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Switched on Pop

The Man Behind the Rocketman with Giles Martin

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Rocketman is a spectacle the size of Elton John, four films in one. It contains a biopic, jukebox musical, addiction recovery story and a romance between friends. The soundtrack ties the story together by taking historical liberties to tell a fantastical story about one of the best living songwriters. Charlie is joined by Vox’s film critic, Alissa Wilkinson to breakdown the film and deconstruct how its melodic themes create an emotional arc. He also speaks with Giles Martin (son of 5th Beatle George Martin) who music directed the film and soundtrack about how he assembled an entire life’s work into a singular narrative. Songs Discussed Taron Egerton - RocketmanQueen - Bohemian RhapsodyTaron Egerton, Jamie Bell - Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadKit Connor & Gemma Jones & Bryce Dallas Howard & Steven Mackintosh - I Want LoveTaron Egerton - Crocodile RockTaron Egerton - Your SongTaron Egerton - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordMozart - Requiem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.0

Welcome to switched on pop. I'm a songwriter, Charlie Harding. Nate is on vacation, but I've got a great show for you today.

0:45.0

I'm going to speak with Giles Martin, who is the modern torchbearer of the Beatles catalog.

0:51.0

He's the son of George Martin, the fifth Beatle, and has spent much of his career reworking, remastering, and making beautiful sounds of the Beatles original record.

1:00.0

He's also most recently done all of the music direction and production for the film Rocket Man.

1:07.0

Start as a fat boy from nowhere. Get to be a soulman.

1:12.0

You've got to kill the person you were born to be in order to become the person you want to be.

1:19.0

I'm thinking of changing my name to Elton.

1:21.0

To help us understand this film, how it functions, how it relates to other musicals, first we're going to speak with Alyssa Wilkinson, the film critic at Vox.

1:31.0

Then we're going to go to Giles. Then we're going to come back with me in Alyssa because I've got this crazy theory about how all the music comes together in the film.

1:40.0

I need to see if I'm totally nuts or if I'm making any sense here.

1:44.0

First, welcome Alyssa to the show.

1:47.0

Thanks for having me.

1:48.0

You wrote a review for Vox on the film Rocket Man.

1:52.0

You describe it as nearly as shiny and explosive as its subject.

1:58.0

I think right off the bat we need to get a little bit of a taste of that subject and listen to a clip of Rocket Man.

2:23.0

You ever heard that one?

2:25.0

Once or twice, you know, you're in there.

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