TWO Oscar-winning guests join the SURROUND SOUND special
Not one but TWO Oscar-winning composers join Mark Kermode on stage at the BFI Southbank to talk all things movie music, for the launch of the new book, Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written by Mark with Jenny Nelson.First up, Rachel Portman, the first woman composer to win an Oscar and the only woman to be nominated more than once, talks about her award-winning score for Emma (1996), illustrating how she developed the themes on the piano. She also touches on her scores for We Were The Lucky Ones, Never Let Me Go, and her commercial work.Next to join the conversation is Anne Dudley, who won an Oscar for The Full Monty (1997). She too illustrates some of her work on the piano, for Elle for instance, and she discusses new release Signs Of Life, which she scored and which is also her debut as producer.Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written by Mark with Jenny Nelson, is released by Picador and is available wherever you get your books, now.---Opening title quotes from:Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)These films are essential viewing.Watch them. Love them. Share them.They are masterpieces.MK3D and Kermode on Film are produced by HLA AgencyThis episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones © HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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