{"id":37170,"date":"2024-06-09T17:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/?p=37170"},"modified":"2024-06-09T17:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:17:58","slug":"composer-jeff-toyne-hits-all-the-right-notes-in-palm-royale-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/interviews\/interview-exclusives\/composer-jeff-toyne-hits-all-the-right-notes-in-palm-royale-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Composer JEFF TOYNE hits all the right notes in PALM ROYALE – Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this exclusive interview, composer JEFF TOYNE discusses the music, setting the mood, following the character arcs, and “instrumental colors” that capture the emotional tone of PALM ROYALE.<\/p>\n

SYNOPSIS:\u00a0 PALM ROYALE is a true underdog story that follows the ambitious Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she schemes to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive table:\u00a0 Palm Beach high society circa 1969.\u00a0 As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, PALM ROYALE\u00a0asks the same question that still baffles us today: \u201cHow much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?\u201d Set during the powder keg year of 1969, PALM ROYALE\u00a0is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.<\/em><\/p>\n

Created by Abe Sylvia with episodes directed by Sylvia, Tate Taylor, Stephanie Liang, and Claire Scanlon, PALM ROYALE stars Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Julia Duffy, Leslie Bibb, Laura Dern, Mindy Cohn, and Carol Burnett, just to name a few of this star-studded cast.<\/p>\n

JEFF TOYNE is one of today’s most accomplished film and television composers.\u00a0 Long an admirer of Jeff’s work thanks to television mini-series like “Who is Clark Rockefeller?”, and countless Hallmark Christmas telemovies or “Unleashing Mr. Darcy”,\u00a0 or charming indie films like “Dirty Girl” and “Butter”, Jeff never ceases to immerse us in a story through a defining musical tonal bandwidth.\u00a0 Capturing and creating mood and storytelling through musical score, he elevates every project adding texture and personality but with PALM ROYALE he raised the bar even higher.\u00a0 Working with showrunner Abe Sylvia, the driving force behind PALM ROYALE, the first piece of the puzzle to set the mood and tone was the images of renowned American photographer Slim Aarons. Pick up any high-end magazine in the 50s, 60s, and 70s and you will find Aarons’ images of socialites, jet-setters, and celebrities, including one that served as the guiding visual and emotional force for PALM ROYALE and its artisans.<\/p>\n

Knowing the time and place of the tale, Toyne then found inspiration in the music of Henry Mancini, Bernard Herrmann, and others to give us a tapestried musical experience that blends the decades with post-World War II big band sounds, the froth of the 60s a la Frank DeVol that you would hear in Doris Day-Rock Hudson film, or the beats of man of action Matt Helm,\u00a0 or notes of the spy world a la Lalo Schifrin or Hugo Montenegro, and then capping all of that off with stunning Latin jazz influences.\u00a0 With composition in place, using specific instrumentation such as the Chromatic Harmonica or E Flat Clarinet, Toyne created a musical identity for each character, melding that with the interstitial score and impeccably selected needledrops.<\/p>\n

Always exciting and educational to dive into conversation with composers about their cinematic work, it was even more so with JEFF TOYNE because of the importance of the music and motifs in PALM ROYALE.\u00a0 During this exclusive interview, albeit somewhat brief, we covered everything from soup to nuts to martini shakers as Jeff took me through the musical elements of PALM ROYALE, among them:<\/p>\n