Selena Gomez Documentary Inspired An ‘Emilia Pérez’ Song, Composer Reveals – Sound & Screen Film
deadline.comThe musical Emilia Pérez features Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña in her first full musical. For each artist, the songwriters had to tailor the film’s songs to them.
Composer-songwriter Clément Ducoi and songwriter Camille explained the process at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Film showcase.
With Gomez, the pair said they had to write a new song to replace a previous one they had written. Director Jacques Audiard asked them to help him write a song that was right for the actor and pop star. “So we watched her documentary My Mind and Me,” Ducoi said. “The song “El Camino” came to mind very quickly.” Saldaña’s number, “El Mol,” went through a long evolution too.
Camille and the film’s star Karla Sofía Gascón also sing “El Mol” with Saldaña in which they call out hypocrites in society. “We went from protest bluesy song, then we went to a funky song, then hip hop, then we ended up with one that suits Zoe very well,” Camille said. “It’s very rhythmical with a live band behind it.” Saldaña plays a lawyer hired by a cartel boss (Gascón) to fake their death and begin a new life as a woman.
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