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PALMER: "In sound design, you're only as good as your library." 28 C I N E M O N T A G E F E A T U R E By Kristin Marguerite Doidge F ilm music should be felt and not necessarily heard. That's one of the central tenets music editor Jillinda Palmer, MPSE remembers learning early on from her mentors. "We don't want to beat people over the head with emotion," she said. "That was a hard thing for me to learn. They really taught me how to listen and what to listen for in the context of the entire soundscape once dialogue, music, and sound effects are all added in. At the end of the day, dialogue is always first, so I think being with my men- tors really taught me to listen for dialogue and listen for the story." As the music editor for the recent hit series "Lady in the Lake" for AppleTV+, s t a r r i n g N a t a l i e P o r t m a n a n d M o s e s Ingram, Palmer worked closely with show- runner Alma Ha'rel and music supervisor Linda Cohen to do just that: Ensure the FACE THE MUSIC HER EXPERIENCE IN BANDS HELPS KEEP JILLINDA PALMER ON POINT AS A MUSIC EDITOR