Oscar-Nominated Composer Nicholas Britell on Nailing the Tone for Vice and If Beale Street Could Talk

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Juilliard-trained New York composer Nicholas Britell worked non-stop in 2018 and now he’s got two Oscar shortlisted movie scores to show for it. Early in the year, he teamed with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins to write the music for If Beale Street Could Talk,

Oscar Watch: Composer Nicholas Britell on Nailing the Tone for Vice and If Beale Street Could Talk

Juilliard-trained New York composer Nicholas Britell worked non-stop in 2018 and now he’s got two Oscar shortlisted movie scores to show for it. Early in the year, he teamed with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins to write the music for If Beale Street Could Talk, the tragic love story set in early-’70s Harlem. Then he scored Dick Cheney bio-pic Vice, featuring Oscar front runner Christian Bale,

Christian Bale is Unrecognizable as Dick Cheney in First Vice Trailer

The first trailer for Adam McKay (The Big Short)’s Vice has just dropped, starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in the history of the United States. You can say that sort of thing without it coming off as hyperbole when it comes to Cheney, and in McKay’s hands, re-teaming with his Big Short star Bale, you can now count Vice as one of this year’s most intriguing projects.