Hilfer says he warned the team they should be cautious about the band’s response “to use their music over the eating people thing.” That includes Radiohead, whose “Exit Music (For a Film)” is featured in the movie through a Vitamin String Quartet cover. “But it is a fascinating take, and I think a lot of people got that.” “I found myself doing a lot of selling in the music community to explain where this is coming from,” Hilfer says of pitching a film about cannibalism and sexism. “At least half the mood music in the movie is diegetic, meaning it comes from a source that you are supposed to believe is really playing,” the Fresh music supervisor explains.Ī somewhat unique additional complication to music supervision for a rom-com turned horror-thriller was getting artists’ approval to use their music over scenes of characters eating (prepared) human flesh. That understanding - that the music was its own story - helped the duo produce a killer soundtrack featuring artists like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Duran Duran and Danger Mouse that helped set the tone for a genre-bending tale about a woman (Edgar-Jones’ Noa) who discovers her new love interest (Stan’s Steve) is a cannibal with an entire meat-packing operation. And I remember feeling like these are incredible mood mixtapes that tie into the film, but are also these separate entities with an arc and appeal in and of themselves.” “When I was younger, the first soundtrack I owned was Grease and then High Fidelity. “I always really was a fangirl of soundtracks and scores,” Cave says. “Debating music with her was one of the most fun parts of this entire process,” Hilfer recalls. This perfect musical union can be chalked up to their collaboration style, with Cave coming in ready with opinions and a stack of playlists. Cave considers her own music video experience an unconscious “part of the fabric of what I do,” while Hilfer says he’s “met his match” in the director when it comes to musical vision. Instead, the music supervisor leans into the aesthetic of his directors he’s a “musical agnostic” who likens himself to a DJ giving “the audience what they’re looking for.” For this set, he’s working with Mimi Cave on her feature debut, which comes after directing short films and music videos for 12 years. It’s also possible because Hilfer doesn’t lead with his own music style, which he says was influenced chiefly by underground hip-hop and Fiona Apple, sounds he heard growing up in early ’90s New York City. That kind of diversity is an advantage on a movie classified as a romance, comedy, thriller and social horror. Hulu Nabs True-Crime Drama From 'Little Fires Everywhere,' 'Tell Me Lies' Producers
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