Hillbilly Elegy
Plot
A Yale law student drawn back to his hometown grapples with family history, Appalachian values and the American dream.
Info
With the Netflix adaptation of the hit novel "Hillbilly Elegy" by author J.D. Vance continues the collaboration between director Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer. Zimmer has written the soundtracks for several Ron Howard films, including for "Rush" or "The Da Vinci Code". For the soundtrack of "Hillbilly Elegy" Zimmer collaborated with the composer David Fleming and integrated Americana elements into his large orchestral soundscape. "Hillbilly Elegy" is about the story of a young couple who want to live their personal American dream in the Rust Belt of the USA. Howard casts a great cast of actors in his film, including with Haley Bennett, Amy Adams, Glenn Close and Freida Pinto.