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Our latest guests on Soundtracking are composers Isobel Waller-Bridge and Hania Rani, who joined me in conversation at a very special event organised by Dirty Soup Music, live at Soho House in London. A previous guest on the show, Isobel is responsible for scoring the likes of Em ...  Show more

Our latest guest on Soundtracking - and boy have we had some crackers recently - is none other than Jodie Foster, who joins us to discuss her starring role in psychological thriller, A Private Life. Speaking French (it's a French film), Jodie plays a renowned psychiatrist who lau ...  Show more

Our staff picks continue at “Here’s The Thing,” where throughout the summer, members of our team select their favorite interviews from the archives. This week, we revisit Alec’s 2021 interview with Hans Zimmer, one of the most celebrated and successful film composers of all time. ...  Show more

In part 2 of our look at Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, we discuss how composer Bernard Herrmann skillfully builds tension with his use of repetition early on in the score. In the second half of the film, as a new, 3-note motive emerges, we break down its musical characteristics, and ...  Show more

A huge episode of Music Life this week sees one of the most versatile composers working today, Max Richter (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Ad Astra, Mary Queen of Scots), ask renowned creators of music for film, TV and the stage how they got their starts in the music business, the ...  Show more

That's right, woodchuck-checkers, it's Groundhog Day Day! The sensational musical adaptation of the beloved Harold Ramis-Bill Murray comedy is now back on the London stage at The Old Vic, and in this interview special Chris Hewitt sits down with Danny Rubin, writer of the origina ...  Show more