How ‘Bridgerton’ Composer Kris Bowers Could Land Multiple Emmy Nods

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorComposer Kris Bowers could find himself landing more than one Emmy nomination come July.From composing the music to “Bridgerton” to “Inventing Anna,” and reuniting with Ava Duvernay for “Colin in Black and White” to penning an original song for “Dear White People,” the odds are stacked in his favor as he has multiple paths to landing a nomination and even win.Bowers returned to score “Bridgerton’s” second season.

The composer says he spent a lot of time focusing on Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony’s (Jonathan Bailey) theme and how it should sound.As the characters go from enemies to lovers, Bowers explains he knew their storyline would be “complicated, messy and devastating for somebody.” His initial version of the theme was “pretty dark.

It’s kind of sad,” he admits. But it’s a swelling theme, and by the time the two characters kiss, Bowers says, “We hear that it’s positive and romantic.” Creator Chris Van Dusen encouraged the composer to go super lush with the orchestrations for the theme.

Bowers says, “It’s a short moment, but we’ve been waiting for it for so long.”During one ball scene, Bowers delivers a string quartet version of Madonna’s classic “Material Girl.” His challenge in covering the iconic song was in maintaining its energy. “There’s a synth line that comes in at the chorus; the harpsichord is playing.