‘On the Nature of Daylight’ Changed the Ending of ‘Hamnet’ and It’s All Jessie Buckley’s Fault

Ana Maria Rus

Composer Max Richter tells IndieWire about mixing one of his most famous pieces and his original score that also brings you to tears in Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet." [Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “ Hamnet .”] The rest was supposed to be silence. But do not blame composer Max Richter for the devastating deployment of “ On the Nature of Daylight ,” his one-time Iraq War protest piece, now a shortcut to heartbreak in seemingly every devastating film and television show,