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| Laura Karpman's Emmy Nominated Score for Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Lakeshore Records released the Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed–Original Motion PIcture Soundtrack digitally on August 9, featuring original music by the Oscar-nominated and five-time Emmy Award-winner Laura Karpman (American Fiction, Why We Hate). The poignant modern jazz score recently received a nomination for an Emmy for "Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)" which marked her eighth Primetime Emmy nomination. The HBO Original Documentary is streaming now on Max. ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED is an intimate portrait of actor Rock Hudson, one of Hollywood's most celebrated leading men of the 1950's and '60's and an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, whose diagnosis and eventual death from AIDS in 1985 shocked the world, subsequently shifting the way the public perceived the AIDS pandemic. Born Roy Fitzgerald and renamed "Rock Hudson" by his agent, with his 6'5" frame, strong physique and chiseled good looks, Hudson was the embodiment of romantic masculinity and heterosexuality. The film explores the story of a man living a double life, one whose public persona was carefully manufactured by his handlers and orchestrated by the studio system, while fearing a potentially career-ending discovery that he was privately living as a gay man. Says Karpman: "Bless Stephen Kijak for loving and wanting a thoughtful jazz score to tell Rock Hudson's amazing life story in the HBO Film Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed. The score for this documentary film is rich, complex and in most cases, pure jazz. Jazz is a multi-faceted musical language that brings welcomed dimension to this complex story, exploring Hollywood history, the queer closet and the onset of AIDS. I am proud and honored to have worked on this important film, and want to thank all my musicians, especially Elena Pinderhughes, who continues to be my good luck charm!" write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |