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38 CINEMONTAGE / Q2 2018 fiction inspired by the world of telemarketing," the all-electronic score texturally adds to the whimsical nature of the narrative. Also, if you listen closely to the lyrics, I'd say that the songs are exploring some of the themes the protagonists explore — giving the audience a meta-experience of the film through music. I've never heard a score like that, which really adds to the character of this film. CM: How did that affect your job? MAY: For me, it was more about the execution — formatting sessions for the mixer. It was complicated because there was a lot of music with all kinds of atypical instruments. You had wah-waahs with drone scrape or something. I had to organize all these synthesized sounds so that anyone could look at the session and know where things lie in a very short amount of time. If you say, "Okay, all the string instruments are at the top, all the percussions are at the bottom" — that makes sense. So, I listened to every single piece of audio and made sure they were relatively well organized. There were over 100 pieces of music, so it was wall-to-wall, with everyone feeling pulled from every direction, while we were cutting so close to the holiday season. The band tUnE- yArDs, which recorded the score, was touring at the time, so there was a lot of calling back and forth and trying to figure out the time differences. CM: Was there a particular area that required a lot of your attention? MAY: I think I worked a lot on the music's energy, with the transitions from scene to scene, because some moments are very comedic and I wanted to make sure that the feeling or emotion was being preserved. If it was cut off prematurely, then no one would find the scene funny. There were also many party scenes, so it was making sure the energy of the music was tight. There's a big riot scene in the film that we actually made work by pulling back on the music and moving it around in the space; you could actually hear the music better that way. We also tried to really capture the quality of music coming from the various cars, so we worked a lot to get