Alejandro G. Iñárritu

When Bryce Dessner first worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on The Revenant, one of the first lessons he learned from the director was “his incredible attention to detail for the smallest details.” Now, Consequence’s 2021 Composer of the Year has reunited with Iñárritu to score the soundtrack for the filmmaker’s latest project, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. Co-composed by Dessner and Iñárritu, the album features the track “Mateo’s Freedom,” which Consequence is exclusively premiering on Thursday (December 8th). Dessner tells Consequence that the poignant song was composed for a “long and powerful visual sequence in the film” without any dialogue. He says working on the piece was “very inspiring” and stemmed from a “detailed process of working close...