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Academy Award Nominee Nicholas Britell On Composing Tools For Acclaimed ‘Moonlight’ Score!

Composer Nicholas Britell’s effective use of the chopped and screwed production technique is an essential element to the music of Moonlight, nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Score. Nicholas and Director Barry Jenkins provide more insight to their unique vision and collaboration for the films music below.

Ableton Live has become a central tool in my compositional process. I love how amazingly intuitive it is to experiment with audio in Live. While composing the music for Moonlight, I utilized Live every step of the way – it enabled me to explore so many musical and sonic possibilities.” – Nicholas Britell

Listen to Nicholas’ interview at Sound Exploder (below) and immerse yourself into further exploration of his masterful score in three themes: Little’s Theme, Chiron’s Theme Chopped and Screwed, and Black’s Theme. 

Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is out now on Lakeshore Records.

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A24 presents MOONLIGHT, in theaters now (find a theater).


 

 

 

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8 Film Scores Released By Lakeshore Records Qualify For Oscar Nominations!

The list of film scores which qualify to be nominated for an Academy Award is out and eight (8) Lakeshore Records releases are on the list: Dolphin Tale 2 (Rachel Portman), Draft Day (John Debney), Girl On A Bicycle (Craig Richey), Merchants of Doubt (Mark Adler), Nightcrawler (James Newton Howard), The One I Love (Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans), Tracks (Garth Stevenson) and Walking With The Enemy (Timothy Williams).  We look forward to seeing our favorite composers receive their Oscar® nominations!  We are so proud of their amazing contribution to the motion picture industry and to their craft in film scoring.  The Oscar nominations will be announced on January 15.  Read the full list at Variety.

Oscar Nomination Qualifiers For Film Scores 2015

“Dolphin Tale 2,” Rachel Portman, composer
“Draft Day,” John Debney, composer
“Girl on a Bicycle,” Craig Richey, composer
“Merchants of Doubt,” Mark Adler, composer
“Nightcrawler,” James Newton Howard, composer
“The One I Love,” Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, composers
“Tracks,” Garth Stevenson, composer
“Walking With the Enemy,” Timothy Williams, composer

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Wong Kar-wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ Movie Coming In 3D This October | Download The Soundtrack Ft. The Award Winning Score

The Grandmaster, the Academy Award-nominated film from acclaimed Director Wong Kar-wai, will release the film in 3D this October.  “We now have the opportunity to show the film as it was always intended – searching for a brand new aesthetic or cinematic language in the 3D format.”  The director is reportedly “100% present and hands on.”  Read the full story at Variety.

In addition to its Academy Award noms, The Grandmaster swept the awards shows in Asia, including Composers Nathan Méchaly and Shigeru Umebayashi’s Best Score wins.  Lakeshore Records released the soundtrack, featuring the award winning score.  Read more about it: ‘The Grandmaster’ Composer Nathan Méchaly Sweeps Film Awards.  The film, a biopic about Ip Man, the Kung Fu master who mentored Bruce Lee, received Oscar nominations in Cinematography and Costume Design.

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