Welcome along to this week's episode where we have some fantastic news.

We're very excited here at Soundtracking that we've teamed up with

EE, the headline sponsor of the EE British Academy Film Awards, to create a series of special

podcasts over the next few months. Now in that time, we will explore the minds and experiences

of BAFTA talent, both old and new. And we start the partnership this week with past EEE Rising Star award winner Will Poulter.

For one so young, Will has already built up one hell of a CV,

having made his breakthrough in Son of Ramble back in 2007.

The 24-year-old has since had significant roles in Maze Runner,

We're the Miller's War Machine and The Revenant. His most recent outing was in Detroit,

in which he plays a racist and sadistic police officer, involved in a shocking case of brutality

during the city's 1967 race riots.

It's a performance of stunning depth and maturity and one that may yet see him nominated

for an Oscar.

All of these films are interesting from a musical perspective too, from the 80s Rambal soundtrack

to Nick Cave, Warren Ellis Veh vehicle War Machine and The Revenant,

which was scored by Rauchi Sakamoto, Alvinoto and Price Desner from the National.

And it's John Pisano's theme from Maze Runner, you can hear playing now.

I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking, the podcast about the sound of the Silver Screen.

Will's performance in Detroit really needs to be seen to be believed. Directed by Catherine Bigelow,

the narrative is based on the true events surrounding the Algiers Motel incident in which three black

teenagers were beaten and killed, with nine others subjected to torture

and humiliation. The music of Motown is a powerful presence in the film, not least because one

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