555: Clint Bentley, Bryce Dessner and Adolpho Veloso On The Music Of Train Dreams

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Arts, Tv & Film

4.6 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Something a little different for you on our latest episode of Soundtracking, as we approach our latest film from 3 perspectives, all of which are obviously very much focussed on the same objective. Namely, to make the best movie that they can. And boy, have our guests succeeded. Netflix's Train Dreams is co-written and directed by Clint Bentley, who has admirable support from his cinematographer Adolpho Veloso and composer Bryce Dessner. We dive deep into their collaboration.

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0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be
0:06.8	wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain
0:13.0	that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching
0:18.7	their peak in the afternoon.
0:23.0	Not in the mood for miserable weather.
0:25.8	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:28.7	Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.
0:31.2	Hi, how are you doing?
0:35.4	Welcome along to soundtracking with me, Edith Bowman.
0:36.8	It is lovely to have you with us.
0:42.2	Thank you very much indeed for joining me for another episode of my, I was about to say weekly, but it's like an Advent calendar, an early Advent calendar of delights from the world
0:49.7	of film.
0:50.5	We have just so much to talk about at the minute.
0:53.1	It's incredible and very lucky that we
0:54.9	get the chance to do it. Thank you to everybody who has given us their time and encouraged
1:00.3	us to go and chat them about their wonderful work and collaboration. So here we are then.
1:06.3	It is, I'm recording this on a Sunday evening. It is dark, isn't it? It is getting dark so early.
1:13.4	Winter.
1:14.1	Get the fire on.
1:15.7	Sorry.
1:16.8	Slightly getting to my own hibernation mode already.
1:19.8	But here we are with another episode,
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