A very warm welcome to another episode of my podcast, soundtracking with me, Edith Bowman.

I love making this show.

I love the opportunity to learn with every conversation I have about film and music

and the wonderful and brilliant and mysterious and entertaining and evocative and just bewildering world of cinema.

It's an absolute joy.

And so thank you for taking the time to listen to us.

This was a real treat I've got to say to record.

Denevo Nouve, Hans Zimmer, joining me to discuss June 2.

They were on absolutely brilliant form as we discussed their second outing together on this franchise,

adapting a book that they both love so much.

It was such a big thing for them as kids and you can hear their almost childlike enthusiasm

in the way that they talk about certain aspects of the film.

The film is extraordinary.

It's got everything that you expect from cinema.

It's got romance.

It's got action.

It's got mystery.

It's got set pieces. It's got small intimate moments. The production design on it is just phenomenal. The harcoring stuff is just, what? I saw this film. Then I went back to the cinema with my kids and we watched the first part again. And it was a really great thing to do. If you get the chance to do that and I can't

wait to get back in again and see the second half again. So yeah, I think it's a masterpiece.

I think that this is what cinema is about. You cared about the characters, you're transported

to the world and it's just a fantastic experience. So there we go. Back to

Danian Han and I met them the day after the London premiere for which Hans composed a very special

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