Carter Burwell

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q374754: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Fargo, which Fargo with Zach Cregger credits them on.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Miller's Crossing (1990); Fargo (1996); Twilight (2008); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Dashiell Hammett: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Miller's Crossing (1990), which they scored: Dashiell Hammett ⇒ Miller's Crossing (the host's read). The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
    “unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Skip Lievsay: 1 line

  1. unmapped (introduced) · them, directly: Skip Lievsay ⇒ Carter Burwell (the maker said so: the Criterion disc feature with Skip Lievsay and Carter Burwell). Skip Lievsay (said 'Skip Luse') recommended Burwell as a film composer and brought him to the Coens.
    “Skip Luse, say, was the one who brought Cutter Burwell in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Birds (1963): 1 line

  1. unmapped (scoring lesson) · them, directly: The Birds ⇒ Carter Burwell (the maker said so: the Criterion disc feature with Skip Lievsay and Carter Burwell). Burwell's first study film for learning scoring was The Birds, which has no conventional score, teaching him that sometimes the move is not to underscore.
    “And he watched the birds. And then only at the end of watching the birds, did he realize, oh, this movie has no conventional score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they scored: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

  1. unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they scored: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
    “is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they scored: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (4) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Carter Burwell → The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Burwell returns to score the last two Twilight films after Shore's Eclipse.
    “Yeah, Burwell comes back for the last two.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:48:11 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Howard Shore → Carter Burwell. Eclipse is scored by Howard Shore, which surprises a speaker who thought Carter Burwell scored all the Twilight films.
    “Oh, Howard Short did the score for this one. You know, I thought Burwell did the score for all of, but no, he comes back later, I guess.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:47:48 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Carter Burwell → Fargo. Cregger says the Paul Bunyan statue shot is lit and scored like the scariest thing you have ever seen, with Burwell's score.
    “they light it and shoot it like the scariest fucking thing you've ever seen. With the fucking Carter Burwell score”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:34:16 · Zach Cregger (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Carter Burwell → Fargo. Burwell's score plays the dread straight and never acknowledges the film's zaniness, its most playful moment being the break-in buildup.
    “this movie, with all of the zaniness that's definitely in here. His score never really acknowledges any of it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:34:54 · Zach Cregger (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Carter Burwell → Miller's Crossing. Burwell scored Miller's Crossing, called a beautiful score.
    “One of those beautiful scores.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:46:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (introduced): Skip Lievsay → Carter Burwell. Skip Lievsay (said 'Skip Luse') recommended Burwell as a film composer and brought him to the Coens.
    “Skip Luse, say, was the one who brought Cutter Burwell in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (scoring lesson): Carter Burwell → The Birds. Burwell's first study film for learning scoring was The Birds, which has no conventional score, teaching him that sometimes the move is not to underscore.
    “And he watched the birds. And then only at the end of watching the birds, did he realize, oh, this movie has no conventional score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Carter Burwell: Burwell had never thought of scoring; to learn he rented Hitchcock, picked The Birds by chance, and learned from its lack of score that sometimes you zag.
    “I should try to study the art of film scoring.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)