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Inspired by the novel by Graham Swift,\u00a0Mothering Sunday\u00a0<\/em>is set in 1924 and tells the story of housemaid Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), who finds herself along on Mother\u2019s Day. Her employers are out and she has the opportunity to spend time with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O\u2019Connor), who is engaged to another woman. The film, based on a book by Graham Swift, takes place over the course of just one day, with flashbacks and other narrative threads explored throughout.<\/p>\n The original score for\u00a0Mothering Sunday\u00a0<\/em>has been written by American composer, cellist and vocalist Morgan Kibby, who also goes by the name White Sea. It\u2019s her third collaboration with director Eva Husson, following their work on\u00a0Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Girls of the Sun.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Kibby grew up performing in the chorus of the San Francisco Opera House and Marin Theater Company. She has previously worked as a writer, producer and performer with bands including Panic! at the Disco, and has recorded solo material under the moniker White Sea. In recent years, she has dipped her toe into film scoring, following the success of her first score in the French film\u00a0Bang Gang.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n She has been mentored by the likes of Harry Gregson Williams at the Sundance Composer Lab, where she was enrolled as a fellow.<\/p>\n As a producer, she has collaborated on the recent album from Harry Style,\u00a0Fine Line<\/em>, and has written and arranged for Lady Gaga\u2019s album\u00a0Chromatica.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The music was edited by Warren Brown, Paul Chandler and Peter Clarke.<\/p>\n As well as the original score by Morgan Kibby, there are a few neoclassical tracks feature in Mothering Sunday<\/em>\u2018s soundtrack.<\/p>\n In the dining room scene, in which Jane is serving Paul and his fianc\u00e9e and we learn of their engagement, we hear the opening of the first movement of Summer\u00a0<\/em>from Vivaldi\u2019s\u00a0The Four Seasons.\u00a0<\/em>But it\u2019s not the version most classical music lovers will be familiar with \u2013 it\u2019s part of Max Richter\u2019s \u2018Recomposed\u2019 series, an entire reinterpretation of Vivaldi\u2019s score. Richter created the piece using about a quarter of Vivaldi\u2019s original material, using phasing and looping methods to restructure the melodic and harmonic structure, in line with his minimalist influences.<\/p>\n The version heard on this soundtrack is the original recording of the work, performed by Richter himself with violinist Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, under the direction of Andr\u00e9 de Ridder.<\/p>\n Also heard in the soundtrack is jazzer Bill Novick\u2019s tune\u00a0Drop Me Off at 42nd Street<\/em>.<\/p>\n Another piece that neoclassical music lovers might be familiar with is Nils Frahms\u2019s\u00a0For \u2013 Peter \u2013 Toilet Brushes \u2013 More.<\/em><\/p>\n The film opens with a solo violin line playing fragmented intervals, accompanied by an ensemble of other strings playing melancholy chords. Strings play a leading role in the film\u2019s score, with broken chords forming the basis of the melody.<\/p>\n As the story progresses, a flute is added, but the string theme continues to emerge, with occasional interjection from the piano. The melody tends to be quite spiky and jarring in the tenser moments of the plot, and often is silenced entirely during scenes of real anguish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Graham Swift\u2019s novella,\u00a0Mothering Sunday<\/em>, was published in 2016, and has been adapted for the big screen by playwright and screenwriter Alice Birch, who has also worked on hit TV shows\u00a0Normal People<\/em> and\u00a0Succession<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWho composed the music for\u00a0Mothering Sunday<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
Is there any classical music featured in the film?<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s the score for\u00a0Mothering Sunday\u00a0<\/em>like?<\/h2>\n
Mothering Sunday<\/em>: the book that inspired the film<\/h2>\n