Soundcast Interview: Chad Seiter (Recore)

Soundcast Interview - Chad Seiter (Recore)

Chad Seiter is a prolific composer, arranger and orchestrator for film, television, video games and symphonic concerts, Chad Seiter has composed and produced original music for major Hollywood franchises including Star Trek, Fringe and LOST. In this episode, he talks about his most recent video game project for the XBOX One and Windows 10, RECORE: how he came onto the project, his biggest challenges, working with vocalist Laura Intravia and cellist Tina Guo, what it's like turning music over to a program to decide how it is heard within the game and more!


Episode Highlights

00:01 - Introducing Chad Seiter
02:16 - Working ona Keiji Inafune game
04:12 - The goal for the Recore score
07:10 - Working with Laura Intravia
09:10 - The Biggest Recore challenge
11:42 - Stems in the hands of programs
14:37 - How has the game industry changed for a composer
15:59 - Producing the official soundtrack album
19:28 - The Reprise with Tina Guo
21:43 - The legacy of the Female protagonist

Music Selections

00:00 - "The Eden Tower" (Recore) by Chad Seiter
07:05 - "Main theme" (Recore) by Chad Seiter
19:30 - "Main Theme Reprise" (Recore) by Chad Seiter
35:59 - "Lonely Basin" (Recore) by Chad Seiter

Notes:

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The official podcast of Tracksounds.com, The SoundCast is hosted by Christopher Coleman and features reviews and discussions centered around film, TV, and video game soundtracks. Special edition episodes include interviews with composers and other industry professionals.

The Soundcast Stereo is co-hosted by Christopher Coleman and Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio).  Each episode is a 30 minute (ish), two channel conversation about the world of film, television, and video game music.

Soundcast Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 2

Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 2 of 2

Brian Tyler talks about what it was like working with Joss Whedon (Director) and Kevin Feige (Producer) on Avengers: Age of Ultron and just how much of a knowledgeable film music fan Kevin Feige truly is!  Tyler goes on to talk about one of the biggest "film music twists" of the year with the announcement of composer Danny Elfman joining him to write music for the second Avengers film.  Lastly, Brian Tyler talks about what it is like to have now worked on three scores in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and what may be in store in Phase 3!

Episode Highlights

00:00 — Recap of Part 1 and Intro to Part 2
02:46 — No Marvel Theme
05:14 — Working with Joss Whedon
07:42 — Working with Kevin Feige
10:54 — The Big Twist - Danny Elfman
19:59 — Unreleased Score
24:52 — Comparing his three MCU scores
26:42 — Phase 3
28:22 — Final thoughts

Music Selections

00:00 — "Fighting Back" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler
10:31 — "Heroes" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Danny Elfman
21:04 — "Vision" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler
24:52 — "Battle Finale" (Iron Man 3) by Brian Tyler
25:56 — "Asgard" (Thor:  The Dark World) by Brian Tyler
27:55 — "Age of Ultron" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler
28:25 — "Birth of Ultron" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler

Notes:

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Visit Brian Tyler's Official Website 
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Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 1

Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 1 of 2

Having, not one, but two $1 Billion + box office smashes in less than two months, Brian Tyler shares his perspective on how long one can bathe in the afterglow of such success.  He also talks about two of his recent forays into sports via his NFL theme for ESPN and, most recently, his new theme for the USGA's 2015 US Open.  Finally, Christopher Coleman puts the ultimate question to him, "If you had to pick just one, which franchise would you choose to write a score for, Star Wars or Star Trek?"

Episode Highlights

00:08 — Introduction: Brian Tyler
02:43 — In the Afterglow of The Furious Age
13:40 — Writing the USGA - 2015 US Open Theme
18:41 — Upcoming project - "Truth"
19:37 — Box Office and Soundtrack Sales
22:45 — Writing ESPN's NFL Theme
26:30 — Star Wars or Star Trek?
33:51 — Wrap up and Intro to 2015 US Open Theme

Music Selections

00:00 — "Rise Together" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler
01:00 — "Operation Ramsey" (Furious 7) by Brian Tyler
06:30 — "Farewell" (Furious 7) by Brian Tyler
14:22 — "Olympic Fanfare Medley" (John Williams Greatest Hits 1969 - 1999)
23:44 — "Main Theme" (ESPN's NFL) by Brian Tyler
33:38 — "The Mission" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) by Brian Tyler
34:55 — "US Open Theme" (US Open Theme) by Brian Tyler

Notes:

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SoundCast Interview: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything)

Interview: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything)

Christopher Coleman talks with composer Jóhann Jóhannsson about Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominated score for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING.  Jóhannsson shares his reaction to finding out about his Golden Globe nomination, his thoughts on some of the other scores nominated, his involvement in the production of the soundtrack and how the voicebox voiceover of Stephen Hawking effected the score.


