Alex Heffes is a Golden Globe, BAFTA and 3 x Ivor Novello nominated composer who has scored over 70 feature films and TV projects. He has worked with many of cinema’s top filmmakers including Kevin Macdonald, Steven Frears, Catherine Hardwicke, Mira Nair, Tim Burton & J J Abrams. His unique ability to collaborate with artists from different cultures has been been a trademark of his style.
He collaborated closely with Burton on his screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd and Heffes’ solo album, FACE TO FACE, features collaborations with artists such as the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, Regina Spektor and Yasmin Levy. Notable TV projects include the 2016 award-winning reboot of TV classic ROOTS and the Stephen King mini series 11.22.63 produced by Abrams.
Alex’s many awards and nominations include a Golden Globe nomination for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (we spoke to Alex about about that magnificent and heartfelt score) and a BAFTA nomination for the HBO drama Tsunami: The Aftermath. He has received several International Film Music Critics Association nominations and his score to ROOTS won Best TV Score of the Year at the Hollywood Music In Media Awards. In 2016 he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
His latest effort is a fun trip to Italy by way of Nino Rota and Henry Mancini (imagine that sound palette!). In Catherine Hardwicke’s Mafia Mamma, Heffes adds healthy dashes of style and worldly nuance to the film which, like a time capsule from the mid-nineties, becomes a clever nod, wink and a hat tip to The Godfather that is heavy on gusto and cannolis. It’s a highly humorous affair that is charming up, down, and sideways. When things go even further south than expected in a fish-out-of-water story about the mafia, thanks to Toni Collette‘s earnest innocence, it is unfiltered madcap fun.
So pull up a chair and feast on this lively interview with Alex Heffes! Alla nostra!
Listen to an exclusive track from the score below…
You can learn more about Alex Heffes – including his upcoming work – at his official website.
Filmtrax Released the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Mafia Mamma on April 14.
Mafia Mamma Opened In Theaters on April 14 from Bleecker Street.
