‘Cinderella’ co-composer Jessica Weiss on how to score for a jukebox musical

Jessica Weiss explains how co-scoring for the jukebox musical film ‘Cinderella’ was a thrilling experience, and what makes actor Billy Porter’s character Fab G a show-stealer

Composing for a jukebox musical proved to be an interesting challenge for Jessica Weiss and Mychael Danna. Between the modernised story and the weaving in and out of tracks such as Nico & Vinz’s ‘Am I Wrong’ and Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Let’s Get Loud’, the entire project of Camila Cabello-starrer Cinderella was an exciting venture and career landmark for Weiss. . Despite being the umpteenth remake of the classic leave-a-shoe-behind fairytale, it was the most-watched streaming movie over the Labour Day weekend in the United States, as well as the most-watched movie musical in 2021 so far, according to the analytics company Screen Engine.