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Grammys, Scores

Review: Nicholas Britell’s Lush and Devastating ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Score | Vox

As in Moonlight, sometimes Tish and Fonny look directly into the camera, into our eyes, daring us not to look away, letting us fall in love with them. Mixed with Nicholas Britell’s haunting score, the result is a blend of joy, compassion, and deep sadness.  – Vox

If you’ve seen If Beale Street Could Talk in theaters or on Digital VOD, then you understand how much Nicholas Britell’s score plays an important role in the atmosphere of the film which takes place in the early 1970s and based on the James Baldwin novel by the same name.  Read the full review over at Vox where they describe the score as “lush and devastating.”

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Grammys, Scores

Nicholas Britell’s Score To Awards Favorite ‘Beale Street’ | The Playlist

And with his latest score, for the awards-favorite film “If Beale Street Could Talk,”the Academy Award-nominated Britell has outdone himself.”  – The Playlist

If you need a quick primer on Nicholas Britell, the Academy Award-nominated composer of If Beale Street Could Talk, check out this review over at The Playlist.  A lot has happened in 10 years for Nicholas, who recently won a Best Score EMMY for the HBO series, “Succession”.  Check out the Beale Street review for more details.

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Grammys, Scores

GRAMMYs 2020: Nicholas Britell’s Academy Award Nominated ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

The swooning score by Nicholas Britell harkens back to the hypnotic strings of his Moonlight soundtrack, this time infused with sounds of jazz instead of the chop-and-screw technique used for that last film. As in something like In The Mood For Love, the period details almost fade into the background, the film evoking a nostalgic mood without overdoing it on the popular music.” – Birth.Movies.Death

As we head into the end of the year, we take a look back at one of the most unforgettable film scores of the year: Nicholas Britell’s If Beale Street Could Talk!  The Barry Jenkins-helmed film and Britell’s score earned critical acclaim far and wide, garnering eight reviews over at Birth.Movies.Death, including a rapturous review of the score.  The film’s Regina King won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards for the film, Jenkins earned a nomination for Best Adapted Screen Play, and Britell received the Best Score Oscar nomination.

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Press & Reviews, Scores

EXCLUSIVE! 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Nicholas Britell’s If Beale Street Could Talk Score | BET

Barry and I worked closely together on naming the tracks for the score and we named many of the cues after the Ancient Greek words for the different kind of love.

If you have yet to see If Beale Street Could Talk or experience Nicholas Britell’s evocative score, then check out this exclusive new interview with additional behind-the-scenes reveals of the art and the poetry of this film/score collaboration now at BET.  Directed by Academy Award Winner Barry Jenkins, Beale Street opens in theaters everywhere on December 25!

Film Score Available Now: [Download/Listen]

 

Annapurna Pictures presents IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, now playing in select theaters (get tickets) and opening everywhere on December 25!

 

Composers, Press & Reviews

Academy Award Nominee Nicholas Britell On The Many Sounds of Love (‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Film Score) | Pop Matters

Britell found inspiration to write sweeping melodies that exalt the nobility of the human spirit, capture the ecstasy of first love, and also pierce the heart when they touch on the unkindest aspects of our nature. – Popmatters

If you went to see Barry Jenkins’ new film, If Beale Street Could Talk, last weekend, then you’ve likely fallen in love with Academy Award®-nominated Composer Nicholas Britell’s evocative score.  Critics can’t stop talking about it (we don’t blame them), and Jose Solis at Popmatters delivers the goods in this exclusive composer interview at Popmatters!  Have you had a chance to listen to the full score album?

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]
 

 

Annapurna Pictures presents IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, now playing in New York and LA theaters, additional theaters December 25 (get tickets)!