FilmMusicSite.com: Composer Talk

In this new episode of Composer Talk I talk to composer Michael Abels. Michael Abels is an Emmy- and Grammy-nominated composer. He is best known for his genre-defying scores for the Jordan Peele films GET OUT, US and NOPE. The score for US won a World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, multiple critics awards, and was named “Score of the Decade” by The Wrap....

American-born composer Susan DiBona and her Italian composing partner Salvatore Sangiovanni have worked on nearly 50 original film and television scores as well as music for commercials, opera, games, top 40 pop music, musical theater, and ballet since creating The Villa Studios Praia a Mare in southern Italy. Susan DiBona is a seasoned film composer and multi-instrumentalist who began studying pi...

Mychael Danna is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning film composer who has composed over 80 film scores and is recognized for his blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. He composed the transculturally inspired, 2013 Oscar and Golden Globe winning film score for Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Danna also composed the scores for Ang Lee's The Ice Storm and Ride Wi...

In this new episode of Composer Talk we talk to English composer Laura Rossi. She is a composer for film, TV and concert music. Her music has been described as ‘hauntingly atmospheric with emotional depth and beauty’ Her credits include Battle of the Somme, London to Brighton, Song for Marion, BFI Silent Shakespeare, The Cottage, Hurricane and ITV 6-part drama Redemption. In 2016-17 one hundred or...

In this new episode of Composer Talk you can listen to an interview with the talented Rachel Portman. She has written music for more than 100 films, television shows and theatre productions. In 1997 she was the first female composer to win an Oscar for Best Original Score for the film Emma. She has written music for films such as Emma, The Cider House Rules, The Duchess, The Legend of Bagger Vance...

Filmmusicsite.com had the opportunity to talk to composer Gustavo Santaolalla. Gustavo Santaolalla is a talented musician, composer and producer who is born in Argentina. He started to play the guitar at the age of five. He performed music and worked with a lot of artists such as Malta Vecindad, Julieta Venegas, Los Prisioneros and many more. By the year of 2000 he started his career as a composer...

Filmmusicsite.com talked to composer Paul Leonard-Morgan. He is a composer who writes music for film, television and video games. His unique cinematic style of fusing orchestra with electronica has put him in high demand as a score composer & band producer, as well as a performer and artist in his own right. His film scores include DREDD, LIMITLESS, LAST BREATH, GIGI & NATE and the upcomin...

In this new episode of Composer Talk we talk to composer Mark Tewarson. He is a composer living in L.A. who has written the music for the film Assassin. The film is directed by Jesse Atlas starring Bruce Willis and Andy Allo. In this interview Mark talks in-depth about his music for this film. We go into his composing process and how he created the theme's. He's a talented composer who started fro...

In this new Composer Talk Swedish Composers Jon Ekstrand and Carl-Johan Sevedag talk about their latest film Opponent. This film had just its world premiere during the Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Germany. They talk about how they worked together on writing the music for this film. They give us an in-depth look in there working process. About: Jon Ekstrand and Carl-Johan Sevedag are filmmusi...

Jason Graves is a composer who has written music for Video Games, Film and television. He is a two-time British Academy Award-winning composer. He has written music for video games such as Dead Space 1 + 2, Tomb Raider, Moss and Moss: Book II. Recently he has worked on The Dark Pictures Anthology which includes titles such as Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes and the most recent one The De...

Joris Hermy is een componist die muziek schrijft voor tv, theater, radio en film. Hij woont in het West-Vlaamse Izegem. Hij schreef muziek voor o.a. de Studio 100 reeks Kosmoo en de VTM series Gina & Chantal. Werkte aan succesvolle kortfilms zoals Boxcar, Oxygene en The Chromakey Man. Deze maand kan je in de Belgische bioscoop tevens ook luisteren naar zijn muziek voor zijn allereerste langspe...

Composer Alastair McNamara writes music for TV, video games and documentaries. He’s studied composition for Film & TV at the National Film and Television School. He has an eclectic musical background as a composer. He can easily weave electronic, vocal and orchestral styles. He has written music for the short award winning documentary Tease. He has worked on the music for TV shows such as seas...