Episode 103: Ol Parker On The Music Of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
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Edith Bowman
4.6 • 786 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Providing a sequel for one of the highest grossing and most loved live-action musicals of all-time is a terrifying challenge by any reckoning, so we think you might be surprised how humble and down to earth the man that was charged with doing so is.
Ol Parker wrote and directed Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and has done a fine job too. As well as managing an all-star cast including Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Cher, he also had the not insignificant problem of melding all those iconic songs with the wonderful Anne Dudley's score. Thankfully, Benny and Bjorn from ABBA were on hand to help …
The reason we're coming to you a little later than normal is because Anne and Mamma Mia music supervisor Becky Bentham have been moving heaven and earth to provide us with exclusive cues from the film. So as well as plenty of sing-along classics, you'll be hearing Anne's score too.
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| 0:29.8 | Providing a sequel for one of the highest-grossing and most loved live-action musicals of all time |
| 0:34.8 | is a terrifying challenge by any reckoning. |
| 0:38.7 | So I think you might be surprised how humble and down to earth the man that was charged with |
| 0:43.7 | doing so is. |
| 0:45.0 | My old friend, All Parker, wrote and directed, Mamma Mia, here we go again, and has done a fine, |
| 0:51.6 | fine job too. |
| 0:53.2 | As well as managing an all-star cast, including Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Sherr, |
| 0:58.9 | he also had the not insignificant problem of melding all those iconic songs with the wonderful and Dudley score. |
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