One of the biggest tricks in making a film like “Nope” is figuring out how to not overplay your hand.
The third feature film from Jordan Peele has its unsettling moments in the early stages, but the movie’s overall momentum is a long, steady, gradual build toward a rousing ending.
That build doesn’t happen, though, without a meticulously balanced score.
Continuing a half-decade partnership that also includes the music for “Get Out” and “Us,” composer Michael Abels and Peele arrived at a specific way to gauge how scared an audience should be at any moment.“I talk with Jordan a lot about, ‘What’s the threat level?’,” Abels told IndieWire.
“He’ll sometimes say, ‘Something bad is coming, but it’s not here yet.’ It’s very important that each cue match that intention of the script and the storytelling, and that the music not be scarier than
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