Our next guest is a composer born and raised in Los Angeles. His latest projects include Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky, starring Harvey Keitel, and Jonathan Hensleigh’s The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson. He joined the Assassin’s Creed universe for Wrath of the Druids (2021). He co-produced Gryffin’s Deluxe orchestral album (2020) and composed additional music on Mission: Impossible - Fallout for Lorne Balfe, and on The Crown, for Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams. He also wrote additional...

Our next guest is an Oscar-nominated composer and experimental musician known as Hauschka who is behind the score of Showtime’s acclaimed crime drama Your Honor (starring Bryan Cranston) and most recently, the Joe Penna directed sci-fi thriller Stowaway. The film follows a three-person crew on a mission to Mars that faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board. *Starring: Daniel Dae Kim, Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, and Shamier...

Our next guest is a Music supervisor who has lent her expertise to the creation of some of television and films’ most unique sounds. She is the music supervisor on FX's Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning series Fargo; Hulu’s Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale; FX’s Snowfall; Hulu's Shrill; HBO Max’s dramedy series Generation; and Amazon Prime's Bosch. Other credits include FX’s Legion; Hulu’s The Great and Normal People; Apple TV’s Ron Moore series For All...

On this episode, we welcome back Amanda Jones to the podcast! Since we last spoke, she has written music for From Cradle to Stage, Good Trouble Season 3, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands among other projects! Welcome back to the show!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support

Our next guest is a composer from the Netherlands who has worked internationally as one of Europe's youngest established professional composers on some of the most popular TV shows and biggest films in Europe. Now located in L.A., he is known for his score for Disney's Minnie's Bow-Toons show. The composer is... Vidjay Beerepoot --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support

Our next guest is an Emmy-nominated score mixer and recording engineer/producer whose recent score mixing credits include Netflix & GDH’s  Thai horror film Ghost Lab, directed by Paween Purijitpanya, which premiered on May 26th; Focus Features’ drama feature Blue Bayou, starring Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander, slated to premiere on June 25th; Netflix’s Cobra Kai, starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka; and HBO Max’s documentary feature Tina, starring Tina Turner, Angela Bassett and...

Our next guest is a Composer for film and television. He is known for his scores for Star Vs. The Forces of Evil,  BH90210, and Hello My Name Is Doris. We recently chatted about his time working with Napoleon Dynamite and How I Met Your Mother Composer, John Swihart, as well as how he has gotten to where he's at in his career!  The composer is... Brian H. Kim --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support

Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator who has worked in nearly every medium in Los Angeles for over 10 years. He was recently recognized by the Recording Academy with a Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella for his track “Uranus: The Magician” off his album “The Planets: Reimagined,” a modern big band jazz reinterpretation of the famous classical suite by Gustav Holst. It was also included on the Chicago Tribune’s “Best Jazz Recordings...

Our next guest is a two-time Emmy-nominated film and TV composer, singer/songwriter, and producer of the critically acclaimed band, Goldspot. He received Emmy nominations in 2020 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his original song "Memorized" (shared with Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith) and in 2019 for Outstanding Music Composition For a Series for his work on NBC's Golden Globe and Emmy-winning drama series, This Is Us, now in its fifth season. He has the distinction of being the first...

Our next guest scored Hulu’s documentary series Sasquatch, which premiered on April 20, 2021; and recently scored CBS All Access’ Coyote; and HBO’s documentary miniseries Tiger. From composing the brooding hybrid orchestral score to Zipper, to his original song "Jamie Smiles" written for the cult comedy classic Just Friends, his ability to create a meaningful impact for a wide spectrum is showcased through his work. Past credits include National Geographic’s documentary Sea of Shadows, which...

A music composition alum of Loyola University in New Orleans and USC’s film scoring program, our next guest has been described as a musical chameleon by composer Ludwig Göransson who he’s assisted and most recently worked alongside co-scoring Bad Trip now available on Netflix. With Göransson, he has contributed additional music on Angie Tribeca, The Mandalorian, and he wrote and performed Rainbows, Unicorns, Everything Nice for Trolls World Tour! He’s also currently working away on Disney...

Multi-award-winning composer KOVAS scores Netflix's hit original series On My Block, starring Sierra Capri and Jason Genao; and Tatiana Kelly’s up coming documentary The People vs. Vegas Dave. He received a Clio Award for writing, producing and co-starring in Dunkin’ Donuts campaign ad “Runnin’ on Cold Brew” featuring three-time NFL Pro-Bowler Odell Beckham Jr.. As a recording artist, KOVAS can be heard on several features, tv shows and top-selling video games including Netflix’s Golden...

Our next guest is best known for scoring the drama series The Fosters, as well as several films including The Art of Getting By, starring Freddie Highmore, and Higher Ground, directed by Vera Farmiga. A veteran of the indie film world, he composed the music for the comedy All Nighter starring Emile Hirsch and J.K. Simmons, and A Happening of Monumental Proportions, Judy Greer's directorial debut. In 1996, he formed the rock band Deadsy with longtime friend Elijah Blue Allman and Renn Hawkey....

