‘Harry & Meghan’ Composer Gil Talmi Explains How the Score Enhances Themes of ‘Compassion, Fear, Systemic and Social Issues’
variety.comCharna Flam Netflix’s six-part docu-series “Harry & Meghan” puts the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the center of their story.
The limited series details the couple’s relationship, from their first impressions of one another to the growth of their family.
However, throughout thesix hours, composer Gil Talmi revealed to Variety, he composed over four hours (approximately 260 minutes) of music to embrace the regal and historical elements of the Duke’s past and current challenges. “Naturally, the subject of the royalty and the monarchy lends itself to the classical background, with a lot of neoclassical piano, strings and orchestra.” The composer detailed how he combined the Duke’s past and present through the incorporation of darker electronics and modular and analog synths, all in an effort “to help convey the challenges and darker undercurrents that [Harry and Meghan] have been facing.” Talmi’s research extended further than the subjects themselves, the composer immersed himself in the music history of the story’s regions and time periods. “There’s a lot of research that goes into it for me from the perspective of being an authentic voice to an authentic story.” Talmi continued, “For documentaries, we, as composers, are there, to tell the truth.
So [the research] starts with [asking], ‘Sonically, what is the truth?’ I want to make sure that I’m not sonically colonizing.
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