Tag: Behind The Scenes
The challenges of writing for an orchestra: Jay Wadley about scoring James Schamus’ ‘Indignation’
Indignation, a novel by American novelist Philip Roth, was published in 2008. Following celebrated works of his, such as U.S. National Book Award for Fiction winning novella ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ and...
The Foreigner: Behind the sound of a mesmerizing short documentary
I’m a big fan of good short films. Besides JR’s Ellis, Kheaven Lewandowski’s “Bat Boy” (I recently interviewed composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser) as well as T7 Production’s Darth Maul Fan...
Far Cry Primal: SoundWorks Collection interviews composer Jason Graves
Have you already watched the SoundWorks Collection‘s interview with composer Jason Graves about the making of the music of Ubisofts Far Cry Primal? Catch up on it below: Far Cry...
Composer Tom Salta about scoring Halo: The Fall of Reach
Since Halo: Combat Evolved came out in 2001 the Halo video game series has become one of the best known franchises of all time. For everyone not being too familiar with...
Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) about scoring Black Mass
Black Mass was one of my most anticipated movies in 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper it thematises the true story of James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger who, for more than a decade,...
Introducing young composer Chris A. Gabriel
Sometimes when you watch a bunch of trailers these days you get the feeling that everything in the cinematic world revolves around darkness and about people trying to fight it or getting...
Jason Graves about the music and sounds in ‘Until Dawn’
The theory of the so-called butterfly effect has been thematised in several very different movies already. No matter if Iñárritu’s ‘Babel’, Tykwer’s and the Wachowski’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ or Bress’s and Gruber’s ‘The Butterfly Effect’;...
Tips for young composers from Austin Wintory
When I recently spoke with composer Austin Wintory about his score for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate he mentioned several things he believes are important to keep in mind as a young and aspiring composer. Here’s...
Composer Austin Wintory about scoring Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Shortly before he won Best Score in the Video Game category at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards I got the chance to talk with composer Austin Wintory about his score...
Patrick Doyle: A Lifetime of Achievement
Continuing on from my interview with the great Alan Silvestri, I had another exciting opportunity to interview another great of the Film Music world; Scottish Composer Patrick Doyle. As with...
Composer Dan Romer about scoring Beasts of No Nation
As mentioned in a previous post, I was very excited when I heard about Netflix’s first feature film production, Beasts of No Nation. So when I was offered the chance...
Alan Silvestri: The Man Who Needs No Introduction
A few days ago, I arrived in Gent, Belgium for the 2015 World Soundtrack Awards and Concert, as part of the Film Fest Gent, that was celebrating the music of...