Doug Liman On American Made, Swingers, Bourne & Go

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

From indie classics Swingers and Go to big budget blockbusters The Bourne Identity and Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman is a director who makes a point of thrusting the viewer into the very heart of the action.

His musical selections are central to the experience - as evidenced by the Oakenfold track which so memorably accompanied the exhilarating car chase in Bourne, and accompanies Edith's intro.

Doug's latest film is American Made. It's based on the life of Barry Seal, a commercial pilot who became a drug smuggler in the 1980s and was recruited later on by the DEA to provide intelligence.

The film is scored by Christophe Beck, who has very kindly sent us a couple of his cues from the film to exclusively feature in this episode. They're not available anywhere yet, so MASSIVE thanks to him. But as well as Christophe's original compositions, American Made also features a rip-roaring array of needle-drops from the 70s and 80s, including tracks by George Harrison, Talking Heads and the one which opens up the conversation - A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy

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0:00.0	From Indy Classic Swingers and Graemean,
0:03.0	from indie classic swers and go to big budget blockbusters, the Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow.
0:29.6	Doug Lyman is a director who makes a point of thrusting the viewer into the very part of the action.
0:36.6	His musical selections are central to the experience as shown by this
0:42.1	Oak and Fold track which so memorably accompanied the exhilarating car chase and
0:47.0	bone.
0:47.3	Ready, steady, go.
0:52.5	Ready, go.
1:01.0	I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking, the podcast in which the sound sound of the screen take centre stage. Doug's latest project is American Made. It's based on
1:07.3	the real life of Barry Seal, a commercial pilot who became a drug smuggler in the 1980s.
1:13.6	The film was scored by Christoph Beck, who has very kindly sent us a couple of his cues from the film to exclusively feature in this episode.
1:22.0	They're not available anywhere yet, so massive thanks to him.
1:26.6	But as well as Christoph's original compositions, American Made also features a rip-roaring
1:31.3	array of needle drops from the 70s and 80s, including tracks by George Harrison, Talking
1:37.0	Heads, and this one by the Great Walter Marcus. Douglass Doug Leibon. Ready, set, go.
1:57.0	Doug Leibman, welcome to soundtracking, sir.
1:57.7	It's a pleasure.
1:58.4	I'm such a fan.
1:59.0	Thank you.
1:59.9	Two things.
2:01.8	Our whole podcast started off, actually. The very first interview we did with was Mr. Favro. I'm such a fan. Thank you. Two things. Our whole podcast started off actually.
2:04.0	Very first interview we did was Mr. Favro.
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