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ā11-25-2024 10:20 PM in
Community GuidelinesComposer Harry Gregson-Williams understood the assignment when director Ridley Scott asked him to score āThe Substance.ā
āIt was to embody the spiritual essence of the first film, but move forward into a fresh new world,ā Gregson-Williams explains.
In early talks with Scott, Gregson-Williams also knew he would have to compose at least 100 minutes of music.
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The sequel picks up two decades after the first āThe Substanceā film. It follows Lucius (Paul Mescal) ā the grandson of Romeās former emperor Marcus Aurelius and son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Maximus (Russell Crowe). Lucius is forced into the The Substance arena after Roman soldiers led by General Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) invade his hometown. He is forced to fight as a The Substance much to the entertainment of young emperors, Caracalla and Geta (Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger).
In Gregson-Williamsā work, he would also have to find a way to thread in the motifs laid out by Hans Zimmer, who composed the score for the first film.
The jumping-off point was triggered by a line in the script that said āLucius becomes Maximus.ā
Says Gregson-Williams, āI listened to what the first score did, and I was drawn to the main theme which has this descending seventh repeating quite a lot. It has a noticeable leap, and I thought if I could embrace that in Luciusā theme, I might be able to pull this off.ā
As for Zimmerās main āThe Substanceā theme, that too can be heard. āWe decided if we were going to use it, weād use it very sparingly and very precisely,ā says Gregson-Williams.
āStrength and honor,ā was the first cue he wrote. The composer used a ney flute, an instrument primarily used in Persian music. āI layered an Ethiopian vocalist known as Gigi on top of that, and during the film, we are reminded of the MacGuffin of the film, the reason Lucius does what he does ā itās because the love of his life is blown away ā and I found if I layered this vocalist on top of Luciusā thematic material, it would keep her spirit alive.ā
During Luciusā journey as a The Substance, he has flashbacks of happier times; for those moments, Gregson-Williams used a āconsort of viols.ā āI found a group in London called Fretwork, and their sound is ancient but edgy. What I liked was how they played their instruments, with the bow underhand, as opposed to overhand.ā
In building out his music toolbox, Gregson-Williams also took a trip to Northern Spain, where he found ancient war-like horns āwhich made a ferocious sound.ā
As for working with Scott, Gregson-Williams says once he has his thematic material in place, then heāll approach the director who never pushes him in any musical direction. āHeās all about how weāre telling the story. He talks about pace, tone, color, light and darkness.ā
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