When we originally conceived the idea of a show about film music, one of the first names on our guest wish list was Sophia Coppola.

I am beyond delighted to say we finally got our girl with a supremely gifted writer, director,

joining me on the release of The Beguiled, which won her the palm door at Cannes.

I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking, the podcast about the sounds of the silver screen.

Sophia's pedigree is impeccable. Few directors in the history of cinema have used music more effectively than her father,

who instilled in her from a very young age a deep understanding of its potential.

This has been reflected in her own work

from the anachronistic punk tracks she deployed in period drama Marie Antoinette to the dreamy

electronica that so perfectly fitted the mood of Lost in Translation. Playing now from that film

is Alone in Kyoto by Air who who scored the Virgin suicides.

She's also married to Thomas Mars from French band Phoenix, who scored the Beguiled.

And it's with the Beguiled that we begin, even though it doesn't feature that much music at all. So, for you a couple, welcome to soundtracking.

This is a real joy to get you on this show because we are short on women talking about music and film.

And there's so many of your great films that we can talk about

but congratulations first of all and to be glad. Thank you. And weirdly it's a film that doesn't

have much music in it. Yes it's true. It's a departure for me. Sonically, something that I think

that is a constant in your films is how sound within film, whether that's music or inconsequential sound

is such an important part and really essentially is a piece of the puzzle of your films.

Yeah, definitely. I remember my father always saying to me that sounds half the movie,

so I really think about that, that you're more aware of the visuals, but really half of the

whole film that happens in the sound. And I work with a great sound designer, Richard Beggs, who I've worked with on all my films.

And just after having worked with him on my first film, I started to think more about that.

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