Christopher Willis - The Death of Stalin

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Christopher Willis is an Emmy-nominated, multi-talented composer working in the mediums of film, television, and games. Christopher is known for his work on HBO's hit comedy series, Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He currently scores The Lion Guard and the multiple Emmy Award-winning Disney Mickey Mouse shorts. One of his most recent project was for the feature film, THE DEATH OF STALIN. The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire film directed by Armando Iannucci. It chronicles the Soviet power struggles set off by the death of dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953. The film is based on the graphic novel of the same name. The film was released by eOne Films in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2017 and is set to be released in the United States by IFC Films on March 9, 2018. The film was also screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim. Christopher Willis’ score for The Death of Stalin has garnered much praise and a nomination for Best Music at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards and in this episode, he talks about writing a score in the great Soviet tradition of music composition. He shares about how he made the jump into this segment of the classical world of music; Willis describes his road to discovery of the powerful and pompous Soviet scores as he prepared to write his own for the satire. ANNOTATED TRACKS 01:55 - Track - Moscow 1953 04:35 - Track - Beria's Plan 06:16 - Track - Special Delivery 06:49 - Track - Removal Men 08:41 - Track - Pall-Bearers 10;52 - Track - He Looks So Small 11:42 - Track - Back from the Gulags 13:02 - Track - Let the People Come 15:44 - Track - Setting the Trap 17:35 - Track - Staging a Coup 20:14 - Track - Flowers 21:16 - Track - A Comedy of Terrors SOUNDTRACK The original score by Christopher Willis was released on December 1, 2017 and can be found on Amazon.com, iTunes and streaming on Spotify. MORE ABOUT THE COMPOSER You can hear more music from Christopher Willis at his official site. Or follow him on Twitter @mrchriswillis ABOUT THE ANNOTATOR Produced by Christopher Coleman (@ccoleman) and you can Find more episodes at THEANNOTATOR.NET or you can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher Radio or wherever you find quality podcasts. FOLLOW US Twitter @audioannotator Facebook @TheAnnotator Email [e-mail] SUBSCRIBE iTunes Stitcher Radio Google Play Podcasts RSS Feed