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Film.Music.Media

Film.Music.Media

Film.Music.Media features interviews with today’s top film, TV and game composers. We sit down and talk extensively with today’s top composers working across all visual media. Get to know the people behind some of your favorite soundtracks! Video versions of our interviews can be found on our YouTube channel.

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17:25

Composer Interview: Jeff Russo (May 6, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Composer Jeff Russo is behind the music to the critically acclaimed and popular new series Fargo on FX. Jeff shares about his background and how he came to film and TV scoring. We dive into his process for Fargo, which sees him continuing his collaboration with showrunner/writer and creator Noah Hawley. The process for Fargo was so interesting as Jeff explains he wrote a majority of all the music to script before production. He discusses how he embraced the tone and world created by Carter Burwell's

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23:54

Composer Interview: Noah Sorota (April 25, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Composer Noah Sorota takes some time to talk about his scores to the hit series Falling Skies and the action suspense thriller Jinn. Noah talks about his amazing path to film composing including working for Hans Zimmer as a programmer and arranger on some of Hans' biggest scores. He goes into detail about the technical work he did, which in turn taught him a lot about the intricacies of the business that he now carries on in his own successful career. He also shares how Steven Spielberg hired him

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20:10

Composer Interview: Henry Jackman (April 11, 2014)

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2017/09/15

Henry Jackman is one of the busiest and most versatile film composers working today. His style is distinct and his range is impressive. Projects like Wreck-It Ralph, This Is The End, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Turbo, Captain Phillips, Winnie The Pooh, X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass all show his ability to tackle any genre. Henry is now the composer behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and has crafted a finely tuned machine of a score. We chat about how he got involved on the project and

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11:16

Composer Interview: Sergio Mendes (April 9, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Sergio Mendes is a true music legend. He is one of the most iconic musical figures and is responsible for ushering Brazilian music to a worldwide audience. Sergio Mendes has had an amazing career, but here we focus on his work for Rio 2. Sergio served as Executive Music Producer on the Rio films as well as a songwriter. We discuss his collaborative process with composer John Powell and how his work with the songs worked hand in hand with the score. Sergio discusses when in the production process

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13:56

Composer Interview: Silas Hite (April 1, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

The versatile and talented Silas Hite takes some time to chat about his work as a film, TV, game and media composer. Silas is truly a composer who has mastered adaptability in his artistic output early in his career. He shares how he started working closely with his uncles, Bob Mothersbaugh and Mark Mothersbaugh. Silas shares his unique approach to music as well as to his passion for drawing, which as seen his artwork featured in many gallery exhibitions. We talk about if music and drawing come from

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17:23

Composer Interview: Tom Holkenborg [Junkie XL] (March...

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Junkie XL (aka Tom Holkenborg) is a multi-talented instrumentalist, producer, arranger and composer. His background is a very unique one as he comes from both traditional and modern electronic approaches to music. Junkie XL has made a name for himself with a few notable solo albums as well as his collaborations with musicians and remixes. He recently began collaborating with Hans Zimmer and has worked on quite a few of Hans' scores such as Man Of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises. His solo composing

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21:16

Composer Interview: Edwin Wendler (February 25, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Composer Edwin Wendler has quickly made a name for himself scoring some supremely engaging scores like Escape and The Right To Love: An American Family. He has also worked with some big-name composers like John Ottman, Stephen Trask and Paul Haslinger doing arranging, orchestrating and additional composing. For this interview Edwin shares about how he got started in music and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue film scoring. He shares about his techniques and approaches to some of his recent

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28:49

Composer Interview: Scott Healy (February 4, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Scott Healy is a Grammy nominated composer, producer and performer who was recently nominated at the Grammy's for his piece "Koko On The Boulevard". Scott can also be seen weeknights on TBS as part of Conan O'Brien's Basic Cable Band on Conan. Scott is a terrific talent and he shares how he got started in music, which eventually led to music composition. His album Hudson City Suite is an instrumental jazz album, and we talk a lot about writing an album like that versus writing film music. Scott

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26:32

Composer Interview: Darius Holbert (January 3, 2014)

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2017/09/15

Composer Darius Holbert is the very talented composer behind Hobo With A Shotgun, Assassin's Tale, the series Quickdraw, the documentary Trophy Kids from Peter Berg, the upcoming Old 37, and so much more. Darius shares his path to being a composer, and it sure is a fantastic story. We also discuss in-depth some of his recent projects like Quickdraw and Trophy Kids. Darius shares a bit about crafting a comedy western as well as his process for scoring a documentary. We also talk about his most recent

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44:57

Composer Interview: S. Peace Nistades (January 3, 2014)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

S. Peace Nistades takes some time to talk about his busy year and recent projects. From films like The Wicked, Night Vet with James Cromwell, Rock Jocks with Felicia Day and more! We delve into Peace's process as he demonstrates his approach for these varied genres. The interview is a wonderful examination of genre composing focusing a lot on horror, comedy and science fiction. Peace shares some great information about what he thinks certain scores should do in certain genres. Another wonderful chat

