Interview Max Richter / The Leftovers / Score It Magazine

During the Séries Mania Convention held in Paris last April, Score It Magazine had the honour of speaking with Max Richter about his celestial score for The Leftovers, which majestically narrates the entire series, spanning across 28 episodes.

Lauded as one of the most influential composer of his generation, Max Richter is a leading voice in post-minimalist composition. His genre-defying seven solo albums merge his formal classical training (Richter graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and was the pupil of renowned composer Luciano Berio) with modern technology.

Over 50 films feature scores written by electro-acoustic polymath Richter, including Ari Folman’s multiple award-winning Waltz with Bashir (for which Richter was awarded the European Film Prize), Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and HBO’s The Leftovers by Damon Lindelof.

The award-winning drama The Leftovers starring Justin Theroux and Carrie Coon started airing on HBO (OCS in France) in 2014 and season two followed in 2015. The thought-provoking series portrays life in a small town after many of its residents vanished in a Rapture-like event. Season three was released on 16th April 2017 on the premium cable channel, with great critical response.

Read the full interview on Score It Magazine: http://bit.ly/2pESLhG