Composer Nicholas Britell on The Music Of Moonlight, 12 Years A Slave & Vangelis
Soundtracking with Edith Bowman
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Film Music and Composing for Movies
I think what was so exciting from right away was that it felt like both of us had a similar sense of what the musical Possibilities for moonlight were. I read the script and I talked to Barry and we had conversations before they shot the film Yeah, and then my next encounter with the project was after they shotYeah And seeing an early cut of the film is always such a fascinating thing too because it's always remarkable to me the way in which you know your perceptions of things from the script stage Change or don't change when you see the early cuts of the film basically. Among the first things I sent to Barry actually after some of our early conversations I wrote this piece piano and violin
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