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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interviews With "Babylon" Oscar-Nominated Composer Justin Hurwitz & Costume Designer Mary Zophres

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Damien Chazelle's "Babylon" was one of 2022's largest and most ambitious films. It's fair to say it split everyone who saw it down the middle with their opinions. But an area most could agree on was the film's technical craft. Two frequent Chazelle collaborators, composer Justin Hurwitz and costume designer Mary Zophres were kind enough to spend some time going in-depth on their work for Chazelle's latest. First up is my interview with Hurwitz, where he breaks down the extensive layering of the score, how the film pushed him out of his comfort zone to try new things, if he's open to working with anyone outside Damien Chazelle, and more. Then we have Zoe Rose Bryant's interview with Mary Zophres, where she breaks down the film's elaborate costumes, working with all the different department heads on this massive project, her reaction to some of the criticisms thrown at the film's anachronisms, and more. You do not want to miss listening to these before the Oscars! Please take a listen to them down below and enjoy. Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the Oscar

0:34.4

nominated composer for Babylon, Justin Hurwitz, and Zoe Rose Bryant's

0:39.2

interview with the Oscar-nominated costume designer, Mary Zofreys.

0:43.0

Tell me, you miss the silence.

0:46.0

No.

0:47.5

Shouldn't stand in the way of progress.

0:53.3

What are your thoughts for the future?

0:58.0

We have to redefine the form.

1:04.0

We've got to innovate.

1:09.0

We've got to inspire. We've got to inspire.

1:18.0

I promised you a sight.

1:20.3

You're getting a sight.

1:21.3

I love your recording studio, by the way.

1:23.0

That looks amazing.

1:24.3

Oh, thank you.

1:25.0

It's really not a studio.

1:27.2

It's kind of the corner of where I live,

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