Pleased to have composer CJ Mirra join The Film Scorer Podcast! We primarily talk about CJ’s feature scoring debut, the UK family drama/horror film A Banquet. Much of CJ’s score oscillates between eerie, dreadful atmospheres and textures and gentler yet ominous melodies that complement the film’s many classical music extracts. We also get into his prolific work in short surf films (working on 20+), which are collected in the compilation Static, culminating in scoring the upcoming Apple TV Series Make or Break that follows the World Surf League.
A Banquet is available to watch digitally, and CJ’s score (as well as much of his other music) is available digitally on all platforms or on vinyl through Burning Witches Records. Find out more about CJ on his website.
About A Banquet: “A Banquet is a visually arresting, slow-burning psychological horror that uses subtle supernatural elements to create tension within a family in the midst of a breakdown, exploiting the complicated bond between three generations of mothers and daughters. Variety likens it to Lars Von Triers’ Melancholia and Jeff Nichol’s Take Shelter. A Banquet sees composer CJ Mirra reunite with Scottish director Ruth Paxton for their feature length debut following their festival favorite BBC short Be Still My Beating Heart.” – Courtesy of First Artists Management.
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