Episode Highlights

00:00 — Introduction to Johann Johannsson
02:00 — Finding out about the Golden Globe Nomination
04:33 — Becoming a part of "Everything"
06:44 — Coming on to the project later
09:38 — Surprisingly Warm
11:40 — Progression and Digression
13:52 — Putting the soundtrack together
16:56 — Fans reaction to film music
19:27 — The voicebox challenge

Music Selections

00:00 —  Cambridge 1963  (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
01:49 —  Rowing  (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
09:12 —  The Wedding  (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
12:29 —  Collapsing Inward (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
14:26 —  Rowing [Alternate Version] (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
15:38 —  Domestic Pressures (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson
18:52 —  Prisoners (Prisoners) by Johan Johannsson
22:00 —  The Theory of Everything  (The Theory of Everything) by Johan Johannsson

Notes:

Follow Johann Johannsson on Twitter (@JohannJohannss)
Follow Christopher Coleman on Twitter (@ccoleman)
Special thanks to Erica Hungerford at Brigade Marketing.

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Soundcast Interview: Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Interview:  Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Composer Tyler Bates talks about the reaction he has been receiving for his latest project, about working on the score early enough for scenes to actually be filmed to, his special connection to Star Lord aka Peter Quill, and the piece of music that brought tears to his eyes while composing it.  Christopher Coleman also asks him about any potential involvement in the recently announced sequel and animated series to debut on Disney XD.


Episode Highlights

00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Reaction to the film and music
07:20 - Fun in the film
09:30 - Composing music to be filmed to
16:19 - Scoring around the songs
19:25 - Groot music
24:29 - The sequel and the Animated series
27:04 - Thanos and Ronan
29:50 - The music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
32:27 - Wrap up

Music Selections

00:10 - "The Final Battle Begins" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates
15:57 - "Everyone's an Idiot" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates
20:29 - "Groot Cocoon" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates
28:06 - "Ronan's Theme" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates
31:50 - "The Kylin Escape" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

Notes:

Follow Tyler Bates on Twitter - @tyler_bates


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Interview: Jeff Russo (Fargo)

Richard Buxton talks with composer Jeff Russo about his foray into writing music for television, balancing his career between composing for film and TV with his band-work, how he came to write the score for the first season of Fargo and more.

RB -   Having started your career in rock music, how did you find yourself composing for visual media, and was it a path you had considered taking before being presented with the opportunity?

JR - I was asked to play guitar on a score for a movie back in 2000. I really loved working to picture, so I thought "This is something I would love to do!" About 5 years later, when Tonic was on hiatus, I was talking to Wendy Melvoin about it, and she asked if I wanted to come into their (Wendy and Lisa's) studio to watch what they were doing. Soon after, I started working for them on various projects. That was my introduction to writing music for visual media. I had always loved film music, but this was the first time I thought about it as something I would like to do long term.

RB -  The last few years has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of scores being written by musicians who have a professional musical background outside film music. What do you think that such composers can offer that those who have worked solely in film scoring perhaps cannot?

JR - It's just a different perspective. When you come from a completely different background than a classically trained composer, you'll have a totally different musical point of view. That's the thing that is so attractive about it.

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Soundcast Interview: David Buckley (The Good Wife)

Interview: David Buckley (The Good Wife)

Composer David Buckley talks about his work on one of television's most popular series, THE GOOD WIFE.  He shares specifically about how he came on to the show, the evolution of the music over the five seasons, the impact the dramatic shift in musical style made, not only on the show, but on the fans, and what fans might expect in the hotly anticipated season 6.  He also talks briefly about one of his next big projects:  BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT.


Episode Highlights

00:00 - Introduction
02:24 - How did you come on to The Good Wife?
04:40 - The evolution of the music
07:11 - How did you approach this score?
10:16 - The new theme of season 5
11:34 - Working with the showrunners
14:54 - Reaction to the music of season 5
16:35 - To release or not release
20:50 - Emmy Consideration
26:42 - Batman: Arkham Knight
29:40 - What can we expect in season 6?
32:15 - Contact us
33:04 - Composer Commentary by David Buckley

Music Selections

00:00 - "The Good Wife Theme" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley
09:00 - "Felon's Fugue" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley
10:42 - "Countdown to Execution" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley
16:43 - "Peter the Penitent" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley
17:06 - "Wanna Kiss Peter Florrick" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley
31:37 - "Plaintiff's Partita" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

Notes:

Listen to the The Good Wife Soundtrack Composer Commentary at Mixcloud

Follow David Buckley on Twitter - @djsbuckley


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Interview: Neil S. Bulk - "From The Blue Max to the Abyss: The Art of Putting It All Together"

