Show Notes
Our latest guest on Soundtracking is Lee Sung Jin, aka Sonny Lee, creator of and driving force behind the multi-award winning Netflix comedy drama, Beef. Sonny joins us ahead of season two, which streams on Netflix from Thursday 16th April and boasts an entirely new cast including Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. Sonny LOVES his music, and we go into many of the needle drops which are such an integral feature of the show, as well as Fineas O'Connell's score.
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