the score

The Chargers held a 21-point second-half lead and the Bengals rallied to tie the score before L.A. won on a 29-yard TD run by J.K.

So Golijov came up with a simple, pining leitmotif that he then reconstituted into many different guises throughout the score: It’s blue and jazzy on saxophone as Cesar roams the city streets at night, slow and drugged when he’s in a similar state.

The score also plays on the concept of time and uses electronic manipulation for ticking, grooving rhythmic passages.

But if you listen to the score, right from the opening moments composer Umberto Smerilli makes a bold declaration about what kind of movie it is: nervy, tempestuous, winking and just a little bit melodramatic.

He concludes: “Even if you just hear the score, I feel like you get a sense of what the movie is about.”