Pleased to have Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Mulan, The Chronicles of Narnia) join me for a quick chat. We primarily focus on his scores for the two new Ridley Scott films The Last Duel and House of Gucci, as well as his score for the upcoming Disneynature film Polar Bear. Along the way we talk about distraction in film music and some recent scores that Harry's been enjoying. Although it's a quick chat - Harry originally only had twenty minutes, though we stretched it to just over half an hour - we managed to cover a great amount!
These two films do a fantastic job of showing Harry's range. While The Last Duel is an often somber, heavily thematic and semi-period specific score (late 14th century), House of Gucci sees Harry jump into a much more stylized, nearly-contemporary sound.
The Last Duel is now available to rent while House of Gucci is currently in theaters, while many of Harry's scores are available on all major platforms. Although House of Gucci didn't end up having a full score from Harry, the film's soundtrack release does include his score suite.
Film Score Recap: October Through December 2023
Eiko Ishibashi Scores 'Evil Does Not Exist'
Gareth Coker Scores Ark
An Interview with Mike Post
Andrew Scott Bell Spills Blood and Honey
The Best Film Scores of 2023
In-Person with Tom Schraeder
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch Talks "All of Us Strangers"
Awards Season: Best Original Scores at the BAFTAs and the Oscars
Sam Haft Talks The Living Tombstone, Hazbin Hotel
On Reusing Film Music
Frederic Yonnet Talks Killers of the Flower Moon
Film Score Recap: July Through September 2023
Michael Abels Talks Jordan Peele, The Burial
Jerskin Fendrix Talks Poor Things
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Laura Karpman Scores The Marvels, American Fiction
Yair Elazar Glotman
Rostam Batmanglij (Rostam) Talks The Persian Version, Vampire Weekend
Christopher Willis Talks Lamya’s Poem, Black Mirror
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Sackhoff Show
Prestige Junkie
Toon’d In! with Jim Cummings
You Can’t Make This Up
Script Apart