Normally when you hear instruments that are having a hard time producing their sounds, that’s a bad thing, but on Quiver Distribution’s new thriller, The Girl in the Pool, composer Adam Bosarge leaned into this idea. The Girl in the Pool follows a well-to-do family man, Tom (Freddie Prinze Jr.), who is forced to struggle through a surprise birthday party moments after hiding the murdered corpse of his mistress. The filmmakers wanted the perception of reality to be in question, so Adam created a score to match this uneasiness. To capture these feelings he explains, “The Girl in the Pool had a lot of prepared piano in the score, which is piano with objects placed into or onto the strings”. The result of this technique are sounds that are all just a little off or almost like the piano is being tortured at times. Adam also used a lot of vocal samples, but put a twist on them by drowning them out with effects. “I processed a female voice and used that a lot in the score, so the mistress’s presence was always being felt subconsciously. Either in the distance or whispering right into Tom’s ear. This imagined version of her that he can’t stop thinking about”. The overall musical tone of The Girl in the Pool isn’t exactly straightforward, which was the goal for Adam. Adam dives more into this in the below interview. The Girl in the Pool Trailer #1 (2024) www.youtube.com Editor's note: the following interview is...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 30 July, 2024