Our latest guest on Soundtracking is composer Laura Karpman, who joined Edith to discuss her Oscar-nominated score for American Fiction. Written and directed by first-timer Cord Jefferson (who picked up a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay), it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical ‘black’ books, only for it to be mistaken by the liberal elite for serious literature.

00:00 Intros + Oscar Nomination Chat
03:00 Composing for Film and Bonding with the Audience and Their Expectations
03:45 Coming onto the project and finding American Fiction’s style
06:59 Right Mood, Right Time
09:27 Monk’s Theme + Transforming to Romance with Coraline
10:00 Family Theme + All Interconnected
11:35 Jazz Theme’s + Hidden Gems in Marvel
12:58 What If …? Series
14:45 “A Series of Pivots”: Navigating the “Tall Walls” that Women and Underrepresented Groups are Currently and Historically Have Faced
17:28 Recording at Abbey Road + Intrigue for Performing
19:05 Developing the Recordings for American Fiction + Working with Cord Jefferson
21:13 Right Team, Right Title
24:20 Upcoming Work + Musical

Listen on:
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/66lj73J...

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