Serie - The Girl from Plainville : Lakeshore Records releases the score

By Mulder, 13 may 2022

The Girl from Plainville is an American drama miniseries created by Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus. The television series stars Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, and Colton Ryan. The series premiered on Hulu on March 29, 2022. A portion of the series showed at SXSW on March 12, 2022. The series is a dramatization of the events leading to the death of Conrad Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter. 

Lakeshore Records is set to release The Girl From Plainville--Original Series Soundtrack featuring music by Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba digitally May 13. The score employs gently measured soundscapes with melodies that belie the intensity simmering throughout the dark drama starring Elle Fanning and Chloë Sevigny.  “The Girl from Plainville” is currently airing on Hulu.
 

From co-showrunners Patrick Macmanus and Liz Hannah, “The Girl From Plainville” is inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter’s unprecedented “texting-suicide” case. Based on the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron, the limited series explores Carter’s relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
 

Leopold Ross describes the musical process in writing the score, “Our way into the story was Michelle Carter’s obsession with “Glee,” we took that and ran with it as our primary influence. But beyond that we became interested in the dual lives these kids were leading. The intense wells of emotion being typed into their phones were at odds with their somewhat mundane everyday lives. We wanted to reflect that duality by subverting gentle instrumentation such as breathy vocals and clarinets, giving the music a placid exterior that thinly veils complex layers of textural unease.”

Synopsis : 
The Girl from Plainville explores the events leading to the death of Conrad Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter.

The Girl from Plainville
Created by Liz Hannah & Patrick Macmanus
Based on The article by Jesse Barron
Starring  Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, Cara Buono, Kai Lennox, Colton Ryan, Norbert Leo Butz
Music by Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba
Executive producers : Liz Hannah, Patrick Macmanus, Elle Fanning, Brittany Kahan Ward, Lisa Cholodenko
Producers : Neal Ahern, Russ Hammonds
Cinematography : Frederick Elmes, Elisha Christian, Kat Westergaard
Editors : Kate Hickey, Libby Cuenin, Ryan Denmark
Production companies : Happy Friday Productions, Lewellen Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, Littleton Road Productions, UCP
Distributor : NBCUniversal Global Distribution
Release : Hulu
Original release March 29 – May 3, 2022
Running time : 40–49 minutes

(Source : press release)