How The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites Stayed Away From “Overly Polished Sound” For His ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Score – Sound & Screen Film

How The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites Scored ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’

Jeremiah Fraites, pianist and co-founder of The Lumineers, crafted the score for the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere to evoke the raw sound of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album.

Connections to Bruce Springsteen

Fraites, originally from New Jersey where he lived for 24 years like Springsteen, had previously recorded covers including “State Trooper” for a book launch linked to the film’s subject. These efforts captured the attention of director Scott Cooper and author Warren Zanes.

Approach to Scoring the Film

At the 2025 Sound & Screen Film event at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Fraites shared his vision for the soundtrack.

“I had expressed a great deal of interest in scoring this film. I had written some demos, and I thought a lot about how I want to attack the score. I think I thought more about what I wanted not to do versus what I wanted to do, and I wanted to stay away from an overly polished sound.”

Instrument Choice and Sound

To maintain an authentic, unrefined tone, Fraites used a “crummy upright piano” nicknamed “Firewood” located in his Denver home. He recalled his piano tuner Michael’s opinion on the instrument:

“Long story short, I have a piano tuner in Denver, Colorado. He’s originally from Los Angeles, and many years ago, he was tuning my piano. And I said, ‘Michael, what do you think of this piano?’ It’s my favorite piano.”
Summary

Jeremiah Fraites carefully avoided a polished sound for the film’s score, drawing inspiration from Springsteen’s raw style and using a vintage piano to create an intimate, stripped-down musical atmosphere.

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