592: Stephen Graham Discuss The Good Boy & His Love Of Music

592: Stephen Graham Discuss The Good Boy & His Love Of Music

Author: Edith Bowman March 27, 2026 Duration: 47:42
We have another of our Soundtracking Everyman Film Clubs for you, after Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Beth Orton joined us to discuss the Marianne Faithful documentary, Broken English, in our previous episode. Now it's the turn of Stephen Graham, who returns to the podcast in front of a live audience Everyman Whitley's to discuss his new black comedy thriller The Good Boy. Also starring Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon, it tells the story of a married couple who abduct a 19-year old criminal and try various unconventional methods to rehabilitate him.

Edith Bowman sits down with the filmmakers and composers who define modern cinema, pulling back the curtain on the powerful, often unseen relationship between picture and score. Soundtracking with Edith Bowman is a conversation about creative partnership, exploring how a director’s vision and a composer’s music intertwine to shape the emotional core of a film or series. Each episode delves into specific scenes and pivotal moments, with guests sharing the stories behind the music-from initial temp tracks and thematic inspiration to the technical challenges of the recording studio. The discussions are intimate and detailed, revealing how a simple melody can become iconic and why certain chords evoke fear, joy, or nostalgia. Listeners gain a deeper appreciation for the craft, hearing firsthand how musical choices are debated, refined, and ultimately locked into the final cut. This podcast moves beyond simple soundtrack listings to examine the alchemy of collaboration, offering a unique backstage pass to the artistic process that fuels our favorite visual stories. It’s for anyone who has ever been moved by a film score and wondered about the people and decisions that made it possible.
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