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  • Soundtracking with Edith Bowman Ja Bayona on the Music of a Monster Calls, the Impossible and the Orphanage (Season 1, Episode 22)
  • Podcast Episode | 37 min | Talk-Show

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Ja Bayona on the Music of a Monster Calls, the Impossible and the Orphanage (Season 1, Episode 22)
Podcast Episode | 37 min | Talk-Show
Edith's first guest of 2017 is Juan Antonio Bayona - or JA for short - which they hope you'll agree seems a most excellent way to start the New Year. Since 2007, the Spanish director has made three critically acclaimed movies - all of ...See moreEdith's first guest of 2017 is Juan Antonio Bayona - or JA for short - which they hope you'll agree seems a most excellent way to start the New Year. Since 2007, the Spanish director has made three critically acclaimed movies - all of which have had, in very different ways, children at the centre of the narrative. First came his superior horror flick The Orphanage, followed by The Impossible, which is about a family caught up in the 2004 tsunami and was inspired by true events. Now he brings them A Monster Calls. Based on the award winning fantasy novel by Patrick Ness, it tells the story of a boy who comes to terms with the terminal illness of his mother with the help of a humanoid tree. It stars Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall and Liam Neeson, and is an incredibly powerful cinematic experience. As with all JA's films, A Monster Calls is scored by Fernando Velazquez, while his foray into television with Penny Dreadful saw him collaborate with Polish composer, Abel Korzeniowski. You can expect plenty of extracts from both musicians' work, as well as pieces from George Delarue and Elmer Bernstein among others. See less
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Jan 1, 2017 (United States)
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2 wins & 4 nominations

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