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Downsizing (2017)

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Composed by

  • Rolfe Kent

Recorded at

  • The MGM Scoring Stage (Sony Pictures Studios)
    Culver City, CA

News Articles

  • December 22, 2017
    Rolfe Kent scores Downsizing for Alexander Payne

Session Photos (54 photos)

  • Composer/conductor Rolfe Kent performs with the orchestra
  • Even the coffee was downsized during the sessions for Downsizing
  • The violin section performs
  • Composer Rolfe Kent, director Alexander Payne, and scoring mixer Greg Townley listen to the score with the playback
  • The cello section performs
  • The bassoons
  • Rolfe Kent conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • Percussionist Wade Culbreath performs on xylophone
  • The woodwinds perform on Downsizing
  • The music team works on composer Rolfe Kent's (light gray) score for Downsizing
  • Rob Brophy on viola
  • Composer Rolfe Kent conducts the orchestra as they record his score for Downsizing
  • Composer/conductor Rolfe Kent
  • Photo 14 from Downsizing
  • Orchestrator Geoff Stradling
  • Pianist Robert Thies
  • Trumpet players Barry Perkins and Jon Lewis
  • Teag Reeves on French horn
  • Composer Rolfe Kent takes his morning coffee
  • Score coordinator Sterling Powers
  • The brass section: Barry Perkins, Jon Lewis, and Rob Schaer on trumpet; Steve Holtman, Alex Iles, and Craig Gosnell on trombone, and Doug Tornquist on tuba
  • Sarah Andon performs on flute
  • Photo 23 from Downsizing
  • Composer Rolfe Kent (left) goes over a cue with music editor Nick South, director Alexander Payne, and scoring mixer Greg Townley
  • Music librarian Marshall Bowen, orchestrator Geoff Stradling, Paramount VP of Music Production Kim Seiniger, producer Mark Johnson, director Alexander Payne (rear), and scoring mixer Greg Townley
  • The French horn section
  • Orchestra contractor Peter Rotter talks with director Alexander Payne
  • Trombonists Steve Holtman and Alex Iles
  • A peek at the cue titled "Waltz" from composer Rolfe Kent's score for Downsizing
  • Composer Rolfe Kent talks with music editor Nick South, director Alexander Payne, and scoring mixer Greg Townley
  • The booth watches as composer Rolfe Kent conducts the orchestra
  • The strings perform
  • Composer Rolfe Kent and director Alexander Payne
  • Photo 34 from Downsizing
  • The violins record a cue for Downsizing
  • Composer/conductor Rolfe Kent records a cue for his score to Downsizing with the orchestra
  • Director Alexander Payne points out a moment he wants examined in the score
  • Composer Rolfe Kent conducts Downsizing
  • Brian Dembow on viola
  • Harpist Marcia Dickstein
  • Composer Rolfe Kent conducts the orchestra
  • Composer Rolfe Kent and scoring mixer Greg Townley adjust the mix
  • Stephanie Stetson performs French horn on Downsizing
  • Cellist Armen Ksajikian impresses his section by "swallowing" his bow
  • Composer/conductor Rolfe Kent and the Hollywood Studio Symphony on Downsizing
  • Julie Gigante plays the violin
  • The violin section
  • Director Alexander Payne and music editor Nick South
  • Orchestrator Geoff Stradling and scoring mixer Greg Townley
  • The basses on Downsizing
  • The view from the woodwind section as composer Rolfe Kent conducts the orchestra
  • The woodwind section performs
  • Trumpet player Rob Schaer
  • The woodwind section
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