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Laura Karpman was already a Grammy-winning opera composer, an Emmy-winning TV-theme writer, and had over 30 years of (mostly) orchestral film and television scoring to her credit when she was nominated for her first Academy Award for a jazz venture. The film in question, Cord Jefferson's biting social satire American Fiction, follows the travails of Black author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), whose musical namesake inspired Karpman's playful, piano-based approach to the score. Throughout the vast majority of the soundtrack's 47 minutes of original music, she stays loyal to this concept, including during more whimsical moments (the part atonal, part grooving, part space age, part outraged "Bookstore"), wistfully orchestral cues (such as "Human Remains," whose jazz bass remains intact, and the Debussy-tinged "[Patrice's] Family Is," one of two tracks featuring pianist Patrice Rushen), and pure jazz combo fare (the Beatnik "[Elena's] Monk Is" featuring Elena Pinderhughes"). It's a score that's both audacious and perfectly suited to the film's spiraling absurdity.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer - Elena Pinderhughes, Flute, MainArtist
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Patrice Rushen, Piano, MainArtist - Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Patrice Rushen, Piano, MainArtist - Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, Piano, MainArtist - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Cobbin, Mixing Engineer - Kirsty Whalley, Mixing Engineer - Laura Karpman, Composer, Producer, Piano, MainArtist - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Producer
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Laura Karpman was already a Grammy-winning opera composer, an Emmy-winning TV-theme writer, and had over 30 years of (mostly) orchestral film and television scoring to her credit when she was nominated for her first Academy Award for a jazz venture. The film in question, Cord Jefferson's biting social satire American Fiction, follows the travails of Black author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), whose musical namesake inspired Karpman's playful, piano-based approach to the score. Throughout the vast majority of the soundtrack's 47 minutes of original music, she stays loyal to this concept, including during more whimsical moments (the part atonal, part grooving, part space age, part outraged "Bookstore"), wistfully orchestral cues (such as "Human Remains," whose jazz bass remains intact, and the Debussy-tinged "[Patrice's] Family Is," one of two tracks featuring pianist Patrice Rushen), and pure jazz combo fare (the Beatnik "[Elena's] Monk Is" featuring Elena Pinderhughes"). It's a score that's both audacious and perfectly suited to the film's spiraling absurdity.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:59
- Main artists: Laura Karpman
- Composer: Laura Karpman
- Label: Masterworks
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
(P) 2023 MRC II Distribution Company L.P., under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
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