# ‘Being Heumann’ Composer Francesco Le Metre Tapped Into Judy Heumann’s Drive And A ’70s Punk Rock Spirit – Sound & Screen Film

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/being-heumann-composer-francesco-le-metre-tapped-into-judy-heumanns-drive-and-a-70s-punk-rock-spirit-sound-screen-film/
- Published: 2026-11-10T00:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T05:53:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/being-heumann-composer-francesco-le-metre-interview-1237217526/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Music

## Key points

- Le Metre’s score channels Judy Heumann’s drive and humanity.
- Unconventional drums and guitar-picked strings evoke 1970s punk.
- Ruth Madeley portrays Heumann and the 1977 San Francisco occupation.

## Summary

Composer Francesco Le Metre says he built the score for *Being Heumann* around activist Judy Heumann’s character and the disability rights movement’s spirit of action. He aimed for music that felt intimate and human while reflecting Heumann’s influence on her community.

Le Metre drew on the do-it-yourself punk rock of the 1970s, using unconventional drum patterns and playing strings with a guitar pick. Short, interweaving musical motifs were intended to suggest Heumann’s drive and quick-moving thoughts. Ruth Madeley stars as Heumann, who led a 1977 occupation of federal offices in San Francisco; the film, directed by Siân Heder and adapted from Heumann’s memoir, premiered at TIFF in September and is now in select cinemas and on Apple TV.

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