Composer Rupert Gregson-Williams wanted to capture “the sounds of the streets” in “The Alienist.” This TNT limited series focuses on a pioneering criminal psychologist (Daniel Brühl) who tracks down a serial killer in late-19th-century New York. And since the city at that time was a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world, the music veteran wanted to play upon “the cultural diversity at that time” in his score. Watch our exclusive video interview with Gregson-Williams above.
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Blending music from around the globe could create a messy hodgepodge, but Gregson-Williams found “some common denominators as far as instruments go in all those countries,” such as early guitars and percussion. He sampled sounds from Italian, Jewish, and Eastern European styles, but he predominately focused on Irish folk music since the Irish “are a big part...
See ‘The Alienist’ interviews: Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, and more exclusive chats [Watch]
Blending music from around the globe could create a messy hodgepodge, but Gregson-Williams found “some common denominators as far as instruments go in all those countries,” such as early guitars and percussion. He sampled sounds from Italian, Jewish, and Eastern European styles, but he predominately focused on Irish folk music since the Irish “are a big part...
- 6/20/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
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