Lindsay Wright is an award-winning multi instrumentalist and composer, whom combines both experimental and traditional practices and techniques in order to create a particular, unique sound for every score. Intertwining electronic finishes with transformative acoustics, Lindsay’s work has seeped through mainstream culture, working to produce scores such as Apple Tv’s ‘ROAR’, ‘Stan Lee’s Lucky Man’ and Sky Atlantic’s ‘The Tunnel’. Wright was also the chief music editor on series 3&4 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’, resulting in her first primetime Emmy nomination. As well as this, Lindsay’s short form work for Hewlett Packard’s ‘Orchestra’ won bronze at the LIA awards for original score, and at the Clio awards for Film Craft: Original Music.
Lindsay gave us a sneak preview of some of her upcoming work, including HBO’s ‘The mystery of DB Cooper’.
Talking about how she works, Lindsay mentioned that she writes/scores to script, or picture/video/rough cuts that are sent through by the editor. DAW issues (lagging) mean that Wright uses Videosync, a visual accompaniment for Ableton Live.
Lindsay starts without template, building the project as she goes. Lindsay enjoys the “one or two day process at the start” collecting a range of sounds and timbres for particular characters, before manipulating within her chosen DAW. This process resonated with me, as it’s exactly the type of exercise I use and enjoy when creating my own work.