Rearranged

Season 2, Episode 4: Clare and Olivier Manchon

Rearranged

Show Notes

Clare and Olivier Manchon on their dedication to craft and never ever cutting corners in songwriting, arranging, and film scoring. Clare and Olivier Manchon met in a world of sound as students at the Berklee College of Music. Over the last couple decades they've brought the world many rich arrangements, both in their band Clare and the Reasons, and on arrangements and film scores. In this episode, they discuss their dedication to craft--and to "never ever cutting corners." In this episode, Clare and Olivier discuss their songs "The Lake" and "The Mauerpark" from the Clare and the Reasons album KR-51, as well as their arrangement of "Great, Great Day" by John Legend. Clare and Olivier also discussed scoring the documentaries Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World and Turn Every Page. Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution. Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan. https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/ https://www.olivierandclaremanchon.com/purchase-music/kr-51 https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/turneverypage/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mary-oliver-documentary/37967/ https://music.apple.com/us/song/great-great-day-bonus-track/1764420444

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