Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers

This episode follows the composer Kris Bowers’ personal story about composing the score for the culture-shifting and emotionally devastating work When They See Us . This award-winning series follows the true story of five boys, wrongfully accused in 1989 of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York’s Central Park. The narrative spans a quarter-century, from the night of the incident to their eventual exoneration as grown men. To tackle this project, Kris let emotion be his North Star. Allowing his emotions to guide him led him straight to the heart of the story — and inspired a score that connects the audience to the characters. Follow along (with transcript and photos) at sparkandfire.com/

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Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers is an episode from Spark & Fire: Epic Creative Stories by WaitWhat.

This episode is 00:28:49 long.

This episode was published on Mar 8, 2023.

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