compositions

One of their first joint compositions was “Love Me Do,” which was written in 1958, four years before the Beatles recorded it.

De Veer recalled the song had “literally no edge to it,” and differed from the “dark and edgy” nature of his compositions.

This record for me was the high watermark of what music could do … and proof that Cuban compositions belonged right next to Beethoven.

Yet, these compositions are not neat and clean.

In Nyoni’s terrific compositions, special mention must be made of David Gallego’s crisply evocative cinematography: interiors and exteriors of moonlit, shadowy depth that suggest an eternal night made palatable by pockets of haunting light.