Our next guest is a film music composer with more than 50 film productions. He studied in Boston at Berklee College of Music where he obtained Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Composition and Film Scoring. His latest worldwide release on Netflix has been the film “BAJOCERO” by director Lluís Quílez and starring Javier Gutiérrez and Karra Elejalde, which has been the highest rated Spanish premiere in Netflix, being number one worldwide in its first week. His multifaceted style has led...

I'm so excited to welcome on this next composer whose work includes the HBO Max series Looney Tunes Cartoons; the DreamWorks series Dragons: Rescue Riders, and the viral animated hit Sidewalk, directed by Celia Bullwinkel. Born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in the midwest, this composer credits the public school arts program in St. Charles, IL with helping him imagine a life making music. With an eye on joining the Chicago music community, he studied music at Northwestern University, also...

Our next guest is renowned for his live shows, where large-scale audience participation and interaction is often a major element of the performance. Since 2003, he has released five solo albums, including 2015's Gliss Riffer, released by Domino Records. His work as a film composer includes the original soundtracks for 2011’s Twixt (with Osvaldo Golijov), 2017's Rat Film and 2018's Time Trial, both released by Domino Soundtracks. He recently scored All Light, Everywhere; Strawberry Mansion;...

Named one of the Society of Composers and Publishers’ “Film Composers to Watch,” our next guest has won numerous awards, including the World Soundtrack Award for “Best Composition by a Young International Composer,” the ASCAP Jimmy Van Heusen Film Composer Award, the Alan Menken Composer Award, and the distinguished Elmer Bernstein Film Scoring Award. Brivik recently scored Wild Indian, starring Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film...

I'm so excited to welcome this phenomenal game composer who has worked at Jackbox Games (nee Jellyvision) since it sprang from the mind-loins of Harry Gottlieb in 1995. Starting out as a writer, he meandered into editing, directing, sound effecting, and finally music composition. He's had a hand in every game Jackbox has created and is one of the most innovative and creative composers I've had the pleasure of chatting with! I'm excited for this new season of Composer Talk starting with this...

This RTS award-winning composer is also an Ivor Novello, BIFA, and Cinema Eye Honors nominee; a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of 2020. Amongst various BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions, her recent projects include critically acclaimed Oscar 2020 nominated film For Sama, Sundance 2020 winning feature The Reason I Jump, American Murder Netflix's most watched documentary feature to date, Annapurna Interactive Film-Game Telling Lies and BBC drama series...

Our next composer is an American born composer (of Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese descent) and a nerd at heart. He is known for his work on 4 seasons of Escape the Night (YouTube Originals), 2 seasons of Wil Wheaton's TableTop (Geek & Sundry), co-writing a song with Marvel legend Stan Lee, and is the creator of Star Wars Musical, a spoof of Star Wars as a Disney Musical. He was selected as one of eight composers to the inaugural class of the universal Film Composer Initiative, the...

A protege of Oscar-nominated composer John Powell, this next guest has become a sought after talent, contributing additional music to many of Hollywood’s major franchises including How to Train your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wreck-it Ralph, Rio,  & Despicable Me among others. As a lead composer, he scored the drama thriller Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan which premiered at Sundance 2020. His other credits include NBC/Universal’s How To...

Our next guest is a German-born film composer based in Los Angeles. He’s best known for his work on the highly successful, romantic comedy trilogy, Netflix' The Kissing Booth. The sequel was released in summer 2020 and once again, achieved a record-shattering number of streams on the platform. The release of The Kissing Booth 3 will premiere in the spring of  2021. ​In 2007, he became an integral part of Aaron Zigman’s team where he earned credits on top-grossing films such as The...

My next guest is the best sound designer I know! He’s contributed his unique sounds and synthetic textures to projects including Bloodshot, Dunkirk, Tag, and Marvel’s Iron Man VR game among others The Sound Designer is... Drew Jordan If you enjoyed this episode, I please ask that you might go to this link: https://gf.me/u/zanc94 Drew's brother was recently involved in a car accident and I ask that if you are able, that you donate to his Spinal Injury Recovery Fund at the link above.  ---...

Our next guest is one of my favorite composers in the video game world. This ASCAP winning and MTV VMA nominated composer has received widespread industry acclaim for his world-class produced hybrid scores featured in film, television and video games such as Machine Games’ WOLFENSTEIN : Youngblood & Cyberpilot, Microsoft’s iconic HALO series (G.A.N.G. Best Original Soundtrack Award), Ubisoft’s PRINCE OF PERSIA: The Forgotten Sands and RED STEEL (IGN Award for Best Original Score), Tom...

Our next guest is a multi-platinum selling record producer, composer, musician, and DJ who challenges categorization; equipped with an instinctual ear for creating music and an insatiable drive to explore the aural spectrum.  He’s composed music for video games including Dota 2 and Counter-Strike GO and has sound design credits on films ranging from Captain Marvel, Deadpool 2, and Blade Runner 2049 to Incredibles 2 and Motherless Brooklyn. He’s also the host of one of my favorite podcasts,...