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‘A feeling of ecstasy’: how Anne Hathaway and FKA twigs created the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack
The stars of David Lowery’s psychodrama on the secrets behind creating music for a fictional pop diva
TL;DR
- Director David Lowery researched contemporary pop music to create the sound for the fictional pop star Mother Mary.
- James Blake and Aldous Harding's music influenced the emotional tone of the film's love story.
- Anne Hathaway focused on unlocking Mother Mary's broken humanity, with her vocal performance guided by early demos and influences like Tori Amos.
- Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX wrote the majority of the soundtrack, with FKA twigs contributing additional songs.
- The soundtrack aims to portray a unique 21st-century pop star with both mass appeal and an avant-garde sense.
- Hathaway emphasizes the importance of the feeling and sound of lyrics over their literal meaning.
- The film implies Mother Mary's intense fandom through visual cues and the character's physical state, representing a "neon plasma" for vulnerable fans.