Composed by Alexandra Kalinowski, the soundtrack for SCREAMBOX’s Lizzie Lazarus is now available digitally on Spotify and Apple Music. Watch the music video for “Infants” — arranged by Kalinowski and performed by Lizzie herself, Megan Oesterreich — below. The song opens the film, setting a quirky tone for the psychological folk-horror film. “I am lucky […]
Composed by Alexandra Kalinowski, the soundtrack for SCREAMBOX’s Lizzie Lazarus is now available digitally on Spotify and Apple Music.
Watch the music video for “Infants” — arranged by Kalinowski and performed by Lizzie herself, Megan Oesterreich — below. The song opens the film, setting a quirky tone for the psychological folk-horror film.
“I am lucky to call Alexandra one of my closest friends and have gotten to collaborate with her multiple times over our 15 years of friendship. She is one of the sharpest cinematic minds, not just when it comes to film score, but when talking about story and themes,” says writer-director Aviv Rubinstien.
“As a result, I love to include her as early in the process as possible. Alexandra read and gave notes on the screenplay for Lizzie Lazarus, attended rehearsals, and worked on themes and motifs that I could provide to the actors to help them get into the vibe of the movie. She was able to provide such a wonderful, idiosyncratic score that mirrors the characters’ journeys of identity.”
“I started work on the score for Lizzie Lazarus before the film was even shot,” Kalinowski adds. “From conversations about the time period and the feel of the film I wrote two initial themes. Editor Rick Chapman did a fabulous temp score along with his first edit of the movie which, together with the initial themes and conversations, set us on the right track for finding the dark, gritty, grungy sound of the film.
“The score is a combination of software and hardware synths, electric and electric guitars, drums, violin, cello and french horn blended together into a rich, dark atmosphere. I used some recurring musical themes to highlight the feelings of paranoia and dread and leaned heavily on strings for the final moments of unease and tension.”
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