OSCAR VIDEO FEATURE: In Conversation with Composer Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk

February 12, 2019 - 07:00 PM

Veteran music writer Jon Burlingame chats with Oscar nominated Composer Nicholas Britell about his recent work on, “If Beale Street Could Talk” and the organic process of collaborating with the director Barry Jenkins on the film’s lush and evocative score.

MOVIE STUDIO

Annapurna Pictures

DIRECTOR

Barry Jenkins

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Nicholas Britell

Synopsis

In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

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