Soundtracking Normal People with Juliet Martin

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Welcome back to Women in Music with Millie Cotton.

Obsessed with Sally Rooney's Normal People on BBC? Me too. I am very excited to share that my first guest for this season Juliet Martin, who soundtracked the show.

Juliet is the founder of Silverstream Music and her experience stretches over a broad range of skills such as publishing, management and music supervision. More recently, Juliet soundtracked Normal People, the adaption of Sally Rooney's hit novel of the same title.

Normal People is a beautifully complicated story of young love and the soundtrack connects us better to that story than ever before.

There's a few familiar bangers from the likes of Frank Ocean and Carly Rae Jepson. Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek is pulled out of the archive and much to some hardcore OC fans dismay, it works exceptionally well in that moment. Many more songs weave through the adaptation, immersing us in prose-rich scenes that aren't articulated on screen.

It's been a busy few months for Juliet Martin and I am *buzzing* that she found time to speak to me about the process of soundtracking such a monumental TV adaption.

This series was recording during COVID-19, over the phone, but hopefully that doesn't detract anything from our conversation.

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