For Your Ears Only: 5 Top Musical Podcasts For Spy Movie Fans

‍For Your Ears Only podcast is SPYSCAPE’s tribute to influential musicians, composers, directors and actors who reveal the secrets and insights around their favorite film and TV music with host Jodhi May. As well as being the youngest winner of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for A World Apart, May wrote and directed the short film Spyhole.

Here are five of our favorite For Your Ears Only podcasts from the world of espionage. 

Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe is one of the most prolific film composers around. His brilliant work on the Mission: Impossible franchise makes him a perfect candidate to talk us through music from the world of espionage and beyond.

The Scottish composer has also scored films from the Terminator series to the Call of Duty video games and the Netflix series The Crown. Here he discusses the music of Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer, Stuart Copeland, and his experience adapting the classic Lalo Schifrin theme to Mission Impossible 6.
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FOR YOUR EARS ONLY with Lorne Balfe

John Taylor

Did you know Duran Duran's John Taylor is a James Bond super-fan? Here he provides a comprehensive guide to Bond music past and present, from pop songs to film cues, and talks about the influence of Bond on the band and how they came to write the hit song That Fatal Kiss for the 14th film in the series A View To A Kill. He calls it his Themes and Martinis James Bond Playlist.
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FOR YOUR EARS ONLY with John Taylor

Ludwig Göransson

Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson talks about working with Christopher Nolan and Travis Scott on Tenet, one of the biggest films of 2020, and presents a playlist of his favorite music of contemporaries and past masters. He has worked on Marvel films such as Black Panther and Venom, has scored Rocky films Creed and Creed II, as well as hit series such as The Mandalorian, New Girl, and Community. He's produced music for Haim, Chance The Rapper, and Childish Gambino, including his Grammy Award-winning single This Is America.

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY with Ludwig Göransson 

Paul Epworth

Five-time Grammy winner Paul Epworth - famed for his work with Adele, Florence & The Machine, and Rihanna - is our guest in this episode, taking us on a journey from Hitchcock to Quincy Jones, and from James Bond to the outer reaches of the galaxy.

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY with Paul Epworth

Fraser T. Smith

Adele, Stormzy, Sam Smith, Kano and Dave are just some of the British Pop artists that Fraser T. Smith has worked with. So far, he has eight UK number-one singles to his name and, as you will shortly hear, is throwing his hat in the ring to produce the next James Bond theme. In this episode, he talks about his favorite Bond songs, working with Adele, and the classic soundtracks he loves.

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY with Fraser T. Smith