
← The A24 Podcast16 jul · 50 min
Genuine Curiosity with Devonté Hynes & Thomas Bangalter
<p>Topcis covered include: Devonté’s cello score as the fifth lead in <em>The Invite</em>, Daft Punk working with an 85 piece orchestra on<em> Tron:</em> <em>Legacy</em> (also starring Olivia Wilde!), finding the magic chemistry between strings and dialogue, monophonic vs. polyphonic, a great note from a Disney executive, extreme precision, the true effort it takes to bring soul to synthesizers, composing the <em>Mythologies</em> ballet score before the choreography existed, <em>Random Access Memories </em>being made like a film without cameras, the 250 tracks on Daft Punk’s “Touch,” spending two years with just a piano and GoPro, restoring <em>Electroma</em> in 35mm for Tribeca Film Festival, and curiosity as an antidote to the algorithm.</p>