of Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy. A fantastic cast have congregated for his latest film, The Snowman and that includes composer Marco Beltrami. Great to catch up with Tomas.
It’s fair to say I am a huge fan of Denis, it’s also fair to say he was the prefect choice to direct Blade Runner 2049. Here we talk about his long standing relationship with composer Johan Johansson but also how for this particular project, it was necessary to turn to the expertise of Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch.
I still can’t quite believe we managed to get time with Nancy, who was here supporting the release of ‘Home Again,’ her daughters directorial debut. Having been oscar nominated for her screenwriting debut with Private Benjamin back in 1980, since then Nancy has been a pretty important part in Hollywood history. A dream to chat to, so warm, generous and fun. I hope you enjoy our chat.
For Philip Selway it’s always been a dream to compose a film soundtrack. The time has come with his debut for ‘Let Me Go.’ Thrilled that we got time with Philip to soundtracks and fitting it in with all his other work.
If every week involved getting to chat to Stanley Tucci, it would be a pretty sweet life. A man who can deliver on both sides of the camera he has most recently Writen and Directed, ‘Final Protrait,’ a film about a short period in the life of artists Alberto Giacommetti. We got to chat about his work both on and off screen for this latest episode of Soundtracking.
He’s just released his first feature film, ‘Una,’ but Benedict Andrews has a wealth of experience behind him in the theatre. A wonderful experience to talk to him about Opera and his relationship with old friend and collaborator Jed Kurzel as well as Una
