{"id":91315,"date":"2024-03-05T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=91315"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:37:03","slug":"poor-things-fresh-cinematic-sound","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/poor-things-fresh-cinematic-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2024: How ‘Poor Things’ Music Scoring Brilliantly Invents a Fresh World for Cinematic Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Oscars 2024: How 'Poor Things' Music Scoring Brilliantly Invents a Fresh World for Cinematic Sound\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

This article is republished<\/a> from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. All photos provided by The Conversation<\/a> from various sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Deaville<\/a> is a professor of music at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At first glance the British composer<\/a> Jerskin Fendrix<\/a> (the stage name used by Joscelin Dent-Pooley) does not seem an obvious candidate for scoring Poor Things<\/em>, now nominated for best original score at the upcoming Academy Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film, by acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos<\/a> features an A-list cast including Emma Stone<\/a>, who plays Bella Baxter, a woman brought back to life<\/a> who must experience the world afresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fendrix had no prior experience<\/a> with composing for the silver screen or working with a director. When he was approached about the job he had released only one solo album, Winterreise<\/em><\/a> (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it was just this album with its punk and pop aesthetic<\/a> that caught the attention of auteur-director Lanthimos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, Fendrix represents a newer generation of film composers, who are more likely to move in the world of rock, pop or alternative music scenes than score or conduct<\/a> for a symphony orchestra<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n