On the latest episode of The Composer Magazine Podcast, co-hosts Natalie Holt and Charles Steinberg are joined by Ryan Lott to discuss Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The Oscar-nominee shares how he and the directing duo, the

Daniels, began their creative partnership. Ryan also reveals how his co-collaborator, the indomitable Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne, said that the film "turned his head around", and delves deep into how he and his bandmates from Son Lux reflected multiversal mayhem in their score for 2022's biggest movie.

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Ryan Lott (photo by Max Wanger)
 

I'm always going to try to find the weird balance between the familiar and the unknown. I want a piece of music to feel like it wraps its arms around you rather than pushes you away.

Track listings as heard in the interview:

Intro

  1. Very Busy - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  2. Come Recover (Empathy Fight) - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  3. Undone - Bones

Body

  1. Vvvery Busy - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  2. Nothing Could Possibly Matter More - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  3. Send Every Available Jumper - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  4. This Is How I Fight - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  5. Bodies - Tomorrows II
  6. Come Recover (Empathy Fight) - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  7. Pinky Fight - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  8. The fool You Need - Brighter Wounds
  9. Weapons - At War With Walls & Mazes
  10. Aquatic - Brighter Wounds

Ryan's custom Piano Forest samples

  1. Evelyn Everywhere - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  2. Let Me Follow - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
  3. Dream State (Brighter Night) - Labor
  4. Trailing Memory - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
  5. What Are You Thinking About - Everything Everywhere All At Once
  6. Send Every Available Jumper - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Outro

  1. Lanterns Lit (Among the Living) - Lanterns (Special Edition)