This mid-film cue from Lady Usher accompanies a complex scene where tenderness turns to passion, and then… something disturbing.
Thematically, this cue introduces a melody for the main couple’s relationship. This theme will recur as the tension mounts, and Morgan and Roderick start to face tough decisions about their future.
One reason I selected a string quartet for the score of Lady Usher is because strings are particularly capable of producing hair-raising acoustic effects.
This atmospheric cue uses unusual playing techniques to accompany a nightmare sequence, followed by a hesitant trip down Usher’s disturbing hallways.
This week’s music from the score for Lady Usher accompanies a classic “plot thickens” scene. We hear a reprise of the Lady’s theme, then a dark dance which underscores the increasingly-creepy dialogue about the Usher family.
Sorry… I meant to say the award-winning score for Lady Usher. I’m pleased to share that the music won Best Original Score at the New York Cinematography Awards competition. Read the details here!
I’m pleased to announce that my score for Lady Usher won Best Original Score from the New York Cinematography Awards competition. Continued gratitude to writer/director George Adams for the opportunity to collaborate on this feature, and for supporting the use of live musicians in film music.
A soundtrack album release for the score is in the works. In the meantime you can hear excerpts in my Cue of the Week blog.
The centerpiece of the score for Lady Usher is the theme for the film’s titular antagonist, the domineering and manipulative Lady. This cue heralds her arrival with a lyrical but edgy melody, which will serve as her leitmotif for the rest of the story.
In short order the music shifts to an impish tango, echoing the back-and-forth verbal sparring between Morgan and her new prospective mother-in-law.
