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Whether you know it or not, Dave Porter is messing with your mind.
Its a veryBreaking Badworld, adrenaline-fueled music and all.
But asEl Caminogoes on, the music moves away from that and establishes its own identity.That was absolutely intentional.
I wanted to have that energy and drive right at the very beginning and have it be transitional.
The movie is much more cerebral.
Its much more psychological.
While theres plenty of tension, its not so much of that fast-paced adrenaline.
El Caminois filled withflashbacks.
There were also plenty of flashback moments that that didnt have any music.
The movie starts completely bone dry, with the riverbank scene between Jesse and Mike.
There were some flashbacks that were direct references to music that we used in the series.
Surprisingly, there were only a few of those moments.
The biggest example of a callback was using a score directly lifted from the original series.
In the film, youll hear a version of that music again.
Jesse, in many ways, was the heart ofBreaking Bad, but he wasnt the focal point.
That it was an evolution and that it was a Jesse we hadnt seen before.
The beauty of having this time with him was that I could get more nuanced with the music.
I didnt have to say what I needed to say about Jesse in 30 seconds.
I had these big expanses of time.
And Jesse, now more than ever, is such a complicated character.
That plays itself into the score, too.
Yes, theres a lot of tension, but there is still hope and optimism throughout.
Which was not the case for Walter White.
There was no redeeming Walter.
I feel lucky to have gained experience on projects like these and to be a part of theBreaking Badfamily.
We really push each other.
And Vince, to his credit, cultivates this in his world in a very positive way.
There are no wrong answers.
Theres no mistake you might make thats problematic.
Ive learned a lot of lessons about things that work and things that dont work.
But honestly, if that was evernotthe case, Id be worried.
If I was given that scene today, theres no chance that I would score it the same way.
My score forEl Caminois the way it is in part because of who I was in the summer.
Thats a healthy way to look at it.
