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Critics Share The Love For Nicholas Britell’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Score!

With three (3) Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture, and five Critic’s Choice Awards nominations including Best Original Score, plus back-to-back Best Score wins for Nicholas Britell at this year’s LA Film Critics Association Awards, Washington Film Critics Awards and the Chicago Film Critics Awards, If Beale Street Could Talk is receiving love and respect from film critics. In celebration of the film’s theatrical release, we take a look at the awards and accolades bestowed upon Composer Nicholas Britell. See the reviews below!

Annapurna Pictures presents IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, in NY and LA on Friday, December 14 and additional cities on Christmas Day (get tickets now)!

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Best Song of 2018: ‘Eros’ By Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk) | The New Yorker

Listening to Britell’s score for Barry Jenkins’s film adaptation of “If Beale Street Could Talk,” I get lost in the souls of the protagonists Tish and Fonny, two New Yorkers felled by strong love. In Jenkins’s film, “Eros” plays as Tish and Fonny lay down their perfect bodies on a perfect surface and make perfect love, as the unperfect world outside makes designs on their futures. – Doreen St. Felix, The New Yorker

The New Yorker has published a tightly-edited list entitled, Our Favorite Songs of 2018, featuring “Eros” by Nicholas Britell from If Beale Street Could Talk – Original Motion Picture Score!  With only 9 songs on the list, “Eros” is the only track from a film score featured.  Nicholas’s collaboration with Academy Award®-winning Director Barry Jenkins earned him an Academy Award® Best Original Score Nomination for his score to Moonlight last year.  Go ahead and put on the album, lean back and experience this track taken from a moment from the highly-anticipated Barry Jenkins film!

Film Score Available Now: [Download / Listen]

Annapurna Pictures presents, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, in select theaters on Friday, December 14 (get tickets).

 

 

 

LA Film Critics Association Awards: Nicholas Britell Wins Best Score For If Beale Street Could Talk + More!

Lakeshore Records congratulates soundtrack partners If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) and Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street) on their Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards!  For team If Beale Street Could Talk, Composer Nicholas Britell won Best Score, Regina King for Best Supporting Actress, and James Laxton for Best Cinematographer Runner Up!  For team Leave No Trace, Debra Granik won the Best Director Award, and Ben Foster is Best Actor Runner Up!  See the full list at Deadline.

If Beale Street Could Talk opens in select theaters Friday, December 14 (get tickets)!

 

Bleecker Street presents Leave No Trace, available now on Digital (rent it on iTunes)!

Critical Praise For Theodore Shapiro’s ‘Destroyer’ Score!

The critics reviews for the Destroyer score by Theodore Shapiro are coming in!  And, with Nicole Kidman earning a Golden Globe® nomination for her performance in the film, the excitement is heating up fast!  Are you going to see this new Karyn Kusama-directed film?

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]
 

 

Annapurna Pictures presents DESTROYER, in theaters December 25!

“An explosive bank robbery scene midway through is expertly staged and thrilling to watch, and the knife-on-bone score by Theodore Shapiro and ashen cinematography by Julie Kirkwood amp up the grittiness of the piece until you can practically taste the polluted LA air.” – The AV Club

There’s a darker side to his oeuvre, as heard in horror films such as The Invitation and in upcoming Nicole Kidman-starring Destroyer. – Vehlinggo

The track, titled “Chaconne,” shows just how much thought went into the music for “Destroyer.” Shapiro has said that he wanted to create a sound “that is obsessive, animal, fierce, but also tinged with a layer of pain and regret.” And you can hear that all throughout this exclusive track. – The Playlist

“The hovering ominousness, tough talk and sense of ever-present threat rumbling around in Theodore Shapiro’s score remind viewers at once of Mann’s towering 1995 crime classic, to the extent that you can’t get the comparison out of your mind, which is not a good thing for the imitator.” – Hollywood Reporter

“This is not quite like other Theodore Shapiro offerings which tend to be a little more light-hearted, veering to the whimsical, this is a dark, sometimes droning, brooding offering which will most likely appeal to as many as it turns off. That said, it only improves with repeated listens, each new listen revealing more facets and details of each track. – Set The Tape

“The upcoming film also features a truly memorable score, composed by Theodore Shapiro. And while “Destroyer” won’t be released until Christmas, fans of Kusama, and great music in general, can hear Shapiro’s score when Lakeshore Records releases it on November 16.” – The Playlist

“The music, by Theodore Shapiro (A Simple Favour), also adds to the burgeoning sense of doom, intermittently introduced in an effectively overbearing fashion.” – Flickering Myth

“Her brutal odyssey is complemented by a growling score by Theodore Shapiro; his repeated use of two crunching guitar notes, that has a similar effect to Jaws in announcing Bell’s relentless presence as she prowls for prey.” – The List UK

“Theodore Shapiro created the beautiful score that tells the story of Erin Bell and her search for answers. It’s a perfect mix of the anxiety of the film, having you on the edge of your seat, and waiting for the other shoe to drop, as well as contrasting it with beautiful moments of serenity and peace for Erin.” – The Mary Sue

If Beale Street Could Talk: Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell – A Behind The Scenes Interview! | Vice

[Barry Jenkins] brought over composer Nicholas Britell, who supplied the hearable texture to Moonlight’s sound, along with his own changeless cinematic talent for stripping scenes to their most bare sentiments. – Noel Ransome, Vice

Ahead of the If Beale Street Could Talk theatrical release on December 14, Vice speaks with the film’s director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell for a behind-the-scenes interview on their latest Golden Globe®-nominated collaboration.  The duo worked together for last year’s Academy Award-winning film, Moonlight.  Vice teases what you hope to expect from this winning duo in a fairly spoiler-free fashion.  See the full story at Vice!!

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

Annapurpa Pictures presents IF Beale Street COULD TALK, in select theaters Friday, December 14 (get tickets).