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Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Composer Lorne Balfe On Soundtracking Live! At The British Film Institute

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6754 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Before Lynne Ramsay, there was composer Lorne Balfe. For Lorne was the very first guest on Soundtracking Live, as part of the British Film Institute's Big Thrill Season back in November.

We then went on to speak to Lynne at the Glasgow Film Festival, with Alex Garland, Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury to come soon following a great chat we had after a special screening of Annihilation at the Everyman cinema in Hampstead, London. 

The list of films Lorne has worked upon is mighty impressive, from Dunkirk and The Lego Batman Movie to Ghost In The Shell and Geostorm. He's also produced excellent work for television, with Genius and The Crown among his credits. 

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Before Lynne Ramsey, there was composer Lorne Balve, for Lorne was the very first guest on soundtracking live as part of the British Film Institute's big thrill season back in November.

0:11.3

We then went on to speak to Lynn at the Glasgow Film Festival with Alex Garland, Jeff Barrow and Ben Salisbury to come soon following a great chat we had after a special screening of annihilation

0:21.9

at the Everyman Cinema in Hampstead in London. I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to

0:27.1

Soundtracking, the Screen Music Podcast in partnership with the EE BAFTAs. Now the list of films

0:32.9

that Lorne has worked on is mighty impressive from Dunkirk and the Lego Batman movie to Geo Storm.

0:39.1

We'll hear examples from all of these films throughout the course of the conversation.

0:43.7

He's also produced excellent work for television with genius and the crown amongst his credits.

0:49.5

But we begin, as we did on the BFI stage with a little medley of his compositions.

0:55.0

The The

1:13.6

The The The No, No, and

2:03.6

No, Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together and thrilled to welcome, Lauren Balf.

2:40.0

I kind of feel we should have had you coming on the last 10 seconds of that, so you kind of arrived at the dun dun.

2:42.0

Rubbed the ego.

2:44.0

Thank you for being here.

2:45.0

Thank you for inviting me.

2:47.0

There is so much to talk about because you are so accomplished across, as I mentioned, not just film but TV and the gaming world as well, and huge productions.

2:56.1

But I wanted to know when and what it was that made you realise that composing and being part of that side of filmmaking you wanted to be part of.

3:05.9

Well, I was always around music.

3:08.4

My father was a songwriter.

3:10.4

We had a recording studio, a residential recording studio.

3:12.7

So I was always brought up with Ozzy Osbourne, living there and recording.

3:17.2

Bad influence, an early age.

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