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Jordan Peele’s terrifying dystopian fable US (2019) is Michael Abels’ second film score for the Oscar-winning writer/director. This time Abels ramps up the anxiety level with a creepy, funky march featuring a children’s choir (“Anthem”), hair-raising extended string techniques, and a horror take on Luniz’ 90s hit “I Got 5 On It” (which in turn samples Club Nouveau’s 70s hit ...
Michael Abels is best-known for his scores for the Oscar-winning film GET OUT, and for Jordan Peele’s US, for which Abels won the World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, an Image Award nomination, and multiple critics awards. The hip-hop influenced score for US was short-listed for the Oscar, and was even named “Score of the Decade” by online ...
Mar 2, 2017 · It’s a story worthy of its own Hollywood movie: orchestral and chorale composer/school teacher Michael Abels received a call out of the blue that Jordan Peele wanted to talk to him about ...
Michael Abels. Composer: Nope. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels is well known for his genre-defying scores for the Jordan Peele films 'Get Out,' 'Us,' and 'Nope.' The score for 'Us' won a World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, multiple critics awards, and was named "Score of the Decade" by The Wrap. Both 'Us' and 'Nope' were shortlisted for ...
Michael Abels is an American composer best known for the opera Omar, co-written with Rhiannon Giddens, and his scores for the Jordan Peele films Get Out, Us and Nope. The hip-hop influenced score for Us was short-listed for the Oscars and was even named "Score of the Decade" by TheWrap. Other recent media projects include the films Bad Education, Nightbooks, Fake Famous, and the docu-series ...
Mar 29, 2019 · Michael Abels: I wanted “Anthem” to sound like an evil march. Like you knew that someone with bad intentions was coming. One thing that Jordan loves to do and is becoming known for is [to ...
The 2023Pulitzer Prize Winnerin Music. For distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels. Share:TwitterFacebookEmail. Premiered on May 27, 2022 at the Spoleto Festival USA in ...
