Tony Gilroy on Leaving the Politics of 'Andor' Behind for His 9-Composer Music Drama 'Behemoth!'
Pedro Pascal stars as a cellist in a $36 million film that uses nine composers to build its score, Searchlight Pictures said.
- Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! premiered last weekend at the New York Film Festival, featuring Pedro Pascal as a perpetually on-the-run cellist. Searchlight Pictures financed the $36 million film, a character study in the mold of Gilroy's 2007 masterpiece, Michael Clayton.
- Gilroy tapped into his musical roots to guide the project, assembling nine composers dubbed the Behemoth! Collective to fill the film with music. This marks his fourth feature as a director after years as an in-demand screenwriter.
- Following his six-year run on Andor, which Gilroy said was "the most life-changing creative intensity you could ever have," he transformed the Rogue One spinoff into an exploration of fascism and revolution.
- Seeking sanctuary from politics, Gilroy reflected on the "de-muscularization of progressives," noting a lack of charismatic leadership. He found creative relief in scoring sessions he described as "incredibly intense."
- Gilroy criticized the Warner Bros and Discovery merger by Paramount Skydance, defending studios as "real studios" with no reason to be "merged or pulled apart." He emphasized that "This is a healthy business that we know how to do.
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Tony Gilroy on leaving the politics of ‘Andor’ behind for his 9-composer music drama ‘Behemoth!’
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Tony Gilroy wrote “The Bourne Identity,” made “Michael Clayton” or created “Andor,” he wanted to be a musician. After playing guitar in a string of bands, Gilroy came to Los Angeles hoping to become a studio musician. A session with some real players quickly disabused him of that notion....
Tony Gilroy on leaving the politics of ‘Andor’ behind for his 9-composer music drama ‘Behemoth!’ – WTOP News
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Tony Gilroy wrote “The Bourne Identity,” made “Michael Clayton” or created “Andor,” he wanted to be a musician. After playing guitar in a string of bands, Gilroy came to Los Angeles hoping to become a studio musician. A session with some real players quickly disabused him of that notion....
Tony Gilroy on leaving the politics of 'Andor' behind for hi
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Tony Gilroy wrote “The Bourne Identity,” made “Michael Clayton” or created “Andor,” he wanted to be a musician. After playing guitar in a string of bands, Gilroy came to Los Angeles
Tony Gilroy on leaving the politics of 'Andor' behind for his 9-composer music drama 'Behemoth!'
Long before Tony Gilroy wrote “The Bourne Identity," made “Michael Clayton” or created “Andor,” he wanted to be a musician.After playing guitar in a string of bands, Gilroy came to Los Angeles hoping to become a studio musician. A session with some real players quickly disabused him of that notion. But once Gilroy entered filmmaking, his fascination with the scoring process, and the orchestras that record them, kept growing. By the time Gilroy w…
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