Episode 127: Barry Jenkins On The Music Of Moonlight & If Beale Street Could Talk

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ever since meeting him prior to the release of Moonlight, Edith has been longing to get Barry Jenkins onto Soundtracking. So it's an absolute pleasure to welcome him along ahead of the UK opening of his latest movie - the magnificent If Beale Street Could Talk.

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, it tells the story of a young African-American woman who seeks to clear the name of her imprisoned lover before the birth of their child.

If Beale Street Could Talk has recieved three Oscar nominations including Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry and Best Original Score for his composer and former guest on this show, Nicholas Britell.

At Barry's request, Nick's score leans heavily on jazz tropes. We also discuss his excellent taste in needle-drops, from Nina Simone to Al Green and Barbara Lewis.

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0:29.9	Ever since meeting him, prior to the release of Moonlight,
0:33.1	I've been absolutely desperate to get Barry Jenkins onto soundtracking, the weekly screen music podcast
0:40.2	with me, Edith Bowman. So it's an absolute pleasure to welcome him along ahead of the release
0:46.5	of his latest movie, The Quite Magnificent If Beale Street Could Talk. Based on the novel by James
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