Lynn Fainchtein

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Lynn Fainchtein
Fainchtein in 2016
Born1963 (1963)
Died (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationMusic producer

Lynn Fainchtein (1963 – 1 March 2024) was a Mexican music producer and musical supervisor 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 studied psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and worked in radio for a decade. In 2000, she began supervising the soundtracks for feature films such as Fernando Sariñana's 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] She died on 1 March 2024 in Madrid, Spain, where she lived, at the age of 61.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cano, Natalia (1 March 2024). "Lynn Fainchtein, Music Supervisor of 'Amores Perros' and 'Roma,' Dead at 61". Billboard. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (26 February 2021). "Recording Andra Day as Billie Holiday Was an Exercise in 'Surround' Sound". Variety. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media The United States Vs. Billie Holiday".
  4. ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (19 December 2018). "'Roma' Music Supervisor Talks Soundtrack to Golden Globe-Winning Film: 'All of the Music Is Embedded in the Story'". Billboard. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "AMORES PERROS and ROMA Music Supervisor Lynn Fainchtein Dies at 60". Cinema Tropical. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.