Cue up the overture, as composer Daniel Blumberg has just won Best Original Score for his monumental work on “The Brutalist.” In order for Brady Corbet’s film to feel as epic as it does with the limit materials it had, there needed to be an expansive, booming, grand score at the center of it, and that is what Blumberg was able to deliver.
Known for being a lead singer and musician in indie bands like Cajun Dance Party and Yuck, Blumberg recently got into making scores with his work on “The World to Come,” a film directed by “Brutalist” co-writer Mona Fastvold and co-written by Corbet. With this just being his second score for a feature film, Blumberg was able to deliver work that equals the work of Great American scores that have come before. His work is one of the key components that is at the center of László Tóth’s (Adrien Brody) immigrant journey to America in search of a new life and career opportunities as he is a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who has fled his country post-World War II.
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Blumberg recently won the BAFTA for Best Original Score as well as Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film by the Society of Composers & Lyricists. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award.
His next project will be a reunion with Fastvold on her new film “Ann Lee,” which follows the founding leader of the Shaker Movement. The film will also be co-written by Corbet and will star Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, and Christopher Abbott.
The other nominees in this category included Volker Bertelmann (“Conclave”), Kris Bowers (“The Wild Robot”), Clément Ducol and Camille (“Emilia Pérez”), and John Powell and Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”).
“The Brutalist” is still playing in theaters and available on digital download services.
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