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Ari Aster and Bobby Krlic on the ‘Long and Arduous’ Process of Scoring ‘Beau is Afraid’

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Ari Aster‘s three-hour surrealist drama “Beau Is Afraid” marked a tonal shift from his nightmare-inducing films “Midsommar” and “Hereditary.” In the feature, which tackles inherited trauma and mommy issues, Joaquin Phoenix plays Beau, who finds himself on an Odyssean journey to return home after his mother’s untimely death.

To score the film, Aster recruited “Midsommar” composer Bobby Krlic, but, unlike their last collaboration, creating the music of “Beau Is Afraid” was a “long and arduous process” as they worked to crack the sound of Beau’s journey.

Here, the two discuss their collaboration and how one cue, “Suburban Dream,” helped unlock the film’s sonic landscape. Aster: I reached out to him because I had written “Midsommar” while listening to his music, specifically his first self-titled album as the Haxan Cloak.

It put me in a space that felt inextricable. I knew I wanted him to score it if he would be up for it. We got along well, and we had the same taste in music and film.

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