Derek Kirkup joins The Film Scorer Podcast to talk about his gentle, bittersweet score to the new familial drama Sorority. Along the way we talk about Nic Cage’s acting career and how his boundary-pushing approach may have parallels to pushing film […]
The synths take on a mind of their own, the screen twists and morphs into a fantastical delusion, and we fall ever briefly into the rabbit hole.
Four-time Grammy nominated music producer and supervisor Matt Sullivan (Chicago, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast) joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We primarily discuss his work with Steven Spielberg on West Side Story, how he carved this role out for himself almost by accident […]
“This is the scariest release I’ve ever heard”
Directed by Ryan Glover, and written by Glover and Krista Dzialoszynski, The Strings is a work of pure atmosphere and mood. In the deep of winter, a lone musician heads off to a cabin to work on new material; while […]
To keep 2022 off to a strong start, the great composer Marcelo Zarvos joins me for a quick chat! Marcelo recently scored the newly released film A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington and starring Michael B. Jordan. We […]
I often see people complain that there have been few, if any, good scores released in 2021. While there may have been a few slower months, October continues the trend of nearly endless good scores. There were almost too many […]
Growing up, very few things were constant for me. Mac & Cheese and Dr. Pepper would forever be the best, MTV played some great videos, and from October of 1988 through March of 1990, my Saturday evenings would be terrifying, […]
To kick-off the new year, Catherine Joy joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We discuss a number of her projects, as well as (among other things) the Joy Music House, her work with the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and the […]
After my first listen to Ariel Marx’s score to Shiva Baby, I felt sick. Its constant onslaught was almost too much to bear, with its short runtime saving me. Ordinarily, this would be the mark of truly terrible music. But […]
2021’s Dune has birthed three Hans Zimmer music releases: The Dune Sketchbook, Dune, and The Art and Soul of Dune. The Sketchbook consisted of a series of concepts, experimentations, and ideas that Zimmer and his team created for the film, […]
Pleased to have Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Mulan, The Chronicles of Narnia) join me for a quick chat. We primarily focus on his scores for the two new Ridley Scott films The Last Duel and House of Gucci, as well as […]