594: David Mackenzie On The Music Of Fuze

It's a welcome return to Soundtracking for David MacKenzie, who joins us to discuss his heist Thriller, Fuze. Starring Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Worthington, Fuze sees an unexploded bomb discovered on a busy London construction site and follows the unfolding chaos that ensues.

The Soundtracking Everyman collaboration has had a fruitful couple of weeks, and we're bringing you another conversation recorded in front of a live audience with actress, Catriona Balfe. Catriona joined me Everyman Whitley's to discuss the final season of Outlander, in which she plays a former World War II military nurse transported back to 1743 Scotland, where she becomes embroiled in the Jacobite rising. It's available to stream exclusively on MGM+ 

We have another of our Soundtracking Everyman Film Clubs for you, after Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Beth Orton joined us to discuss the Marianne Faithful documentary, Broken English, in our previous episode. Now it's the turn of Stephen Graham, who returns to the podcast in front of a live audience Everyman Whitley's to discuss his new black comedy thriller The Good Boy. Also starring Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon, it tells the story of a married couple who abduct a 19-year old criminal and try various unconventional methods to rehabilitate him.

We're bringing you another of our Soundtracking Everyman film club interviews, recorded at Screen On The Green in Islington following a screening of the Marianne Faitfull documentary, Broken English. Edith's guests are directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and Beth Orton, who is just one of a number of illustrious contributors to the film.

Our latest guest on Soundtracking is the writer and director of DJ Ahmet, Georgi M. Unkovski. Set in North Macedonia, it tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who discovers music, falls in love for the first time, and struggles to come to terms with the conservatism of the rural village in which he lives.

It's bonus time ... and what a fine bonus we have for you this Spring Friday. After director Tom Harper joined us in our previous episode to discuss Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Edith hooks up with Tommy Shelby himself, Cillian Murphy, and one of the film's composers, Antony Genn, in New York (thanks to our very good friends at Netflix).

Our latest guest on Soundtracking is Tom Harper, director of Netflix's Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. Set amid the chaos and turmoil of World War II, it sees Tommy Shelby return from self-imposed exile to do some seriously anti-heroic work to foil a Nazi plot, among many other things. As you'd expect from a Peaky project, the music is sensational, and we take a deep dive with Tom.More ...Edith's websiteSoundtracking On InstagramEdith's InstagramSoundtracking Extra On YoutubeBe In The Scene

It's a very happy return to Soundtracking to one of our very faves, Hildur Guðnadóttir, who joins us to discuss her work on Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and, most recently, The Bride!. Both Hedda and The Bone Temple were directed by Nia DaCosta, who has been a guest twice on the show, while The Bride! is the latest offering from Maggie Gyllenhall.More ...Edith's websiteSoundtracking On InstagramEdith's InstagramSoundtracking Extra On YoutubeBe In The Scene

Our latest guests on Soundtracking is Oliver Laxe co-writer and director of Sirat. Sirat sees Luis and his son travel through Morocco from party to party in search of Luis's daughter, who has been missing for five months having last been seen at a rave in the desert. It features an incredibly immersive score by French techno wizard, Kangding Ray.More ...Edith's websiteSoundtracking On InstagramEdith's InstagramSoundtracking Extra On YoutubeBe In The Scene

Our latest guests on soundtracking are a couple of firecrackers, as Kristen Stewart and Imogen Poots, who join us to discuss Kristen's debut as a writer and director, The Chronology Of Water. Based on Lidia Yuknavitch's acclaimed memoir, it tells the story of a woman who reclaims ownership of her life following an abusive childhood by becoming a competitive swimmer among many other things.More ...Edith's websiteSoundtracking On InstagramEdith's InstagramSoundtracking Extra On YoutubeBe In The Scene