The Teacher (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

TThe Teacher (Original Film Soundtrack) featuring music by International Film Music Critics Breakthrough Composer nominee Alex Baranowski (The Kitchen, True Things, Midas Man).

THE TEACHER is the debut feature from Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning director Farah Nabulsi. Winner of multiple audience and critics awards it was in the official selection for Toronto International Film Festival in 2023.

The score was written and recorded at Alex's London studio with long time collaborators David Juritz (solo violin) and Maddie Cutter (solo cello) complimenting a very small scale supporting ensemble of tape loops, harp and vintage synthesisers.

Alex says of the score, "When Farah first showed me an early cut of this film, it was over three hours long, with almost no music on it. On first viewing with such a raw and moving story, I felt like it didn't need much score at all".

"As the edit was finessed and cut down in the following months, I wanted every note to embody the characters and narrative when the score did appear - small melodic phrases & themes developed around the solo violin and cello that flourished and withered along with the characters journey. It meant that when there were spaces in the film where the score could breathe, away from dialogue, we could really concentrate on making them significant for the story."

The score is available digitally released on Alex's own label Sight Unseen on the 7th March.

ABOUT ALEX BARANOWSKI

Alex Baranowski is a composer based in London. He recently scored Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya's dystopian debut feature THE KITCHEN (Film 4 / Netflix) alongside Grammy winning artist LABRINTH; RAIN DOGS for Sid Gentle/HBO; BAFTA nominated THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN (Warner Brothers); three series of hit comedy STAGED starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen (BBC); and TRUE THINGS (BBC Films) winner of Best Original Score at Les Arcs. He most recently scored BRIDES premiering at Sundance in 2025.

Alex's other collaborations with LABRINTH have included orchestral arrangements for sets at COACHELLA (alongside Billie Eilish and Zedenya) and shows for VALENTINO and CARTIER.

Alex was previously nominated for a TONY AWARD on BROADWAY for Martin McDonagh's THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN. Other collaborations in theatre have included working with Oscar winning DANNY BOYLE (FRANKENSTEIN (National Theatre), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Young Vic & New York) and ORLANDO in the West End with EMMA CORRIN.

His work in commercials and shorts has seen him score shorts for WES ANDERSON (H&M) and TAIKA WAITITI (Coca Cola) as well as GILLIAN ANDERSON'S directorial debut short film THE DEPARTURE.

Alex has also collaborated with musicians including Mercury Prize winning THE XX (with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and live at the Hollywood Bowl), JUNGLE, PETER HOOK (Joy Division), UNDERWORLD, Young Musician of the Year winner JESS GILLAM and virtuoso violinists DANIEL HOPE and ANGÉLE DUBEAU (the latter releasing an album consisting of Alex's catalogue of work for film and dance).

He was nominated as Breakthrough Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association, and has recently released an EP recorded at London's AIR Studios entitled ALL WILL PASS.