“Wake Up Dead Man”
(A Knives Out Mystery)
Date : March 2025
Client : Netflix / Nathan Johnson
Line-up : 60 piece orchestra, Tippett Quartet
After working closely with Nathan Johnson on the first two films in the Knives Out trilogy, he asked Tiger Tracks to co-ordinate and fix sessions for the latest film in the series. Whilst an experienced film composer, the Knives Out films saw Nathan make his first major foray into working with a large tutti orchestra, and Lucy was instrumental in guiding and helping Nathan through these projects, finding featured artists that Nathan has gone on to work with throughout the series of films.
“Lucy has pulled off a wonderful magic trick with the Knives Out films, tracking players with me through this expanding universe. She’s been responsible for fixing all of the sessions, from the very first quartet rehearsal on Knives Out to the sweeping orchestral and baroque flavors of Glass Onion.
For Wake Up Dead Man, she went above and beyond, pulling in all the key personalities that have helped make this world unique while also coordinating actor rehearsals, instrument coaches, studio sessions, and pre-records. This is what’s so great about her—it goes beyond technical proficiency to an understanding of personality and how to set up a team that really gels. She’s thinking about everything from piano tuning and percussion rentals to the perfect Cor Anglais tone. And when you’ve poured months into writing a score, there’s no one else you’d rather have helping to carry it across the finish line.”
-Nathan Johnson, Composer
The project involved pre-recording for on-screen musician performance, including co-ordinating musical coaching, some featured string quartet pre-recording, and full scale large orchestra contracting for the main score.
Abbey Road
Studio 1 Grand Reopening
Date : March 2025
Client : Abbey Road Studios
Line-up : 65 piece orchestra - 3 conductors
An exciting and unique event kicked off the re-opening of the prestigious orchestral recording studio having undergone an extensive restoration.
Lucy was honoured to be asked to contract the orchestra in a festival and celebration of some of the most famous film music ever recorded. The live event took place in front of an invited audience made up of the crème of the film and tv industry.