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BRIAN ENO

The documentary The documentary EnoEno uses generative AI to create a biographical portrait uses generative AI to create a biographical portrait

of the pioneering ambient musician that changes day by day. The artist of the pioneering ambient musician that changes day by day. The artist

talks to the great sound designer Walter Murch, whose f ilms include talks to the great sound designer Walter Murch, whose f ilms include The Conversation The Conversation and and Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now, about the uncanny magic of recorded , about the uncanny magic of recorded

sound and their shared passion for the art of noise – and silence sound and their shared passion for the art of noise – and silence

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DAVID LYNCH Not content with being one of the great iconoclasts of American cinema, the director is also a musical adventurer – and in recent years, music has dominated his creative output. He talks to Sam Wigley about his new album, the sounds that have influenced him, being a non-musician and why he doesn’t like to call the process improvisation

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KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt’s raucous Irish-language debut feature, Kneecap, a semi-fictionalised biopic of the Belfast hip hop band, is fast, funny and thrillingly political. The three members of the band, who play themselves in the film, discuss Irish oral traditions, storytelling and celebrating their mother tongue. By Mike Williams

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SCORES OF THE CENTURY Since the turn of the millennium, film music has been transformed, as digital technology has allowed musicians to embrace new, sometimes strange sounds. We asked film composers and critics to choose the best, the most influential and the most individual scores of the century so far. Introduction by Sophia Satchell-Baeza