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: bit.ly/2pESLhG

[@thedjames97]

The show would be a lot different without him

[@TheUnsuper]

Brilliant composer

[@itsFJoppa]

Those different shades of " departure ", the slow piano, the fast piano, the violin.. fucking genius. Always used the right one, at the right moment, for the right intensity. Damn !!

[@garrettisbetterthanU]

The series was for me one of the saddest pieces of drama I have absorbed. Max's music was certainly the rails on which the Leftovers' viewers were guided by. Thanks for capturing this interview.

[@orr971]

He is such a genius. I enjoy his music so so much

[@dramatic7368]

One of the most amazing composers I have ever seen!
He nailed the music in The Leftovers
That November soundtrack 💔

[@beobe99]

The Leftovers gave SUCH an amazing feeling.. To get that feeling now, I listen to the Soundtrack via Max Richter and the Shows Scenes play out in my head!!!

[@MultiKarola]

what a score!! god thank you

[@scoreitmagazine1400]

Glad you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thank you!

[@MrAzizChing]

I remember that i watched the leftovers only because i heard Max Richter's soundtracks for that show, I even skipped the trailer,his music speaks ,he's an extraordinary composer

[@Sorennn94]

This man is a living legend

[@camerrill]

I love this show; one of the best in all of my life! ("One of?")

[@sbanats]

Need a Max and Hanz composed movie- I would die to see that ;)

[@Richard-yp1dd]

I think there Styles are two far apart to work well together. It’s a shame because they are definitely the two best composers of the last 20 years tbh..

[@DougHanson2769]

He’s wonderful
So good…
Thank you

[@MaCK0y]

Best TV soundtrack.

[@joesixpac8710]

I can’t imagine this series without the music. Symbioses in perfection.

[@marca0]

genius.

[@piapi4512]

Anyone knows the name of the last song played in this video?

[@MaCK0y]

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[@anamarianievesramireztorre2229]

👍👍👍 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@pippa1515]

He sounds kind of like Abel Korzeniowski

[@mustangsally2048]

Pippa Kleiber except tremendously better sounding

[@yesididitverywell]

Well, we all have our own opinions. Korzeniowski's work in Nocturnal Animals is beautiful.

[@mustangsally2048]

@@yesididitverywell haha, no doubt..