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Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Episode 123: Jon S Baird On The Music Of Stan And Ollie & Filth

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6754 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Two episodes of Soundtracking in 2019 - two five-star films. Following Yorgos Lanthimos's appearance to discuss his subversive period drama The Favourite, Jon S Baird joins us for our latest show to talk us through the music in his much-vaunted Laurel & Hardy biopic, Stan & Ollie.

Starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, Stan & Ollie tells the story of their theatre tour of the British Isles many years after the peak of their fame. By turns funny and moving, it brims with charm, innocence and wit. The central performances are utterly convincing, and beautifully complimented by Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda as the comedy duo's wives.

Having worked with Clint Mansell on Filth, Jon employed the services of composer Rolfe Kent for the score, whose previous work includes Sideways and Up In The Air - not to mention Dexter. And, as always you'll hear plenty of Rolfe's work sprinkled throughout the conversation, even though his cues from the film have yet to be commercially released.

But where else could we begin that with his take on Dance Of The Cuckoos - the unmistakable Laurel & Hardy theme ...

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0:29.9

Two episodes of soundtracking in 2019.

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Two five-star films. Following Jorgos Lanthamos' appearance to discuss his subversive period drama

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the favourite, John S. Baird joins me for our latest show

0:44.1

to talk us through the music in his much-vonated Laurel and Hardy biopic, Stan and Ollie.

0:51.1

Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Riley, Stan and Ollie tells the story of their

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