David Buckley is set to score the music for Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman".
Based on the DC Comics character, the 10-episode series will premiere on Netflix. On August 5, actor Tom Sturridge will play the role of Dream - aka Morpheus. He lurks in a realm called the Dreaming, and when captured, his absence triggers events that alter both the sleeping and waking worlds.
Buckley had a huge tonal range to choose from in his musical palette, from deep trauma to horror to otherworldly magic. But since the story was told with human feelings, he kept that in mind.
“I embraced the full orchestra and a choir,” Buckley says. “In the beginning I also embraced the viola da gamba and baroque flutes.” The entire orchestra was reserved for big, majestic moments - for example, when Dream is seized.
When it came to the alien elements, Buckley says, "I've recorded some esoteric sounds that are intentionally hard to define."
He found that single instruments and solos best emphasize the quieter moments of the story, such as when Morpheus is in the dream realm.
Buckley says, "The main goals of the score were partly to paint a world for the kingdom of dreams, but more importantly to find the emotional heart of each character."
"The Sandman" was developed and produced by Gaiman. Allan Heinberg and David S. Goyer serve as showrunners. Gaiman promises: “'The Sandman is so big. It's 75 numbers plus a special, plus other stuff, and you're running right away
when asked what to throw away. What are you throwing away? What are you leaving behind? And how are you going?
throw that stuff away and still keep Sandman? Because if you lose "A Dream of a Thousand Cats," if you lose Shakespeare, if you lose the serial killer convention, if you lose the "Midsummer's Night Dream" series, suddenly it's not Sandman anymore. What's glorious is that Warner Brothers and Netflix have definitely stepped up."
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