'Only Murders,' 'Good American Family,' 'Agatha All Along' Composers and Music Supervisors Break Down Process
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The IndieWire and Disney Pass the Remote panel highlighted the significant role of music in television, featuring discussions among leading composers and music supervisors at the Vidiots Foundation. Composers like the Newton Brothers and Siddhartha Khosla, alongside music supervisors Tiffany Anders and Jen Ross, explored how soundtracks shape character expression. Anders emphasized the importance of carefully chosen needle drops to reflect the characters' backgrounds and emotional states, while The Newton Brothers discussed the challenges they face in crafting memorable scores, showcasing the deep interconnection between music and visual storytelling.
The parameters were, what did these people from the late '90s and 2000s grow up listening to? We went for that zone of radio music that they connected to.
It's not gangsta rap, it's not metal. It's not Korn. It's Green Day, which is perfectly Michael. He's a wounded man-child, and the song has this pop sensibility to it while still having an edge.
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