Film.Music.Media

Composer Interview: Scott Starrett (April 21, 2011)

Composer Scott Starrett of The Event and Drop Dead Diva was kind enough to talk to me about his background and his process. We discuss about TV scoring and especially about documentary scoring and how a score's function changes.

Composer Interview: Lorne Balfe (March 25, 2011)

The fun and animated Lorne Balfe takes time to talk about his upbringing, starting in commercials, video game composing on Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Crysis 2, genre jumping and getting to the essential emotional core of music. Lorne has been working with Hans Zimmer for the past few years and has co-composed scores like Megamind and The Dilemma with Hans. He's worked on Sherlock Holmes, The Dark Knight and Inception as well to name a few. His solo works include Crying With Laughter and the recent Ironclad. A fun and extremely informative interview. Enjoy!

Composer Interview: Paul Leonard Morgan [Part 2 of 2] (March 22, 2011)

Limitless composer Paul Leonard-Morgan chats about his current film, the state of electronic scoring in the industry and a lot about the scoring process. A really informative interview with a great and talented guy. Hope you enjoy!

Composer Interview: Paul Leonard Morgan [Part 1 of 2] (March 22, 2011)

Limitless composer Paul Leonard-Morgan chats about his current film, the state of electronic scoring in the industry and a lot about the scoring process. A really informative interview with a great and talented guy. Hope you enjoy!

Composer Interview: Chris Bacon [Part 2 of 2] (March 21, 2011)

Composer Chris Bacon talks about his amazing score to Source Code as well a little about his background and methods.

Composer Interview: Chris Bacon [Part 1 of 2] (March 21, 2011)

Composer Chris Bacon talks about his amazing score to Source Code as well a little about his background and methods.

Composer Interview: Joris de Man [Part 2 of 2] (March 5, 2011)

I take some time to discuss video game scoring with Joris de Man. We discuss his background, his work on the Killzone franchise and the fact that video games are becoming so cinematic may not be a good thing. I learned a lot from talking to Joris and hope you will to. Enjoy.

Composer Interview: Joris de Man [Part 1 of 2] (March 5, 2011)

I take some time to discuss video game scoring with Joris de Man. We discuss his background, his work on the Killzone franchise and the fact that video games are becoming so cinematic may not be a good thing. I learned a lot from talking to Joris and hope you will to. Enjoy.

Composer Interview: Elliot Goldenthal [Part 2 of 2] (December 13, 2010)

I had the honor of sitting down with Oscar winning composer Elliot Goldenthal about his latest collaboration with Julie Taymor on The Tempest. We also discuss working with Michael Mann, the difference between scoring live theater and film, his influences and inspirations, the challenge of scoring Shakespeare's dialogue and so much more.

Composer Interview: Elliot Goldenthal [Part 1 of 2] (December 13, 2010)

I had the honor of sitting down with Oscar winning composer Elliot Goldenthal about his latest collaboration with Julie Taymor on The Tempest. We also discuss working with Michael Mann, the difference between scoring live theater and film, his influences and inspirations, the challenge of scoring Shakespeare's dialogue and so much more.