Here’s the downside of an Oscar shortlist: this early in the season, the big contenders are completely sidelined.
A mistake by the music department of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year was Netflix’s “sexy and dangerous” original music, as the movie’s composer Isabella Summers puts it. Feature film about DH Lawrence Lady Chatterley’s lover.
And yes, according to Summers, Florence and The Machine are still together. As the British musician-turned-composer explained on Crew Call today, she came off a tour and got the chance to contribute a song to Indie Photo murder nation
From there she was encouraged to make her foray into music, initially collaborating with Mark Isham on the Hulu limited series small fires everywhere which earned them an Emmy nomination for Original Dramatic Limited Series Score. Lady Chatterley’s lover is the first of four Summers soundtracks to be revealed.
Before the Lady Chatterley’s loverSummers delivers a lively, lush classical score that echoes Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Gustav Holst, constantly balancing the romantic scenes of the Big Bang with the more intimate moments in the story of Connie (Emma Corrin), trapped and married to ‘ An aristocrat prisoner is a man paralyzed by an injury in the First World War. She finds love in Oliver, the gamekeeper on her large estate.
There’s a lot of kissing in the rain in the middle of the farmland here, to say the least. Capturing Connie’s “frustration and turbulent nature” was key for Summers, with filmmaker Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre often drawn to the simplest of chords.
You can listen to our conversation with Summers below:
Author: Anthony D’Alessandro
Source: Deadline
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