GRAMMY^® NOMINATED

Lullabies For the Brokenhearted – a new album by Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon

Violinist-composer Lili Haydn and pianist-composer Paul Cantelon have created Lullabies for the Brokenhearted—a poignant and transcendent album shaped by personal loss and the redemptive power of music. After the sudden passing of Cantelon’s wife, singer Angela McCluskey, grief left him unable to play. Haydn, a lifelong friend and collaborator, invited him into her home and gently rekindled his creative spirit. The result is 8 deeply felt compositions, recorded in just 10 days, with influences ranging from Chopin to Arvo Part. The lead single, “The Edgeless Safety of the Sea,” was released June 27, offering a first glimpse of the album’s cinematic, emotionally resonant sound.

Among the album’s most striking moments are “The Last Serenade,” a melody Haydn received at her mother’s deathbed and has since played for others in their final moments, and “Point No Point,” a piece central to Cantelon’s early work and later featured in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.  While rooted in sorrow, the music is full of light, hope, and reverence. Haydn, a Grammy winner and Emmy-nominated composer (Netflix #1 hit Ginny & Georgia), and Cantelon, a Juilliard-trained artist with acclaimed film scores, bring decades of experience to this collaboration—a musical offering that gently holds space for grief, memory, and healing.

Artist Bios

Lili Haydn is a Grammy-winning composer, songwriter, singer, and violinist. Well known for her 5 albums as a solo artist, 3 albums with Opium Moon, and her legendary collaborations with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, George Clinton's P-Funk All Stars and Hans Zimmer, Lili has taken her unique melodic and harmonic sensibility and emotionally penetrating musical voice into composing for film and television with 18 feature films/documentaries (Anita, Driver X, The House That Jack Built), and the hit Netflix series Ginny & Georgia, for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 2023. Lili is a 2x HMMA nominee, BMI Award winner, Sundance Fellow, and winner for Best Music at the Milan International Film Festival.

Paul Cantelon is a Juilliard-trained pianist and composer known for his film scores and modern classical compositions. He has created music for notable films such as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 21 Grams, and Wings of the Dove. Cantelon was also a founding member of the alternative band the Wild Colonials, alongside his late wife, singer Angela McCluskey. His music spans from classical to indie rock. He has been nominated for a BAFTA and was the only American composer featured at the Platinum Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth in 2022.