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11:42

Director Interview: John Lee Hancock (December 19, 2013)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Saving Mr. Banks and The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock talks about his recent collaboration with composer Thomas Newman on Saving Mr. Banks. John talks a bit about directing veteran actors like Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, but also about how to direct a veteran composer like Thomas Newman. He shares some fascinating tidbits such as how Newman re-temped the entire film with his own scores to show different ways to accent scenes, and how certain musical moments in the film came to fruition

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21:00

Composer Interview: Mark Isham (December 15, 2013)

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2017/09/15

Oscar-nominated Mark Isham is one of the most respected composers to ever work in the medium, and it was a great honor to be able to have him share some insight behind his recent work. Mark shares a bit about his background and how he found the path to film composing. We talk about his re-teaming with director Frank Darabont for the gritty Mob City on TNT. Mark talks about his approach and how he started really early on this project to allow Darabont to do some very unique stuff with the music in

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28:51

Composer Interview: Geoff Zanelli (December 15, 2013)

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2017/09/15

Emmy-winning composer Geoff Zanelli takes some time to chat about his two recent scores to Killing Kennedy and Christmas In Conway. Killing Kennedy premiered to record numbers becoming the highest rated program to air on National Geographic. Geoff delves into his approach for the film, as well as exploring what's behind the public's fascination with JFK and his story. We talk about how to approach a narrative based on a major historical figure and national tragedy, including how his score needed to

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17:37

Composer Interview: Pharrell Williams (November 20,...

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

One of the most influential musical artists of our generation has become more and more involved in the film music world over the past few years. Pharrell Williams co-scored the worldwide sensation Despicable Me, and his themes and songs returned for Despicable Me 2 including the new original song "Happy". Pharrell has also been collaborating heavily with composer Hans Zimmer doing various things such as writing and producing music for the 84th Annual Academy Awards as well as being a featured

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24:14

Composer Interview: Rahman Altin (November 13, 2013)

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2017/09/15

Turkish composer Rahman Altin talks about his amazing new score for The Butterfly's Dream. The film revolves around two young and struggling poets at the start of WW2 living in Turkey and is a masterful story of love and life. Rahman goes into detail about writing a score in the tradition of classic cinema and how much of a personal journey this was for him. We discuss his background including how he fell in love with film music through John Williams and seeing Star Wars and Superman when he was

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23:57

Composer Interview: David Buckley (November 7, 2013)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/15

Composer David Buckley talks Call Of Duty: Ghosts in his most recent interview for Film.Music.Media. His other scores include The Forbidden Kingdom, The Good Wife, Killing Lincoln, The Town, From Paris With Love, Parker and many more. We explore how he got the Call Of Duty job, which is a very highly sought after composer gig. Then we delve into his approach and process including what he wanted his music to be doing for the game and the story. David shares what he looked at for his musical

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37:58

Composer Interview: Steve Jablonsky (November 2, 2013)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/14

Steve Jablonsky is one of the most prolific composers working in the industry and is a true musical auteur. His iconic music and recognizable style has won him over a huge fan base. In this detailed discussion Steve talks about growing up in Los Angeles and how starting out as Harry Gregson-Williams' assistant back in the mid 90's got him on the path he's on today. We really discuss his methods and approach, specifically for his newest score to Ender's Game. We go in-depth about his collaborations

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34:40

Composer Interview: Joel Douek (November 2, 2013)

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/14

Joel Douek is an incredibly talented and fascinating composer. His versatility as a musical storyteller can be heard in films like The Tall Man starring Jessica Biel, nature documentaries like Galapagos 3D narrated by David Attenborough and hit animated series like Yu-Gi-Oh!. Joel explores how his different life interests led him to composing, and eventually starting as a music editor on Pokémon the series. Joel shares his expertise and interest in neuroscience and how he loves to examine how music

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24:23

Composer Interview: Dominic Lewis (October 31, 2013)

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2017/09/14

Dominic Lewis has been busy working alongside composers like John Powell, Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi and Henry Jackman as an additional composer on amazing films. He makes his feature film debut as a composer with Free Birds, and it was a great pleasure to chat with him about it. Dominic shares how he got involved at Remote Control Productions, and everything he learned working under some of the best talents in the industry. We discuss how he got hired for Free Birds through John Powell's

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27:46

Composer Interview: Jeff Lippencott & Mark T....

Film.Music.Media ·

2017/09/14

Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams (known collectively as ah2) are two fantastic composers whose work is the musical backbone of some of TV's biggest hits. While the composing duo have done excellent scores for films like Jeff's recent score to Grace Unplugged, they are more known for their work in reality television. So if you watch The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser, MasterChef, Shark Tank or Who Do You Think You Are then you've been immersed in their music. This is a supremely fascinating

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