MARK KERMODE’S
MOVIE PLAYLIST
THE CRITIC AND SCALA RADIO PRESENTER CHOOSES HIS ULTIMATE CINEMATICC SOUNDTRACKS
THIS MONTH FIVE COMPOSERS WHOSE NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW
1. NAINITA DESAI
Desai’s understated score for harrowing documentary For Sama helped negotiate the film’s vérité reportage, while her emotionally intelligent music for The Reason I Jump bridged the gap between the mathematical and the spiritual. Working across film, TV and video games, the hugely in-demand composer’s future projects include The Teacher, from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Farah Nabulsi. If Desai doesn’t have her own Oscar nod by the decade’s end, I will eat Werner Herzog’s shoe!