![]() We called it our “broken consort,” and we gave them ancient instruments to play. So, we came upon an idea of having the centerpiece of the orchestra being a seven- or eight-piece group of musicians. The country was broken, people didn’t have any money, and he said, “How do we express that musically? How do we do that with a big orchestra? What sounds broken?” Universal Pictures Obviously, post-Civil War, pretty much everything was broken. Just overall, what we talked about at the beginning, he portrayed this country that was really in tatters. It’s an important nuance because I think people would respond differently to something if you just made it seem overtly sad. So, it was very important, even in the very first scene, which I wrote more than 20 times, just to get it to the point where Paul felt we were portraying somebody as being solitary, as opposed to tragic. He takes off by himself after each job, and carries with him some unknown wound or grief. Even though he goes from town to town, reading the news, you really get the feeling that he’s a loner. HOWARD: The real deal in the beginning was, how do we express musically who this character is, who Jefferson Kidd is? He’s a wounded individual he’s definitely an outsider. It was just a sheer pleasure to work on, and that would probably be my number one genre of what I love to do most, is just a big, outdoor adventure.ĭEADLINE: What kind of sound did Paul Greengrass have in mind for his latest film? What did you discuss with him, early on? Even though the score is rather quiet through most of it, it does have moments where it flexes its muscle a little bit toward the end. JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: I would think any film composer-certainly me, my generation-the most exciting thing is to get a gigantic canvas, like a big Western that’s almost like a David Lean movie, or just a big story with great images and phenomenal performances. ![]() ![]() Why is this a genre you like working within? Universal Pictures 'The Exorcist' Trilogy Filmmakers David Gordon Green & Jason Blum Reflect On Loss Of "Brilliant Artist" William FriedkinĭEADLINE: Prior to News, you’d worked on such acclaimed Westerns as Hidalgo and Wyatt Earp. ![]()
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