Lynn Fainchtein (1963–2024) was a music producer and musical supervisor from Spain who worked in television and film.[1] She worked with Lee Daniels' on the films Precious, The Butler, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday,[2] and she received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the latter.[3] She supervised the music on Alfonso Cuarón's Golden Globe winning feature-length film Roma alongside Randall Poster.[4]
She was born in 1963 into a Russian-Jewish family. She studies psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and worked in radio for approximately one-decade. In the year 2000 she began supervising the soundtracks for feature films such as Fernando Sariñana's [page needed] Mexican crime film Gimme the Power.[5]
González Iñárritu was a long-standing collaborator of Fainchtein's and she contributed to 21 Grams, Babel, and Birdman, among others.[5]
References
edit- ^ Cano, Natalia (2024-03-01). "Lynn Fainchtein, Music Supervisor of 'Amores Perros' and 'Roma,' Dead at 61". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ Tangcay, Jazz (2021-02-26). "Recording Andra Day as Billie Holiday Was an Exercise in 'Surround' Sound". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ "Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media The United States Vs. Billie Holiday".
- ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (2018-12-19). "'Roma' Music Supervisor Talks Soundtrack to Golden Globe-Winning Film: 'All of the Music Is Embedded in the Story'". [[Billboard (Magazine)|]]. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ a b "AMORES PERROS and ROMA Music Supervisor Lynn Fainchtein Dies at 60". Cinema Tropical. 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
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