‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Composer Explains the Importance of the Cello and Piano
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When writer Charlie Mackesy was searching for someone to score the music for the adaptation of his beloved book 2019 book “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” he thought of Isobel Waller-Bridge.
The story about four characters who are lost and need connection is about vulnerability, and for Waller-Bridge and Mackesy, the idea of needing connectiion was best relayed through a musical palette using the piano and a cello.
Here, Waller-Bridge discusses navigating the score and the most important music cues. My brother gave me the book for Christmas in 2019.
I remember opening it and seeing these beautiful illustrations and these poetic words, and I just fell in love with it. When Charlie asked me to write the music for the film, it was an incredibly profound thing because this book was so precious to me and because of the impact that it has had on people through the pandemic.
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