“Ghost Guitar is a beam of light coming in through a window and illuminating a big empty space”: Rafiq Bhatia breaks down the experimental techniques that earned him an Oscar nomination for his scores – and why it all stems from Jimi Hendrix

Rafiq Bhatia.

New York guitarist and producer Rafiq Bhatia recently composed for the ensemble Alarm Will Sound – along with Afrooj Aftab, Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange) and Daniel Wohl – as part of a series pairing composers with filmmakers to create new works for film and live orchestra.

He’s continued such soundtracking work with his Son Lux bandmates – they scored recent Marvel movie Thunderbolts and were Oscar-nominated for their work on Everything Everywhere All at Once. But his upcoming solo album, Environments, finds him in a much more intimate, instinctual setting.