Nicholas Britell on The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad (10 episodes) is on Amazon Prime from 14 May. Following his work with Damien Chazelle (on Whiplash, 2014), Steve McQueen (on 12 Years a Slave, 2013), Adam McKay (on The Big Short, 2015; Vice, 2018; and Succession, 2018-), and especially Barry Jenkins, for whom he scored Moonlight (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and now The Underground Railroad, 40-year-old Nicholas Britell has become one of the most sought-after contemporary film composers. Britell’s collaborations with Jenkins have been especially close, with the two typically spending long hours togethe...