Episode 29 marks Art of the Score’s first ever live episode, recorded in August at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Exploring the film music of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and The Road), the live talk also preluded a concert later that week where the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra played Cave and Ellis’s music as arranged by our very own Nicholas Buc. Join us for a very special live episode as we try and find out what makes the film music of Cave and Ellis so good.

Episode notes:

0:54 – A very special live episode5:27 – The Nick Cave and Warren Ellis sound6:26 – Alice Wading7:58 – A band process for film music10:34 – The Proposition12:41 – The meat pie western14:05 – The drone, the voice, the piano18:05 – Nick’s singing (The Rider)21:11 – Martha’s Dream22:55 – The Cave Waltz26:38 – The Rider Song29:20 – The Assassination of Jesse James31:26 – The celeste35:14 – A Rather Lovely Thing37:17 – An arresting chord progression39:45 – The Assassination lullaby41:54 – Song for Bob45:14 – The Road49:35 – The Mother52:09 – The Far Road54:49 – The House58:07 – The ray of hope59:49 – The Ellis Cave DNA

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