I couldn’t agree more with IndieWire’s review of our magical score. “A gorgeously elegant and elegiac Rachel Portman theme would’ve been enough to be thankful for. But Portman’s collaboration with Jon Ehrlich on the “We Were the Lucky Ones” score goes well beyond one emotional note. The music here is wise enough not to try to be more intense than the events that the Kurc family goes through over the course of the Hulu limited series. Instead, the score is often a quiet, insistent source of strength and emotional catharsis that the characters cannot allow themselves to show but that we get to feel. Portman and Ehrlich’s work transitions from being as wistful and painful as memories to being as relentless as whatever inner fortitude helps the characters survive — and back again. The result is a musical experience that matches the poignancy of the series.”
