My Policeman

A 2022 romantic drama film based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts and directed by Michael Grandage.  The movie stars Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson and Rupert Everett.

How does the music of our lives change as we grow old?  What could forty years of unspoken regrets do to a musical theme?  These were the questions that intrigued and consumed me after being introduced to the story of My Policeman by our movie’s wonderful director, Michael Grandage, early in 2021.  In it’s exploration of the lives of three people both in their 1950s youth, and then as their older selves in the English coastal town of Peacehaven some four decades later, the project offered an inspiring canvas for a wonderful collaboration.  Some pieces were written early on during the shoot and seemed to quickly fall into place, whilst others evolved more gradually throughout the process as we continually discovered more about both our characters and their environment, musical representations of the sound of the sea becoming a crucial element within the storytelling of the score.  The music was recorded in Studio 2 at Abbey Road towards the end of 2021, and was brought to life by the most brilliant musicians, with the flute of Karen Jones somehow capturing the essence of this story of love, and longing.  A wonderful project to work on.