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Diamanda Galás. Photographed by Logan White

Issue 435

May 2020

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Justin Hurwitz: Babylonian Bombast, Cine-Jazz and Anti-Music

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers how Justin Hurwitz manipulates, distorts, multiplies and caricatures jazz traditions in his collaborations with director Damien Chazelle