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Original Score Race Finds Eclectic Sounds, Approaches From Wide Array of Composers Such as Kris Bowers and Tamar-Kali
Oscars: Kris Bowers, Tamar-kali, Volker Bertelmann among composers vying for original score consideration.
Last year’s Oscar winner, German composer Volker Bertelmann, reunited with his “All Quiet on the Western Front” director Edward Berger for “Conclave” a thriller about Vatican intrigue in choosing a new Pope. Bertelmann quickly discarded more conventional notions of church music like organ and choir in favor of a string ensemble and the Cristal Baschet, whose eerie sound is made by rubbing tuned glass rods with wet fingers. He uses orchestral sounds, including prepared piano, but the film’s more intense moments are accompanied by what he calls “tension music,” often played by cellos and contrabasses creating “lightning eruptions” and adding “explosive elements” to a story with multiple twists and turns.
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