Episode 52: Clint Mansell On His Scores For High Rise, Moon, Requiem For A Dream & More

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It's fair to say Soundtracking might not exist without Clint. That's because the genesis of the idea formed when Edith saw him performing his film scores at the Largo in Los Angeles back in 2012.

And 5 years later, here we all are!

After his band Pop Will Eat Itself disbanded in 1996, Clint was introduced to the business when Darren Aronofsky asked him to score Pi. The pair have collaborated several times since - as part of total body of work comprising around 50 films.

During the course of the conversation, you'll hear extended extracts of Clint's work on High Rise, Moon, Pi, Black Swan and Requiem For A Dream. But we begin in the iconic venue in which this interview took place - Air Studios in London - with the main theme from the very first score he recorded there ...

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Mayo.
0:01.4	And this is Mark Kermode.
0:02.6	He's the UK's best and most trusted film critic.
0:05.3	He's a best-selling writer, broadcaster and national treasure.
0:08.7	Far too kind.
0:09.6	Kermode and Mayo's take has all the reviews you need.
0:12.6	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.
0:19.8	Ewan McGregor.
0:20.8	Very good.
0:21.3	How are you doing?
0:21.9	Kate Blanchett.
0:22.8	What was that word you used?
0:24.0	Katiwompas.
0:25.0	Kermitomeo's Take All the film you need.
0:27.5	Available wherever you get your podcasts. It's fair to say I might not be speaking to you now, were it not for this week's guest.
0:44.1	That's because I started to think about how underrated movie music is when I saw Clint Mansel perform in his film scores at the Largo in Los Angeles back in 2012.
1:02.0	Yeah. at the Largo in Los Angeles back in 2012. I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking,
1:04.0	the podcast in which we explore the music of cinema and television.
1:10.0	After his band, Pop Will Eat itself disbanded in 1996.
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