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The Empire Film Podcast

Hans Zimmer And Paul Dugdale: An Empire Podcast Interview Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week sees the release of Hans Zimmer And Friends: Diamond In The Desert, a concert film like no other, which captures the great Hans Zimmer and his band in full flow in Dubai, and also intersperses a number of revealing interviews Zimmer conducted with the likes of Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Billie Eilish, Pharrell Williams, Denis Villeneuve, Johnny Marr, and Timothee Chalamet. It's quite the achievement, and in this Empire Podcast Interview Special, Chris Hewitt talks to Zimmer and the film's director, Paul Dugdale, about how they pulled it off, hanging with the Belgian Royal Family, crafting the ultimate set list, and, of course, Going For Gold. The heat is on, the time is right, it's time for you to play this pod. Enjoy.

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0:24.0

What's on TV? The answer is a lot. There's never been more choice ever what to put on the box with an abundance of great new shows, but you can miss them all if you don't know where to look. And that's where the pilot TV podcast comes in, your essential guide to every show that matters. Each week, we sift through the very best in Prestige TV to help you decide what's worth spending your time on and what isn't. So join me, James Dyer, as well as venerable TV critics, Boyd Hilton and Kay Ribeiro,

0:26.4

and let us help take the stress out of your downtime.

0:29.8

The Pilot TV podcast, because you can't watch everything.

0:33.8

The Empire podcast is brought to you in association with National Rail.

0:39.3

Tweets, posts, reels, WhatsApp, voice notes, TikToks. People today are more connected than they've ever been, but no matter how many different ways exist to communicate via your phone,

0:43.1

there's nothing quite like doing it face to face. Take this podcast, for example. Could we

0:47.6

dial in from our respective homes and bring you all this film-related fun remotely pandemic style?

0:52.1

Of course we could. But why would we pass up the opportunity to

0:54.8

bang on about the MCU and wax lyrical about June Messiah in the flesh, especially when our

1:00.2

colleagues of such lethal cunning are just a train ride away? But that's not all trains are good for.

1:04.7

After all, if Jack Reacher can explore the furthest corners of America with nothing but a folding

1:08.6

toothbrush in his pocket, there is no reason why you can't use the rail network to see some of the UK's hidden gems.

1:14.5

Perhaps you've always wanted to visit some of the great British landmarks, or maybe you're

1:17.9

itching to take a tour of some of the nation's iconic movie locations.

1:21.9

Wander the halls of Thor's Asgard, or, as it's known on Earth, Durham Cathedral, take a trip to the planet Takadana to reenact the fight with Kylo Ren in the forest of Dean,

1:31.2

or even make your own Batcave in the gardens of Nedworth House,

1:34.1

as Tim Burton did in 1989's Batman.

1:36.6

The nation is your cinematic playground, so what are you waiting for?

1:39.7

Get up off that sofa, hop on a train, and explore the wide world around you.

1:43.6

Nothing beats being there.

1:59.6

Hello Pod, I'm Chris Hewitt, and welcome to another Empire podcast interview special, you lucky, lucky people.

2:07.1

Han Simmer is one of our favourite composers around these parts and he is the star and subject of a brand new concert film called Hans Simmer and Friends Diamond in the Desert, which is released

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