Composing : When The Score MAKES The Movie! by Libby Wright

Libby Wright

When The Score MAKES The Movie!

Well, I had a new experience this weekend... going to see an Amazon movie in a theater. As we walked out of the theater, two things stood out to me about Hail Mary: #1 Ryan Gosling just did a 2+ hour monologue and was so good he made us believe "Rocky" was real. #2 The score MADE this movie. In my humble opinion, without the score, it could have fallen flat.

So, my question to you is this: What SCORE made a movie go from good to GREAT in the last FIVE-TEN YEARS?

Tony DiGregorio

One Battle after Another, score by Jonny Greenwood

Libby Wright

What made this score special Tony DiGregorio ?

Celso de Vasconcellos

Maybe a reflective movie.

Morgan Aitken

Interstellar - hands down. The movie was ruined by the casting - especially the lead, and the fact you can't understand a word he mumbles - but the music is the whole show. Then again, Notes On A Scandal was made all the more powerful by the Philip Glass's ethereal score.

Tony DiGregorio

Libby, I liked the way he built tension in certain scenes with a minimalist kind of melody and growing intense rhythm.

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