When composer Blake Neely boarded The Flight Attendant, he helped clarify an approach to telling a story, which was “very difficult, tonally, to find.” HBO Max’s series, based on the 2018 novel of …
) and more. But while he had the backing of “the biggest producer in television history”, he admits that his first meeting about“I went in this room and it was like nine people there, surrounding me…and it’s one of those hard things in a music meeting. They said, ‘What’s your idea?’” the three-time Emmy nominee explains, in the latest installment of Deadline’s Production Value video series. “I used to think that was like, ‘Oh, you want me to sing it for you?’ But they want a dramatic idea.
The unorthodox decision to have percussion instruments drive the score allowed Neely to reflect through music the mix of thriller atmosphere, dark comedy and dramatic heft that defined the story. While Neely looked to traditional percussive instruments, including the piano, harp, vibraphone and marimba, to bring gravitas to the score, he also pulled in percussive sounds that were far more experimental. “[The idea] was, it’s percussion if you can hit it,” he explains.
While Neely didn’t officially pursue a career in music through higher education, he would still “audit classes and study scores” early on, and “geek out in the music library.” From the two-time Oscar nominee, he would learn how to balance “perfectionism” with a willingness to collaborate. “He was really great about having a very specific idea, going with it, but being able to change,” Neely recalls.
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