Composer Mychael Danna Channels Sounds Of The North Carolina Marsh With Score To ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ – Hear An Exclusive Track

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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has an exclusive track from Mychael Danna’s score for 3000 Pictures’ dramatic thriller Where the Crawdads Sing, which is slated for release by Decca Records tomorrow, as the film hits theaters in the U.S.Olivia Newman’s film based on the bestseller by Delia Owens tells the story of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect.

As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.Naturally, a major driver behind Danna’s work on the score would be to tap into the sounds of the marshes at the film’s center. “Kya grows up here in the marsh, it is her life, her love, and her study,” said the composer. “It was vital to Livi [Olivia Newman] and me to center the music in the natural world that suffuses virtually every frame of this film, as the marsh is at the heart of Kya and at the heart of the story.”As he looked to tap into the atmosphere within these spaces, Danna called upon unusual instrumentation, working with a musician who collects shells, conches and other natural marine musical instruments, and pairing these with such traditional instruments of Kya’s region as the banjo, fiddle and autoharp.“As a composer, Mychael is one of the best in the world at creating textured, evocative scores that throw the moving image into stunning