Film Music Reporter

Nick Laird-Clowes (About Time, Fierce People, The Invisible Circus) is composing the original score for the upcoming documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love. The film is directed by Nick Broomfield (Tales of the Grim Sleeper) and tells the story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. The movie follows their relationship from the early days in Greece to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician. Broomfield is also producing the project with his regular producing partners Marc Hoeferlin & Shani Hinton and Kyle Gibbon. Laird-Clowes has previously scored Broomfield’s 2007 documentary Battle for Haditha and his last feature Whitney: Can I Be Me. Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love will premiere in January at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.