Director Duncan Jones And Composer Clint Mansell Discuss The Music Of Mute And Moon

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We have a treat for you on this week's episode of Soundtracking in partnership with the EE BAFTAs, as Duncan and Clint join Edith from LA

If not a match made in heaven, then it was certainly a match made on Moon. For that was their first collaboration. Such was the success of that film it seemed inevitable the pair would re-unite - and so it is they us to discuss their latest project together - the Netflix Original film, Mute.

Co-written and directed by Duncan, Mute tells the story of a mute bartender searching for his girlfriend, who mysteriously disappears in a near-future Berlin. It was an incredibly personal film for him, given the time he spent in the city with his father, David Bowie, during the 1970s.

During the interview, we discuss the thoughts and processes behind Clint's score, Duncan's needle-drops and the more general sonic tone he was aiming for. We also explore Moon in detail too.

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0:00.0	If not a match made in heaven, then it was certainly a match made on moon.
0:21.6	For that was the first collaboration between whiter director Duncan Jones and composer Clint Mansell.
0:27.0	Such was the success of that film. It seemed inevitable the pair would reunite.
0:31.6	And so it is they join me from Los Angeles to discuss their latest project together,
0:36.3	the Netflix original Mute.
0:38.3	I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking, the film music podcast in partnership
0:52.3	with the E.E EEBAFTAs.
0:56.9	Co-written and directed by Duncan,
1:00.9	Mute tells the story of a mute bartender searching for his girlfriend who mysteriously disappears in a near future Berlin.
1:06.6	And it is with great pleasure that we gathered Duncan and Clint into the studio in LA to discuss the thoughts and processes behind Clint's score, Duncan's needle drops and the more general sonic tone he was aiming for. We'll also explore Moon in detail too.
1:22.6	Now as we'll hear, mute is particularly personal to Duncan, not least because of the time he spent in Berlin with his father, the late great David Bowie during the 1970s.
1:34.3	As such, he sought ways to allude to that connection musically, eventually settling on the hero's movement of Glasses, Symphony number four. Duncan and Clint, thank you so much for sparing the time to chat to me.
2:03.6	Welcome back to soundtrack and Clint, thank you so much for sparing the time to chat to me.
2:19.6	Welcome back to soundtrack and Clint.
2:21.6	Thank you. Thanks for having me again. It's not lovely to hear from you.
2:24.3	You too. And Duncan, welcome and thank you so much.
2:27.0	My absolute pleasure.
2:28.2	Through the powers of social media, this kind of happened, which is amazing, really.
2:33.1	It is. Twitterverse brings us all together.
2:35.0	Yeah.
2:35.9	I had the pleasure of watching Mute yesterday.
2:38.1	Congratulations.
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