{"id":407440,"date":"2021-01-27T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.wpengine.com\/?p=407440"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:48:03","slug":"kris-bowers-in-love-with-accompaniment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/nmbx\/kris-bowers-in-love-with-accompaniment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Bowers: In Love With Accompaniment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfHWt3QjExk?si=oH0icOwDoA8z1sHp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kris Bowers is one of the humblest and most introverted composer\/performers I have ever encountered. This is astonishing considering his accomplishments\u2014winning the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at 20, a daytime Emmy four years ago, and now one of the most in-demand composers for film and television, most recently scoring the Netflix sensation <em>Bridgerton<\/em>. And yet it all makes sense when you begin exploring Bowers\u2019s incredible versatility, his openness to all genres of music, and hear how attuned his music is to whatever project he is working on as well as all the musicians he has worked with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a jazz pianist, one of the things that I fell in love with was accompaniment,\u201d he acknowledged when we spoke with him about his music and career back in October. \u201cI\u2019ve never really wanted to be the center of attention in a performance space.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"owl-carousel owl-theme\">\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I\u2019ve never really wanted to be the center of attention in a performance space.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I always like giving myself limitations or rules, or a box, and then going wild within that space.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I have a lot of family members that I don\u2019t agree with\u2026 But, at the same time, I have a profound love for them.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Until I started doing scoring sessions, I wasn\u2019t able to have a group of musicians of a large size, play my music since college.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I felt just as much kinship with John Williams as I did Quincy Jones and Terence Blanchard.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I realized I would rather be up until five in the morning at home working on a score than getting on a bus to go to the next city.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I have maybe a week to ten days to turn around the score.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Kris Bowers<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Whenever you hear a musician\u2019s album, you know whose album it is by who\u2019s the loudest on that album. \u2026 I didn\u2019t want that.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/37938-FINAL_KrisBowers21253-1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\"><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(\".owl-carousel\").owlCarousel({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\titems:1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin:10,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tautoHeight:true\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n<p>Scoring films and television series might be the ideal medium for Bowers since it allows him to immerse himself in the characters and plots which should be foregrounded rather than the music. Nevertheless the music he writes is always attention grabbing and works well as a listening experience independently of whatever it was originally written to enhance, whether it\u2019s the score for the 2018 motion picture <em>Green Book<\/em>, which was based on the life of composer\/pianist Don Shirley, or the 2019 EA Sports videogame <em>Madden NFL 20<\/em>. Whatever project he is working on, Bowers always operates from a zone of empathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the only way that I can really get to something honest,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think that it\u2019s more likely that it will reach other people if it\u2019s something that came from an honest and emotional place for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering his need to relate to the characters he creates music for, it\u2019s somewhat surprising that Bowers also composed the score for <em>Mrs. America<\/em>, a 2020 Hulu series about the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. \u201cI actually really loved needing to represent this human side to this character that I didn\u2019t agree with,\u201d he admitted. \u201cIt even helped me understand or remind myself that those people that I might disagree with politically, especially in a time like this, that they\u2019re humans at the end of the day. And that\u2019s something to keep in mind and to really remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a Black composer who works in a medium that is still overwhelmingly dominated by White composers, it is also important for Bowers that his music not be typecast and the fact that he has worked on such a wide range of projects, in which he has explored an extraordinarily broad range of musical styles, is testimony to his music being impossible to typecast at this point.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/973960693&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-caption\"><a title=\"New Music USA\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/new-music-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Music USA<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"SoundLives -- Kris Bowers: In Love With Accompaniment\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/new-music-usa\/soundlives-kris-bowers-in-love-with-accompaniment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundLives &#8212; Kris Bowers: In Love With Accompaniment<\/a><br \/>\nFrank J. 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