562: Rian Johnson On The Music Of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Arts, Tv & Film

4.6 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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It's a very welcome return to Soundtracking for Rian Johnson, who joins us to discuss the third of his Knives Out mysteries, Wake Up Dead Man. Starring Daniel Craig as master detective Benoit Blanc, the extraordinary ensemble cast includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner and Thomas Haden Church. In this latest instalment, Benoit takes a case that brings him into the orbit of charismatic priest Monsignor Jefferson Wicks and his devout congregation. When a mysterious death occurs, our hero must navigate a web of secrets and simmering tensions within the community to expose the truth.

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0:00.0	There's no better feeling than waking up surrounded by comfort.
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0:15.0	Discover hundreds of snug ways to style up your space at your local Denelm,
0:20.0	or online with free click and collect in as little as two hours.
0:23.6	The Home of Your Kind of Cozy, Denelm. The Home of Homes
0:29.6	There's no better feeling than waking up surrounded by comfort.
0:34.6	From Dunelm, the home of your kind of cozy.
0:38.3	Keep the heat where you want it with our range of thermal curtains and cuddly hot water bottles.
0:44.3	Discover hundreds of snug ways to style up your space at your local Dunelm
0:50.3	or online with free click and collect in as little as two hours.
0:57.7	The home of your kind of cozy, Dunelm.
0:59.7	The home of homes.
1:01.0	Hi folks.
1:04.4	Welcome along to Soundtracking with me, Edith Bowman.
1:12.3	Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to another episode of us diving into the minds to talk about film and music.
1:15.7	Just before we get into this week's episode,
1:19.9	I wanted to just draw your attention to a couple of things that are coming up,
1:23.9	one that might be slightly off your radar and one that most definitely will be.
1:30.0	The first of those is a fantastic little film called She Rides Shotgun. It stars The Fabulous Taran Edgerton and it's been directed by Nick Rowland. Now Nick we're such a
1:36.1	fan of on this show, Calm with Horses was the last film that we spoke to him about on the podcast
1:41.5	that he'd done the score with, with Blank Mas,
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