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Ensuite does some bold things, namely the camera being in one spot for the whole film, but also not having a click track and letting the score really breathe. It feels almost uncomfortably intimate, and yet human. The hope of what happens next exemplified by a solo guitar. It was a lot of live takes-the specificity of a particular performance was more important than the actual composition.
One of the things about choosing guitar is that it's very intimate. You hug the instrument. Every little nuance of touch can come through, including what it takes to sustain the sound. The second you change something with your left hand, the note is going to stop immediately. Both hands affect the sound, including the left hand after the note has been plucked. But every note, and every person, dies. It also has to do with some of the rock music that happens later. So it did feel like what was appropriate for this couple in terms of their sonic world, what kinds of music would they normally like?
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Biography
Sundance Fellow Christopher North (he/him, b 1969) is an award winning composer (Film, Theater, Dance and the Concert Stage), singer/songwriter (eclectic albums, songs for children’s TV and placements in Films), multi-instrumentalist (Carnegie Hall, Newport Folk Festival, CBGBs, Grammy award-winning recordings), conductor (Hollywood Chamber Orchestra debut, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space) and producer. A Texan in NYC since 1997, he’s thriving in Brooklyn with over 20 genre crossing albums, scores to over 60 films (inc. award-winning and Grammy Nominated) and a growing opus of arts songs, chamber music and symphonic works. An enthusiastic educator and Assistant Professor in the Berklee College of Music Songwriting Department, he has also taught at the 92nd St Y since 1997. As a freelance sideman, he has played bass for Quincy Jones, with The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) and Rosanne Cash, in orchestras and on Broadway. He’s been heard as a singer (in choirs with the NY Philharmonic, on Grammy Award Winning Recordings), whistler (for Disney) and multi-instrumentalist on countless scores, albums, video games and commercials. A 2015 Sundance Institute Lab Fellow, collaborating brings out his best, for which VARIETY says he's a "notable asset” to work “well served by a fine soundtrack.” His favorite creation is his teenager Koi and his hobbies include painting, photography, and walking in cemeteries.