Six Collaborations with Cassavetes

In 2000 Zigman got his break into film when director Nick Cassavetes went to hear Zigman’s classical symphonic tone poem “Rabin” being performed by the L. A. Jewish Symphony in memory of Yitzhak Rabin. So moved, Cassavetes asked Zigman to score his movie John Q starring Denzel Washington.  The success of John Q was followed by The Notebook which was a major box office success and has made it onto numerous top romantic film lists, with Zigman’s score earning record sales and winning multiple awards.