The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

7M40

Dawsey Reads Letter

Alexandra Harwood

This breakdown explores the process of crafting the cue, highlighting the  balance between the music and the dialogue, all while setting the stage for the film’s final moments. It covers how the letter theme was adapted to suit the emotional tone of these moments, weaving in several other key musical motifs from the film.

The breakdown guides us through how these themes are passed between instruments, isolating specific sounds to show how the layers of instrumentation build upon one another.

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