Podtalk: Music Supervisor Cait Rappel for ‘Relative,’ at Midwest Film Fest, April 5, 2022

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CHICAGO – The made-in-Chicago film “Relative” … written and directed by Michael Glover Smith … will get its city/Midwest premiere at (appropriately) the Midwest Film Festival on April 5th, 2022. The sold out show at the Gene Siskel Film Center will also have a Q&A, moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. One of the vital credits on any film is Music Supervisor, and that role on “Relative” was filled by Cait Rappel, a veteran film scorer in her feature film debut.

“Relative” is a film about transition, as a family gathers for the youngest son/brother’s college graduation. Each individual family member is dealing with a situational crossroads, and the family togetherness both modifies and challenges them. The film features Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape, Melissa DuPrey, Elizabeth Stam and Clare Cooney.

’Relative’ at the Midwest Film Festival, Music Supervision by Cait Rappel (inset)
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com

Cait Rappel creates film soundtracks, and is a freelance Music Supervisor. She has scored for several short films including “Anyone for President,” “6 Months in 2065” and “Veiled Tracate” (with director Layne Marie Williams, shot in Chicago). “Relative” is her first feature film as Music Supervisor. Cait lives in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen with Folly, her loyal (and opera loving) pitbull sidekick.

In PART ONE of a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Music Supervisor Cait Rappel of “Relative” talks about her background and philosophy of film scoring …

In PART TWO, Cait reveals her go-to music instrument, and why it’s impossible to answer a certain hypothetical question …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor, Film Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com