Freya Berkhout is a Sydney-born, multi-award-winning composer and creative technologist based in Los Angeles. She began her professional music career as half of experimental pop duo kyü, releasing two records to critical acclaim and winning a slew of awards.I was excited to sit down with her to talk about the new film she did the music for, Ride or Die, which decently debuted at Tribeca. Let's dive in. Freya BerkhoutCredit: Freya Berkhout NO FILM SCHOOL: I’d love to hear more about how you got involved in this queer romance thriller Ride or Die, and why you think you were ultimately a fit for this particular film?Freya Berkhout: Josalynn, the director, actually found me on the Alliance for Women Film Composers database because they were consciously hiring Heads of Department. Which I’m so grateful for! I think I was a good musical fit for the film because I tend to work at two ends of a spectrum – dark, psychological horrors and thrillers, and at the other thematic end, films about queer joy. This was a really cool opportunity to explore the convergence of those genres. I also think as a queer woman, I could bring my lived experience to this chaotic sapphic road trip to create something really tender.NFS: Can you dive further into your prior work across both the romance and horror spaces?FB: I’ve worked on a lot of horror over the last few years, which has been such a joy. It’s really fun to scare people with music!...
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