Recorded in the mosquito-infested fields of Latitude Festival, Mark and Jack dig into film music to mark the paperback release of Mark's book Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written with Jenny Nelson.
They talk composer-director shorthand including John Williams and the \"shark\" scene from Jaws, Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan's one-page brief for Interstellar; they discuss the \"great soundtrack, shame about the film\" phenomenon referencing S. Darko, Cannibal Holocaust, Exorcist II: The Heretic; and how Jack worked with composer Benjamin Squires on his own short film The Second Time Around.
Mark also talks about Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and the eerie 15/8 time signature that makes The Exorcist's theme feel so wrong, and gives some hard-won advice on sticking with a creative career when nobody's paying you yet.
Titles mentioned in this episode include:
Spider-Man
The Social Network
Drive
Interstellar
Man of Steel
Superman
The Lord of the Rings
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Wolfman (2010)
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S. Darko
Donnie Darko
Cannibal Holocaust
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Exorcist
Don't Look Now
E.T.
Jaws
Jurassic Park
You Were Never Really Here
There Will Be Blood
The Zone of Interest
Wicked / Wicked: for Good
Mary Poppins (Blunt-era)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Blade Runner
Drive My Car
Psycho
Suspiria
The Shining
The Odyssey
The Second Time Around (Jack Howard's brilliant short film, now available on Channel 4)
This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and Nicki Glossop, and edited by Jack Howard.
Recorded by Richard Gay.
Kermode on Film and MK3D are HLA Agency productions.
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