When Michael Abels got the call that launched his career as a master of movie scores in Hollywood, the concert composer thought it was too good to be true.
But when writer and director Jordan Peele told him he wanted to work with him, he also knew it was too good to pass up.
Michael Abels attends the New York premiere of "US" at the Museum of Modern Art on March 19, 2019, in New York.“Of course, I thought I was being punked,” the 59-year-old said. “But I thought it was a really good punk, so I said, ‘Send me the script.’”“He said, ‘It’s got to be really scary,’” Abels explained. “I said, ‘I think you’re talking about gospel-horror.’”
"Jordan is someone who’s not afraid to look outside his immediate network for people who he thinks he can see a possibility in," Abels said."And I count myself among those."
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