Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton On Battle Of The Sexes, Little Miss Sunshine & Music Videos

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

For the first time in 66 episodes, disaster struck as Edith's original interview with Val and Jon was corrupted.

Thankfully, this delightful wife & husband team agreed to do it all over again 24 hours later and boy are we glad they did - so fantastic was their company on both occasions.

Val and Jon cut their teeth making music videos, working with the likes of Jane's Addiction, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins.

They moved into feature films with the wonderful Little Miss Sunshine, which was scored by Davotchka and Mychael Danna and showcased tunes by Sufjan Stevens and Rick James.

Their latest offering is Battle Of The Sexes. Starring Emma Stone and Steve Carrell, the plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

As well as including tracks from Elton John, Tommy James & The Shondells and a Sarah Bareilles original - the movie is scored by our old friend Nicholas Britell.

You'll hear examples of all of these artists during the conversation.

Transcript

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0:00.0	We start this week's episode with a confession.
0:22.0	For the first time in 60 odd episodes we had a technological nightmare.
0:27.7	Thankfully, Valerie Farris and Jonathan Dayton agreed to be interviewed all over again 24 hours later.
0:35.0	Boy, my glad they did.
0:45.0	Thank you. 24 hours later. Boy, am I glad you did? I'm Edith Bowman and you're listening to Soundtracking, the podcast about the sounds of the screen.
0:50.5	Val and John cut their teeth making music videos, working with the likes of Jane's Addiction,
0:55.2	red-out chili peppers and the smashing pumpkins.
0:58.0	They moved into feature films with the wonderful Little Miss Sunshine,
1:02.8	which was scored by Davochka and Michael Dana
1:05.5	and showcased tunes by Suffolid Stevens and Rick James.
1:09.7	Their latest offering is The Fantastic Battle of the Sexy,
1:13.4	starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell.
1:15.2	The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match
1:18.8	between Billy Jean King and Bobby Wiggs.
1:22.2	Now, as well as including tracks from Elton John and Tommy James,
1:26.1	the movie scored by our old friend Nicholas Brutel.
1:29.7	Be sure to check out our previous episode with Nicholas after you've finished listening to this.
1:34.8	But in the meantime, enjoy his work on this current project,
1:38.6	as Val and John tell me what they asked of him again.
2:00.9	Val and John, I have to say thank you because this is Take 2.
2:02.5	I'm not going to lie to our listeners.
2:04.9	We did this once before and I failed.
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