Oscar winner Hurwitz reveals the surprising influences behind his frenetic score.
The drama clocks in at a whopping three hours and change, but there exists an earlier four-hour cut.
“Damien sent [the script] to me in fall of 2019,” Hurwitz recalls.
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For inspiration, the composer turned to some surprising places.
“We knew we didn’t want ’20s jazz it’s just familiar,” he explains.
“We’ve heard it a million times.
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It’s kind of quaint, it’s a little tame.
This movie is anything but tame.”
“Those were probably my biggest inspirations, mood-wise.”
Fans ofLa La Landmay hear some brief similarities between the two scores.
And I’m the same composer and my musical grammar is the same."
However, if the audience makes the comparison, he’s okay with that, too.
So that’s just this line you kind of have to walk."
Now thatBabylonis complete, Hurwitz plans to do more in-person concerts next year.
“I love going around and performing our scores, very often to picture,” he says.
“I recently turnedWhiplashinto that kind of show.
And his next film project?
“It’s probably what Damien’s doing next.”
