I'm so excited to welcome this guest to the podcast. He is the composer behind The Secret Lives of Animals, Jane, and much much more and he's been a dear friend for years! And the composer is... Kyle Rodriguez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2025•53 min•Season 9Ep. 6
In this episode, Matt chats with award-winning composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer about his process, scoring workflow, favorite plugins and more. He is the composer of Smile, Smile 2, Utopia, The White Lotus and many more and we are so excited to welcome him on to the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 5
After graduating from NYU our next guest moved to LA to pursue a career in media scoring. He has written music for Emmy Award-winning shows Ozark and Vikings and contributed music to Blizzard Entertainment’s hit game Diablo IV. Fun fact: He was my music theory tutor, and we also co-composed the music for IFC Midnight thriller Centigrade. He scored Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne and I’m so excited to welcome him on to the podcast And the composer is... Trey Toy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Jan 20, 2025•30 min•Season 9Ep. 4
Our next guest is best known for his work on the Chicago shows, Netflix film Eurovision Story of Fire Saga, The Edge of Seventeen, The Hitman's Bodyguard films and much more. He’s the composer of Apple TV’s Silo and I’m so excited to chat with him today. And the composer is… Atli Örvarsson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 18, 2025•24 min•Season 9Ep. 3
This next composer recently scored HBO Original Chimp Crazy and is the composer behind Ingrid Goes West, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Dollface among other projects. I’m so excited to welcome him on to the podcast. And the composer is… Jonathan Sadoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 27, 2024•37 min•Season 9Ep. 2
Our next guest is best known for his work scoring huge films from Frozen and Ant-Man to The Hangover films, Nimona, and way more. He recently scored Doug Liman’s The Instigators and Marvel Studio's Agatha All Along and I’m so excited to welcome him on the podcast. And the composer is… Chris Beck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2024•41 min•Season 9Ep. 2
Our next guest is best known for his work in the band The National as well as scoring movies including Sing Sing and Cyrano and TV shows Manhunt and Photographer among others. He's one of my favorite composers and guitarists and I'm so excited to welcome him on to the podcast! And the composer is... Bryce Dessner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2024•21 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Our next guest is an ASCAP award-winning composer who has written music for The Boys, Gen V, The Bachelor and It's A Wonderful Binge among other projects. He got his start working for producer Matt Wallace before pivoting to Emoto Music and then meeting composer Christopher Lennertz who has been a mentor and later co-composer on a number of projects. And the composer is... Matt Bowen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 02, 2024•45 min
Our next guest started his career writing for the video game magazine Games Zone to afford his first synthesizer. From there, he has scored films from Ocean’s 8, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E and Ferrari to Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse and Across The Spider-Verse. He recently scored Fly Me To The Moon and I am so excited to chat with my musical hero today. And the composer is… Daniel Pemberton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 27, 2024•26 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Our next composer is a recent friend and amazing composer who is behind the music of the 2023 Riot Games’ League Of Legends - Lunar New Year Campaign. He has worked as an additional writer for composer Lorne Balfe on projects including The Wheel Of Time, Life On Our Planet, His Dark Materials, and Victoria's Secret: Angels & Demons among others. He is the composer of the psychological horror feature film Dead Whisper and I am so excited to welcome him on to the podcast. And the Composer is…N...
Jul 03, 2024•28 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Our next guest was born and raised in London England, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and was mentored by the iconic Rupert-Gregson Williams. In 2009 he moved to Los Angeles to join Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions, where he worked on the music departments of various major studio films, before transitioning to solo work. Since then he has made a name for himself composing projects such as the Amazon series Man In The High Castle , the Disney+ Monsters Inc. franchise series...
May 10, 2024•32 min
Our next guest is the co-founder of NYC-Based Found Objects and the composer behind such films as I’m Thinking Of Ending Things and Swan Song. He’s the composer of Apple TV’s Franklin starring Michael Douglas and I’m so excited to chat with him today. And the composer is… Jay Wadley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 11, 2024•44 min
Our next guest is one of the first composers I ever met when I first moved to LA. He is best known for his work scoring Sneaky Pete, Meet Cute, and recently Netflix Hit Homicide: New York. He’s also written music for video games including Far Cry 6 and Skull and Bones and I’m so excited to welcome him to the podcast. And The Composer Is... Stephen Lukach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2024•24 min
Our next guest is on the rise having written music for films premiering at Sundance, SXSW, and the Los Angeles Film Festival among many more. They scored A24's Problemista by Julio Torres, and the Gotham Award and Independent Spirit nominated film Bruiser on Hulu. Under their solo moniker OHYUNG, they produce genre-shifting music that moves between ambient, experimental pop, and distorted noise. I’m so excited to welcome them onto the podcast. And the composer is… Robert Ouyang Rusli Hosted on A...
Mar 29, 2024•29 min
Our next guest is behind the music of projects including Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, HBO’s The Last Of US, and Netflix’s Damsel. He was mentored by legendary composer Mike Post and has frequently collaborated with composers Atli Örvarsson and Hans Zjmmer having contributed music for Dune, Top Gun: Maverick, and Dune 2 among many other films. I’m so excited to welcome him on the podcast. And the composer is… Dave Fleming --- Support this podcast: https://podca...
Feb 23, 2024•33 min
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 Amazon Prime, and the documentary After Death. And the composer is... Hannah Parrott Hosted on Acast....
Nov 18, 2023•24 min
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. ...
Oct 21, 2023•32 min
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 music education, to jazz and electronic influences from his studies in the US. He recently scored t...
Aug 28, 2021•38 min•Season 7Ep. 2
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 Scholar (Columbia’s highest honor) and studied under composers Gary Chang, David McHugh, and Andrew Edw...
Jul 25, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 1
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 with Mozart, but Nicolas rejected the idea of imitating Mozart’s sound. Instead, he gravitated towards a neo-romantic feel a...
Jul 02, 2021•34 min•Season 6Ep. 9
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 Balfe, and on The Crown, for Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams. He also wrote additional music...
Jun 25, 2021•37 min•Season 6Ep. 8
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 everyone on board. * Starring: Daniel Dae Kim, Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, and Shamier Anderson. St...
Jun 24, 2021•46 min•Season 6Ep. 7
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 Generation ; and Amazon Prime's Bosch . Other c redits include FX’s Legion ; Hulu’s The Great and Normal People ; Apple TV’s Ron Moore series For A...
Jun 23, 2021•31 min•Season 6Ep. 6
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....
Jun 18, 2021•27 min•Season 6Ep. 5
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/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 12, 2021•32 min•Season 6Ep. 4
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: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
May 29, 2021•52 min•Season 6Ep. 3
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 Emmy-winning drama series, This Is Us, now in its fifth season. He has the distinction of being the first Sou...
May 07, 2021•35 min•Season 6Ep. 2
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 an eye on joining the Chicago music community, he studied music at Northwestern University, also da...
Feb 19, 2021•47 min•Season 5Ep. 4
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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 04, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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 the coming-of-age drama, The Land, where he also produced the song “This Bitter Land” for Nas and Erykah B...
Jun 05, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 9