Here's the fit new cover for the paperback edition of 'Mark Kermode's Surround Sound'!
You can get 25% off if you pre-order from Waterstones website or app using the code FEB26 before 23:59 THIS FRIDAY (20th Feb)
Go on, treat your future self.
@kermodemovie.bsky.social
I wrote about my favourite film score releases of 2025 in the hopes that the major scoring awards nominations lists won't be exclusively male...
Wonderful music by Lucrecia Dalt, Anne Nikitin, Emily Wells, Nala Sinephro and more (including a handful of blokes)
jennynelson.co.uk/2025/12/09/m...
Another 2025 highlight was seeing the publication of the wonderful new book SURROUND SOUND by friend @kermodemovie.bsky.social and @nelsonjenny.bsky.social
Available at all good bookstores i’m sure, but go indie if possible.
#newbooks #anovelidea #indiebookstores #literary
#moviemusic
“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.”
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
It’s hats-in-the-air time for @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me, as legendary film critic Richard Dyer raves about SURROUND SOUND in the new issue of LITERARY REVIEW!
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...
Looking forward to returning to the Cambridge Film Festival!
@kermodemovie.bsky.social & I will be chatting to @amonwarmann.bsky.social PLUS special guest @neilkbrand.bsky.social will join to discuss silent film scores!
Join us at the Picturehouse on Friday 6.55pm. Head to CFF website for tickets
“Essential reading for anyone who loves film … SURROUND SOUND gets to the heart of its subject; unlocking music’s power, combined with image onscreen, to make the heart dance down memories of what your eyes once saw and your ears heard”. THANKYOU @independent.ie from @nelsonjenny.bsky.social & me!
“Witty and wise … an entertaining and assorted history of music and sound in cinema”. Four-star thumbs up from @empiremagazine.bsky.social for the new book by @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me. Buy it HERE from Hive and support indie bookstores:
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...
Reasons to buy a book today:
1. To keep independent bookshops thriving
2. The Booker Prize shortlist has just been announced
3. All orders before midnight tonight automatically give you the chance to win a £250 gift card to buy more books
New @90minfilmfest.bsky.social pod! 🎧 We spoke to @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social about their ace new Surround Sound: The Stories Of Movie Music + they picked @pranobaileybond.bsky.social’s fab Censor (84 mins) for our show: pod.fo/e/32d5f3
Had a lovely time chatting to @samclements.bsky.social on his 90 Minutes or Less podcast! @kermodemovie.bsky.social & I chat about our new book 'Mark Kermode's Surround Sound' and our film choice: Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond.
open.spotify.com/episode/3CH8...
Thank you! It was really lovely to meet you too. Thanks again for coming along
Heading to SHERBORNE for a Surround Sound talk with @nelsonjenny.bsky.social tonight, talking movie music and more. A few ticket left - do come along!
winstonebooks.co.uk/products/she...
This was so much fun! The Midlands Arts Centre is a real gem and the audience was lovely. Thanks for having us, Birmingham!
Enjoyed a brilliant night last night in conversation with @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social at @monmouthsavoy.bsky.social for @rossiterbooks.bsky.social - all about movie music!
Book release day!
Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music is out in the wild so why not head to your favourite independent bookshop and purchase a copy?
@kermodemovie.bsky.social & I are rather proud of it.
Here it is in the window of the ace @mrbsemporium.bsky.social in Bath
Listen back to @kermodemovie.bsky.social talking about our new film music book Mark Kermode's Surround Sound (out this Thursday in all good bookshops!) here - scroll to approx 09.09am:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Really, really excited about #Monmouth on publication day!
11th September Savoy Theatre Monmouth
Tickets available here:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook...
Last few tickets for Monday’s launch of SURROUND SOUND at BFI SOUTHBANK in London. Join co-author @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me, with Oscar-winning guests Anne Dudley and Rachel Portman, talking movie music and more. Last few tickets here:
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Happy September!
Author events at Rossiter Books this month
@kermodemovie.bsky.social @nelsonjenny.bsky.social on 11th Monmouth with @joannadurrant.bsky.social
and Clare Balding 16th Monmouth & 17th Hereford
Check out the rest of the autumn calendar here:
shorturl.at/yBL6B
@ticketsource.com
Here's a taster of the introduction to Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music - plus some of @kermodemovie.bsky.social's favourite scores that feature in the book.
Give it a read and then why not pre-order a copy? Great idea!
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
Birmingham! Film events are coming your way, with Jenny Nelson and Mark Kermode heading to the Midlands. More here.
filmstories.co.uk/news/mark-ke...
I've walked through Soho Square many a time but I've never set foot in the church there - the French Protestant Church of London, to be precise.
This will change on Tues 9th Sept when @kermodemovie.bsky.social & I will be there talking all things movie music ahead of the release of our new book!
Last few tickets for our Sept 8th SURROUND SOUND launch at BFI Southbank. Join co-author @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me, plus Oscar-winning guests!
Tickets and info here:
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Very happy to receive this proof copy of Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson's book
Due out on 11th September - same day as our event with Mark and Jenny in Monmouth
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook...
Had a fun time on The Arts Mix on BBC Scotland at @edbookfest.bsky.social along with @kermodemovie.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social. Thanks so much to @lenniesaurus.bsky.social for being such a great host!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Our first official event celebrating the release of Mark Kermode's Surround Sound was at the beautiful @edbookfest.bsky.social - thanks for coming along on such a hot day to watch @kermodemovie.bsky.social and I chat about film music!
The book is out on Sept 11th on @picadorbooks.bsky.social
Mark Kermode's Surround Sound is here in all its hardback glory! Out on Sept 11th on @picadorbooks.bsky.social and available to pre-order now.
@kermodemovie.bsky.social and I will be chatting about it on Tuesday 5.45pm at @edbookfest.bsky.social - our first official publicity event for the book!
We are delighted to be holding an event with @kermodemovie.bsky.social and Jenny Nelson in September
for publication of Surround Sound
Savoy Theatre Monmouth
11th September
@joannadurrant.bsky.social interviewing
Join us www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook...
Another date added to the Mark Kermode's Surround Sound tour!
@kermodemovie.bsky.social & I will be at Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham on Friday 12th Sept.
It's the day after the book release so we may be a bit giddy.
