Episodes

  • Kris Bowers On The Music Of Wild Robot, Bridgerton & Green Book

    Kris Bowers On The Music Of Wild Robot, Bridgerton & Green Book
    Dec 24 2024
    The final of our pre-Christmas gifts to you is composer Kris Bowers, who joins us primarily to discuss his work on the beautiful Dreamworks animation, The Wild Robot. Edith also gets into her love of Bridgerton and Green Book
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    36 mins
  • Cynthia Erivo Talks Wicked

    Cynthia Erivo Talks Wicked
    Dec 24 2024
    Following Edith's chat with Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, the second of our Christmas Soundtracking offerings to you sees the wonderful Cynthia Erivo return to Soundtracking to discuss her performance as Elpheba Thropp in Wicked. We spoke to director John Chu and composer Stephen Schwartz around release, but we're delighted to have got a little time with Cynthia, who is absolutely magnificent in this role.
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    27 mins
  • Will Ferrell, Harper Steele & Producer Rafael Marmor On Harper & Will

    Will Ferrell, Harper Steele & Producer Rafael Marmor On Harper & Will
    Dec 23 2024
    First things first: many apologies to Rafael Marmor, producer of Will & Harper, who Edith's producer Ben criminally fails to namecheck in his script to this live show at Everyman Broadgate with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele ... and RAFAEL MARMOR!!!! This is the first of a festive bundle of chats about film and music. And, boy, is it a goodie: as Edith labelled it in the shared folder where we store all our recordings for the podcast. this is the 'actual' Will Ferrell and Harper Steele. Yes, the actual Will Ferrell and Harper Steele joined me in front of an audience at Everyman Broadgate to discuss their beautiful documentary, Will & Harper, along with producer Rafael.
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    32 mins
  • Barry Jenkins & Lin Manuel Miranda On The Music Of Mufasa

    Barry Jenkins & Lin Manuel Miranda On The Music Of Mufasa
    Dec 20 2024
    Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Barry Jenkins and Lin Manuel Miranda, who join us to discuss their work on Mufasa, which serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2019 remake of the 1994 classic. Set after the events of the original, it sees Rifiki the Mandril recount Mufasa's origin story to Simba's daughter Kiara, with a little help from Timon and Pumbaa. We follow a young orphaned Mufasa as he befriends the prince Taka and is adopted by Taka's family.
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    1 hr
  • Daisy Ridley, Tom Bateman & Sam Yates On The Music Of Magpie (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

    Daisy Ridley, Tom Bateman & Sam Yates On The Music Of Magpie (CONTAINS SPOILERS)
    Dec 17 2024
    Our latest guests on Soundtracking are Sam Yates, Tom Bateman and Daisy Ridley - respectively the director, writer and star of the neo-noir thriller, Magpie. In an idea originally developed by Daisy before husband Tom penned the script, it tells the story of a wife left at home with a newborn baby while her husband accompanies their daughter to a film set, where she is shooting with a famous actress. Suffice to say, plenty of twists and turns ensue.
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    48 mins
  • Luca Guadagnino & Daniel Craig On The Music Of Queer

    Luca Guadagnino & Daniel Craig On The Music Of Queer
    Dec 13 2024
    We are so excited to bring you our latest bonus episode of Soundtracking, as two of our favourties Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig join Edith to discuss Luca's glorious new film, Queer. Based on a novella by William S Burroughs, it tells the story of Lee who, after fleeing from a drug bust in New Orleans, wanders around Mexico City';s clubs and becomes infatuated with a discharged American navy serviceman. Queer is scored by friends of the show, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
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    24 mins
  • Zoe Saldaña On The Music Of Emilia Pérez

    Zoe Saldaña On The Music Of Emilia Pérez
    Dec 9 2024
    As promised, it's a double dose of Soundtracking to start your week following our episode on Black Doves with Keira Knightley and Joe Barton. Now it's the turn of Zoe Saldaña, star of another Netflix vehicle, Emilia Pérez. Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, the film tells the story of a feared cartel leader who enlists a lawyer to help her disappear and achieve her dream of transitioning into a woman. Its all singing, all dancing, and quite unlike anything you're likely to have seen - with original songs written by Camille and a score provided by Clément Ducol.
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    29 mins
  • Keira Knightley & Joe Barton On The Music Of Black Doves

    Keira Knightley & Joe Barton On The Music Of Black Doves
    Dec 9 2024
    Keira Knightly and Joe Barton join Edith to discuss Joe's thrilling take on the espionage genre for Netflix, Black Doves. Keira stars (alongside Ben Wishaw's assassin, Sam) as Helen, the wife of a senior politician, who exploits her relationship with her husband to leak state secrets to a mysterious organisation call the Black Doves. As well as some great needle-drops, Black Doves is scored by friend of the show, Martin Phipps
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    25 mins