Film.Music.Media

Composer Kevin Riepl takes some time to talk about his score to the highly anticipated, Aliens: Colonial Marines. Kevin is no stranger to the video game world as he composed the score to the best-seller Gears Of War. In this interview he shares a little about his background and his scoring process. We go into great detail about how games are scored almost in layers, and the challenges he faced to...

The incredibly talented Atli Örvarsson talks about his recent score to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. This high energy and incredibly fun score combines classic fairytale elements with a modern twist. Atli shares how he approached the film and his writing process behind it. We also discuss his working relationship with director Tommy Wirkola. Apart from the film we we discuss some technical aspec...

The always energetic FM Le Sieur talks about his score to the hit SyFy Channel show, Being Human. We delve into how he decided to approach the show and find the perfect sound for the music. We also talk about approaching the seasons as 1 big arc versus taking it on 1 episode at a time. He shares how he must try and shield himself from the UK version of the show that airs on BBC but enjoys it after...

Composer Joe Kraemer talks about his fantastic score to Jack Reacher. We chat about his friendship and collaboration with writer/director Christopher McQuarrie, his approach and what 70's scores influenced him, as well as his journey to getting the job. Joe also talks about how unique it is score a film with no temp score, which was the case with Jack Reacher. He shares details about balancing sco...

The always delightful Ramin Djawadi talks about his busy year that includes Game Of Thrones, Person Of Interest, Red Dawn, Safe House and Medal Of Honor: Warfighter. We chat extensively about the differences between working on a cable show and a network show. He shares a lot about his process for Game Of Thrones, what it's like scoring a procedural type show like Person Of Interest and his return...

Composers Joshua R. Mosley and David Kates talk about their teaming up for the feature length animated film, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. The film, which further explores the Mass Effect universe through the backstory of James Vega from Mass Effect 3 played by Freddie Prinze, Jr. The two talk about how they came to collaborate together. Joshua talks about what he wanted to add to the Mass Effect uni...

Composer J. Ralph talks about his recent score to Chasing Ice. Chasing Ice is a fascinating look behind James Balog's quest to gain physical proof of climate change. Ralph talks about his approach for documentaries including his work on The Cove and Man On Wire. He describes what he wanted to achieve musically especially here with Chasing Ice and all its amazing cinematography. We touch on Hurrica...

Yoav Goren is an amazing composer who is also the co-founder of Immediate Music, a music production company that specializes in trailer music. Immediate Music a true original in the market of trailer music companies. Since the early 90's you have probably heard their iconic music in tons of advertising campaigns. Yoav talks about the nature of the business and we chant about how trailers are an un...

Penka Kouneva takes some time to talk about her new album, A Warrior's Odyssey. Penka is no stranger to blockbusters as she has worked on films like Transformers, The Matrix Revolutions and Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End. She composed Midnight Movie and co-composed Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands with Steve Jablonsky among many other projects. We talk about the inspiration for doin...

Paul has scored a bevy of fantastic projects including Limitless, the hit show MI-5 (Spooks) and now the sci-fi action extravaganza Dredd. We talk about his approach for the score and how he wanted to do a different kind of blockbuster. He makes his case for his electronic-heavy sound and what he wanted to do to escape the traditional sound Hollywood usually goes after in action movies. We also ch...

The always amazing Marcelo Zarvos takes some time to talk about his recent score to The Words and his upcoming score to Barry Levinson's The Bay. We chat about his upbringing and how he came to compose for films. He describes his approach and goal for The Words. He then shares about his working relationship with Barry Levinson who he has composed 3 films for and counting. He shares what it was lik...

Director Mark Nistico talks about his new film, Blue Collar Boys. His film revolves around a construction worker trying to keep his family's business afloat while doing whatever is necessary to bring money in. The tense drama won Best Picture in the micro budget category at the Toronto Independent Film Festival. Mark talks about the inspiration for the film and what it's like being the director, w...

