Episode 150: Screenwriter & Director Emma Forrest On The Music Of Untogether

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Edith's latest guest on Soundtracking is one seriously multi-talented lady.

Emma Forrest is a journalist, novelist and screenwriter - who has now added directing to her CV with her drama, Untogether.

Starring Lola and Jemima Kirke, Jamie Dornan, Billy Crystal and Emma's former husband Ben Mendelsohn, Untogether tells the story of two sisters in the throes of relationships that are challenging for very different reasons. Music plays a key part in setting the tone, with one specific track by Primal Scream inspiring the whole film.

The film is scored by Robin Foster. And it's with Robin's track Hercules Climbs The White Mountain that we begin, since this was the piece he played to Emma that provided the basis for the entire soundscape of the movie ...

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Mayo.
0:01.4	And this is Mark Kermote.
0:02.6	He's the UK's best and most trusted film critic.
0:05.4	He's a best-selling writer, broadcaster and national treasure.
0:08.7	Far too kind.
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0:12.7	And star guests, such as Sir Ian McKellen.
0:15.7	Nice to be with you.
0:16.7	Emma Stone.
0:17.5	That sounds like something I would love to be a part of.
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0:25.0	Kermitomeo's Take All the Film You Need, available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.9	Our latest guest on Soundtracking is one seriously multi-talented lady.
0:35.7	Emma Forrest is a journalist, novelist and screenwriter who is now
0:40.3	added directing to her CV with her drama Untogether. Starring Lola and Jemai McCirk, Jamie Dornan,
0:47.6	Billy Crystal and Emma's former husband, Ben Mendelson, and together tells the story of two sisters
0:52.9	in the throes of relationships that are
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