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SAM NOW - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2022)
Sam Harkness and his half-brother Reed go on a road trip to find their missing mom. But solving the mystery of her disappearance is only the beginning of their story.
1 Our Home Movies Look Like This
1:12
2 Sam One
2:06
3 January 2003
1:19
4 That's The Last We Saw Her
2:04
5 No One Was Equipped For This
1:49
6 Do You Miss Your Mom?
2:07
7 An Individual Problem
2:11
8 A Fascinating Woman
1:40
9 This Is Peter
1:48
10 The Professor
1:02
11 Go Find Her
2:09
12 Adopted In Japan
2:07
13 You Are Making Everyone So Vulnerable
1:15
14 Tarot Reading
1:23
15 Come Out Wherever You Are
1:37
16 Beach Peace
1:37
17 No Reactions
0:38
18 Proud To Be A Harkness
1:46
19 Overflowing with Confidence
1:35
20 Halloween
0:52
21 I'm Already Immersed
1:06
22 Creosote Lamps
2:16
23 Fish Heads and Rice
2:32
24 Step Out Of It
3:22
- from Reed Harkness, director, SAM NOW:
“We searched far and wide for a composer for SAM NOW. All the options we pursued would have been interesting and made for a pretty different feeling movie. At one point in time, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats was going to do the music. Stephen Malkamus entertained the idea too. We got demos from a whole bunch of composers that I love.
When Roger watched our early cut of SAM NOW, I could immediately tell this was a good match. There was something in his eyes and reaction. He really got it. I could visualize so many aspects of how SAM NOW would come together, but not the music themes. The reference playlists I made on Spotify are 24 hours in total, yet I really wanted simplicity.
When I got the first demos from Roger, I stopped everything and was lying on the couch listening to his tracks on loop. I can’t explain the feeling of that. Maybe it’s like reconnecting with a long lost relative. I know you, but don’t know you. I was caught in a state of realization that all along this was what I was looking for, but at the same time they were new and unfamiliar.
One beautiful thing about the Sam theme, it works across the movie in any emotional state or direction Sam is in. I am still in disbelief by how well this all came together. Roger is a wonderful collaborator and masterful composer, the team and I are so grateful for this opportunity. The music is so good on its own too, go listen to it.”
ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL - 2022 Winner Golden Eye - Best International Documentary Film:
"This film stood out to all of us as the finest that cinema can do. Which is sending the viewer on a journey of introspection and questioning of human life and human relationships. In our crazy and collapsing world, being able to understand, accept and reach for the others is certainly crucial to remember. Thanks to this wonderful filmmakers and their family, for their courage to share their journey of pain and healing with us."
BENDFILM FESTIVAL - 2022 Winner Best Documentary Feature - 2022 Winner Best Editing
INDIE MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL- 2022 Winner Best Documentary Feature
SCAD SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL - 2022 Winner Best Documentary - 2022 Winner Best Director
HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - 2022 Nominee Best International Documentary
DOC NYC - 2022 Official Selection
SEATLE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY - 2023 Nominee Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2023 Nominee Ad Hoc Docs Competition
“One of the year’s best films” - Matt Zoller Seitz, rogerebert.com
Biography
Roger Neill is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer with credits including DON'T THINK TWICE, 20th CENTURY WOMEN and MOZART IN THE JUNGLE.
Representation
Seth Kaplan and Christine Russell
composer agents
EVOLUTION MUSIC PARTNERS