Film.Music.Media

Kurt Oldman takes some time to talk about his process and share some fun and interesting stories. He talks about the terrifying process of scoring his first feature, and how he knew absolutely nothing about film scoring at the time. He also talks about his recent project "0000" and goes into the composer/director relationship. A great chat with a genuinely great and talented guy.

Inon Zur, who is undoubtedly the master of video game composing, talks about stepping into The Lord Of The Rings franchise with War In The North. We discuss the function of game scores, his typical preference of video games he loves to score and a boatload more from one of the most talented composers working today.

The extremely friendly and knowledgeable composer of Firefly, King Of The Hill and the Uncharted game trilogy for PS3 takes some time to talk about his career. Greg tells the story of going through the pain and anger of dealing with the cancelation of Firefly as well the ins and outs of composing for one of the most successful gaming franchises in history. Greg gives us such a wealth of fascinatin...

If you're looking for one the meatiest composer interviews you've ever listened to then you have to check out Henry Jackman speaking on literally all aspects of film composing. This is more a master class than an interview as Jackman delves into his upbringing, how he started in pop music and eventually was recruited by Hans Zimmer. He sheds light on composing for certain genres and the use of ele...

S. Peace Nistades takes some time to chat about his recent score to Dragon Age: Redemption. Peace is a young and extremely talented composer working from his own Alkaloide Music Productions in Hollywood, CA. He has worked on a wide variety of films and has tackled many genres. His music has the complexity and maturity of a composer who has been in the business for decades and it was great to be ab...

Giancarlo Vulcano is a composer who has worked for many years with Howard Shore on films such as Lord Of The Rings and The Departed. He has composed some fantastic scores to documentaries like Unfinished Spaces. He currently works on the music team for NBC's 30 Rock. In this interview we talk about documentary scoring and finding the balance between intellectual and emotional music. We also discus...

The fantastic Cliff Martinez takes some time to talk about his start in music and how he ventured from drumming with The Red Hot Chili Peppers to being Steven Soderbergh's go-to composer. With a huge impressive filmography under his belt it's no wonder Martinez is one of today's top and prestigious composers. His distinct style and sounds make is music unmistakable and his talent for honing in on...

The extremely talented and versatile Heitor Pereira was kind enough to chat with me about his recent score for The Smurfs. The meat of the interview though is really focused on the collaborative process of telling story through music. Heitor has composed amazing music in scores like Running The Sahara, Haven and Illegal Tender. He's also been collaborating with Hans Zimmer for quite some time co-c...

Emmy nominated composer Dan Jones takes some time to talk about his recent project, Any Human Heart for which he earned two Emmy nominations. We also talk about TV scoring versus film and documentary scoring. Dan also goes into his background of scoring live theater as well as talking about the hardest and easiest things about telling a story through music. An extremely informative conversation wi...

Emmy nominated composer Edward Rogers drops a line to chat about his recent work on the hit SyFy series Warehouse 13. He talks about getting into music and film at an early age, the overall process of TV scoring, co-composing a score with another composer and the importance of a main titles theme for a TV show.

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.

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, T...

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this audio interview Bear talks about working under Elmer Bernstein and getting started in scoring, scoring video games vs. films, his work on Human Target and a little bit about the upcoming series The Walking Dead.

In this audio interview Bear talks about working under Elmer Bernstein and getting started in scoring, scoring video games vs. films, his work on Human Target and a little bit about the upcoming series The Walking Dead.

In this audio interview Ramin Djawadi talks about his recent score to the newest game in the Medal Of Honor franchise. Special thanks to Ramin, Ray Costa and Sarah Grace at Costa Communications.