Emmy winning composer Anton Sanko shares some insight behind his score for The Possession. The composer is no stranger to the genre with amazing work on film like The Last Winter. He shares his approach and we chat about the challenge of humanizing characters while still achieving the goal of thrilling the audience. He talks about the duality of the piano and how it can be dark or warming plus des...

Tony Morales takes some time to chat about his recent Emmy nominated score for Hatfields & McCoys, which he co-composed with John Debney. Tony explains the research that went into the music in finding the style of the setting and era through instrumentation. He also shares how John and him structured the score for such a massive mini-series and how they condensed the score for an album release. A...

Emmy winning composer Sean Callery takes some time to talk about his work on the hit series, Homeland. Sean received his 12th Emmy nomination for his main theme to the show. We talk about how he found his way into music and ultimately composing. He discusses his methods and approaches on shows like 24 and Homeland, and the differences between cable and broadcast network television. Through that Se...

Geoff was the first interview ever on Film, Music & Media done via email back in 2009. Now we chat again about his recent score to The Odd Life Of Timothy Green. Geoff tells us his inspirations for the music and what he wanted to achieve with the score. The music is clearly his most personal score yet and everything that he shares in this interview reflects that. Geoff Zanelli has really created a...

Composer and songwriter Michael Bacon takes some time to chat about his music and methods. We discuss how he got started in music and what led him to film composing. As an established documentary composer he shares some insight into his process for scoring many documentaries over his esteemed career. We also chat about his band with his brother, actor Kevin Bacon and what that journey means to him...

Reza Safinia has had an impressive career in the music business for a long time first starting in the pop music scene. We discuss his transition from that part of the industry to film composing. He shares what he looks for in a film for musical inspiration and we discuss his score to the Sundance hit, Filly Brown. He shares his approach for the film and what it's like to have a screen film at Sund...

Composer Adam Peters takes some time to chat about his recent collaboration with director Oliver Stone. His music can be heard in Oliver Stone's Savages and is an integral part of the entire soundscape. He shares what it's like working with Oliver, how he got the job, what his goals were and how his music needed to interact with the many songs Stone used throughout the movie. He also reflects on h...

The composing duo Fall On Your Sword (Will Bates & Phil Mossman) take time to talk about their scores for Lola Versus and Another Earth. We chat about how they met and how the name "Fall On Your Sword" came to be. Will and Phil talk about their process and the musical goals for Lola Versus and what they wanted the music to do for the character. We also discuss the use of vocals in film scores and...

Brian Tyler is one of the busiest and most successful composers working today. He's behind some of the biggest franchises in Hollywood and has the honor of being the composer of the highest grossing entertainment entity of all time on any medium with Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We talk about his current projects including The Expendables 2 and his recent task of rearranging Jerry Goldsmith's U...

(Audio Sourced From Video) Composer Danny Elfman talks about Dark Shadows in this intensive Q&A moderated by Jeff Bond. Hosted at Warner Brothers Studios, Elfman goes into great detail about his relationship with Tim Burton and much more. He also answers questions from fans. Please excuse the shaky camera work and choppy editing. I did not come prepared to film this, but due to my great location d...

Oscar winner Elliot Goldenthal takes some time to talk about his concert for the Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. We discuss what it was like reflecting back on his body of work and the preparations it took to ready the music for a live performance. We touch on his scores for Alien 3 and Batman Forever, and how he crafted such iconic scores in the midst of huge recognizable franchises. His r...

Composer Kevin Manthei takes time to talk about his hit animated shows like Ultimate Spider-Man and Invader ZIM including what the turn around is for an animated show. We chat about what led him to be a composer and how get got his start. The veteran video game composer also talks about what has changed in the process from the very first video game he score to his most recent one. We also discuss...

The great Trevor Rabin takes a moment to discuss his new album, Jacaranda. The genre defining action composer explains his reasoning for doing a solo instrumental album. We discuss the process of musical inspiration when picture or lyrics aren't involved. He also shares some secrets to composing a good action score and how he approaches it. Trevor talks about the differences between a composer/dir...