> I couldn't help but feel like much of the music of Conclave doubled
> down on the movie's faults rather than adding something extra. Those harsh
> string sustains - and the fact that the music seems fairly same-y until
> you reach the ends credits - just seem to add to the static nature of the
> proceedings.

> Perhaps because I waited to hear it until I'd first seen the film is why
> I'm so 'meh' on it, given that the movie underwhelmed me as a whole. If I
> wanted an impressively cast drama that has something to say about the
> intersection of human frailty with institutions of faith in the modern
> age, I'll just watch The Young Pope again.

I ended up seeing the film shortly after we finished writing, so I had some confirmation bias about the score in context. I generally did like the film, especially the production design and cast, but I get why some people feel the plot was a little thin. I want to talk to the costume team member who picked out all the glasses for all the different cardinals.

> It seemed that Powell, after extensive conversations with Schwartz, was
> largely left to his own devices, though Schwartz had some of his own ideas
> and not all of them made the final cut. Greg Wise said a Copland-ish
> fanfare in the Defying Gravity sequence was replaced by something
> closer to what's in the temp track (which might've resulted in the section
> where Powell seemed to filter Unlimited through Man of
> Steel, though that element wasn't confirmed).

Interesting.