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'Nosferatu' Composer on Using 60 String Players for Disorienting Score

Variety
Story by JazztangcayDecember 26, 2024 • 5:30 PM
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Composer Robin Carolan details the unsettling score he crafted for Robert Eggers' reimagining of the classic silent horror film 'Nosferatu'.
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  • Carolan gathered 60 string players to create a 'spiral effect sound that is supposed to feel really disorienting and hit you in the gut'.
  • Eggers' 'Nosferatu' is a fresh take on the 1922 silent German expressionist film, bringing a new sinister vision to the iconic vampire character.
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