It was really an exhausting, but exhilarating, process. The project was also a true collaboration. Composers who team up on soundtracks usually divide up the musical sections and then piece them together. Not this composing couple. He'd write a couple of notes and then I'd write a couple of notes.
People find it quite amusing.
Though they don't collaborate on their concert music, Louie and Pauk found that working together on Last Night made the process go faster. And McKellar's attitude also helped. Don's musically literate. He knows styles, he knows composers. We were given free reign because he knew our music and what Esprit does.