Composer Talk

Our next guest is one of the first people I met when I started my journey as a composer. She’s an amazing composer, and vocalist and earned her B.M. in music composition from Biola University’s Conservatory of Music, going on to work with notable composers James Horner, Thomas Newman, and Jacob Shea. She is the composer of Dreamworks Animation’s The Croods: Family Tree, Harlan Coben's Shelter on A...

Our next guest is one of the most lovely music creatives on this planet. He has worked as the SVP of Peer Music, Head of Music at Lionsgate and SVP of music at Warner Bros and has helped shape the musical landscape of films ranging from La La Land and the Hangover series, to Godzilla, Divergent, and Edge of Tomorrow. He also owns and runs Strong Music. The music creative is... Carter Armstrong---...

Our next guest is an award-winning Venezuelan composer based in Los Angeles, CA who specializes in film, TV, Interactive, and New Media music. His sensibility as a composer is evidenced in his lush orchestral scores, always infused with hints of his diverse upbringing and culture. His eclectic style is the consequence of his development as a musician, going from pop and rock bands, to a classical...

Our next guest is a media composer, pianist, music educator, and music theorist. Studying under composer Dr. Scott Meister and pianist Dr. Bair Shagdaron, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Theory/Composition from Appalachian State University in 2012. Immediately following, she enrolled at Columbia College Chicago’s Master of Fine Arts program “Scoring for the Screen”. She was a Follett Sch...

An Argentinian-American composer, conductor, orchestrator and violinist,  o ur next guest is a two-time Global Music Award-winning composer.  His latest project, the documentary  The Sound of Identity  features the first-ever transgender woman performing an opera lead in the U.S. with a professional company, in a standard work. The film is about a profile in identity sprinkled...

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...

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 e...

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  Ge...

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/com...

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: ht...

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...

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...

Our next guest is a music executive with a passion for both creative and administrative endeavors. As a Creative Director for Film, TV & Visual Media at BMI, she has forged and nurtured relationships with emerging composers, songwriters, artists, film/TV execs and more! The exec is... Reema Iqbal --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on A...

Our next guest is a uniquely modern film composer, harmonizing a classical education with his rich tech background as a maestro of Silicon Valley to write everything from the hip-hop infused score for the Tribeca-favorite documentary United Skates, to rousing additional music for Creed II. He’s been the go-to composer for the latter film’s director, Steven Caple Jr., including the score for t...