Alex Weston

Alex Weston’s the kind of composer whose music just worms its way into your brain—like, you hear a few bars and you just know. He’s behind the hauntingly gorgeous score for “The Farewell” (that Lulu Wang film everyone sobbed through), which, by the way, nearly snagged an Oscar nod in 2020. He’s teamed up with Wang again for “Expats,” this time rubbing shoulders with Nicole Kidman. And that’s not even scratching the surface: “Wander Darkly,” “The Novice,” “Goodnight Mommy,” “The Adults”—yeah, he’s everywhere, bouncing from Lionsgate to IFC and Universal like it’s no big deal. But he’s not just about movies. His stuff pops up on TV, too. “The Affair” on Showtime? That’s him. “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” on HBO? Also him. Even the Ken Burns-produced “The Emperor of All Maladies” on PBS. Honestly, he’s sprinkled across NBC, Netflix, Apple… you’d think the guy never sleeps. Then there’s his concert work—he’s got pieces commissioned from the Lyrica Chamber Music Ensemble, the Kennedy Center, even the Venice Biennale, and some madly creative theater projects like Theater in Quarantine (Obie Award winners, no less). Oh, and he did the score for this massive public art thing, “Past Deposits From a Future Yet to Come,” on display in Austin’s Waterloo Park through 2030. Not your average gig. Recently dropped an album too—“Memory Gaps.” It’s chamber music inspired by illustrations and stories from Cecelia Ruiz, released June 2024. Basically, Alex Weston’s the sort of composer who doesn’t just dabble—he leaves a mark.