Merchant Ivory's secret weapon wasn't the costumes—it was the music.
In collaboration with Academy Award winning Director/Screenwriter, James Ivory, Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films, showcases the impact of composer Richard Robbins on Merchant Ivory films.
Direction
Soucy's animated sequences breathe playful life into archival material.
Score
Robbins' compositions finally get their overdue spotlight.
Director
Stephen Soucy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robbins composed for every Merchant Ivory film from 1985's A Room with a View until the partnership's end, yet never received an Oscar nomination despite the company's 31 Academy Award wins.
Merchant Ivory became shorthand for 'prestige period drama,' but this doc reveals how Robbins' modernist, often jazz-influenced scores deliberately disrupted that staid reputation.
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