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‘Sing Sing’ Composer Bryce Dessner On Defying Expectations By “Responding To The Poetry Under The Heartbeat Of The Film”
'Sing Sing' Composer Bryce Dessner On Defying Expectations By Responding To The Poetry Under The Heartbeat Of The Film
Though the film takes place in a prison, the story itself avoids the usual stereotypes of violence to focus on a tale of rehabilitation. Since the film focuses on the power of art as a means of escape and finding peace, Dessner used an image of Domingo and Maclin looking through a window into the horizon as a major point of influence. DESSNER: The score begins with this orchestral chorale, which we see kind of backlit Colman Domingo’s character, Divine G, and it’s very colorful and cinematic.
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