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Sep 2020
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Episode 213: Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil Sh...

Edith Bowman
About this episode
Our guest on this latest episode of Soundtracking is a world-famous frontman with a genuine passion for score.

SImon Neil is a guitarist and lead vocalist for Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro - whose most recent album A Celebration Of Endings went straight to the top of the UK album charts.

But as you're about to hear, he really does know his stuff when it comes to movie music too. Man, do we cover a lot of ground!

He also scored Jamie Adams' wee gem of a film, Balance, Not Symmetry, and hopes to do more scoring in the future.
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