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Americacomposer,Kris Bowers.
In its time, it trafficked in the same scandal as modern pop.
Just with powdered wigs.
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Nate: How did the creators of the show describe the series to you?
Kris: Something like, Its not your mothers Regency television show.
But it had a bit more of an edge, a bit more modernity to it.
It was really a big shift for me as far as the way I thought about approaching the score.
Keeping that really soft and beautiful is incredibly difficult.
Nate: Thats a lot to think about for that brief.
You have to connect a lot of dots.
Im thinking of Ravel, a piece likeTombeau de Couperin, which sounds like this shimmering, lovely texture.
But when you look at it, youre like,Oh, this is really hard to play.
Kris: I think its a real joy to be able to do that, especially so overtly.
Its like re-harmonizing some sort of standard melody and finding the most interesting way.
So its not like you’re free to just change the melody.
However, you want to fit a cool chord.
Its making sure that the chords youre playing are serving the melody as best as possible.
I always had fun trying to find different ways to color a song based on the reharmonization.
Its kind of the same thing with [Bridgerton].
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