INTERVIEW WITH NEIL S. BULK
An exclusive Interview with album producer Neil S. Bulk for Tracksounds.com (Interview moderated by Amer Zahid)

NEIL S. BULK is an independent freelance soundtrack Producer and Editor; who has lent his talents to various soundtrack reissues and expansions from such labels as La La Land Records, Film Score Monthly, Varese Sarabande and Intrada. His most significant output has been the mammoth 15 cd box set of STAR TREK The Original Series Soundtrack Collection. He recently worked on Varese Sarabande’s deluxe expansion 2cd set of The Abyss scored by Alan Silvestri and also the re-mastered re-issue of Jerry Goldsmith’s The Blue Max 2cd set from La Land Records.

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SoundCast Interview: John Ottman (X-Men: Days of Future's Past)

Interview: John Ottman (X-Men: Days of Future's Past)

Composer John Ottman shares about returning to the X-Men franchise after a decade-long absence.  He shares about his new theme for Professor X, composing the score for the opening action sequence twice, the apparent relationship between Magneto's theme in X-Men: First Class and his theme for Wolverine in X2: X-Men United.  He also talks about how using source cue/song can be more effective in a scene than an original piece.

Episode Highlights

00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - How does it feel to return to the X-Men franchise
08:15 - Where does this film fit?
11:20 - How did you approach this score?
14:13 - Bookending theme
15:18 - The Superman Returns effect
16:46 - "Little Secres/ Power of the Sun"
17:44 - Evolution of the X-Men score
19:07 - Synths are more work
21:53 - Magneto/Wolverine Theme
26:08 - The Quicksilver Scene
29:28 - X2 Expanded release from LaLaLand Records
30:25 - X-Men: Apocalypse?

Music Selections

00:00 - "The Future - Main titles" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
01:11 - "Welcome Back - End Titles" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
07:24 - "The Story of the Giants" (Jack the Giant Slayer) by John Ottman
14:26 - "Do What You Were Made For" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
16:46 - "Little Secres/ Power of the Sun" (Superman Returns) by John Ottman
17:55 - "Main Theme" (X-Men Animated Series) by Ron Wasserman
18:12 - "The X-Jet" (X2: X-Men United) by John Ottman
19:35 - "Paris Pandemonian" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
21:53 - "Time's Up (Film Version)" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
23:22 - "Death Strikes Deathstryke" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
24:48 - "Time's Up (Original Version)" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman
26:30 - "Time in a Bottle" ((X-Men Days of Future's Past) by Jim Croce
31:35 - "Hope: Xavier's Theme" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman



Notes:

Follow John Ottman on Twitter - @johnottman1

Special Thanks to Asenath Nakayama at Costa Communications for helping to secure this interview.


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Soundcast Interview: Brian Tyler (Thor: The Dark World)

Interview: Brian Tyler (Thor: The Dark World)

Composer Brian Tyler returns for his fifth appearance on The Soundcast to talk about his new, out-of-this-world original score for the THOR: THE DARK WORLD. He also talks about his pastoral score for STANDING UP, his magical connection to NOW YOU SEE ME, going small-er with ASSASSINS CREED IV: BLACK FLAG, keeping his TV-game going with SLEEPY HOLLOW (Fox) and how he went from wanting to score CAPTAIN ATOM to IRON MAN 3.

Episode Highlights

00:33 - Introduction
03:20 - "Standing Up" and "Inside" with D.J. Caruso
07:16 - "Now You See Me" and Tyler's magical connection
11:30 - "Iron Man 3" - What happened to Captain Atom?
15:18 - "Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag" - More Sherlock than Pirates.
19:11 - "Sleepy Hollow" - If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
21:45 - "Thor: The Dark World" - Taking over the Marvel world
37:07 - What do you know about Captain America: The Winter Soldier?

Music Selections

00:00 - "Escaping the Realm" (Thor: The Dark World) by Brian Tyler
03:45 - "Standing Up Main Theme" (Standing Up) by Brian Tyler
07:18 - "Now You See Me" (Now You See Me) by Brian Tyler
12:48 - "Another Lesson from the Mandarin" (Iron Man 3) by Brian Tyler
13:49 - "Can You Dig It?" (Iron Man 3) by Brian Tyler
15:55 - "Main Theme" (Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag) by Brian Tyler
22:28 - "Sons of Odin" (Thor) by Patrick Doyle
25:18 - "Journey to Asgard" (Thor: The Dark World) by Brian Tyler
29:04 - "Main Theme" (Thor: The Dark World) by Brian Tyler
33:02 - "Marvel Studio Fanfare" (Thor: The Dark World) by Brian Tyler
38:25 - "Main Theme" (Thor: The Dark World) by Brian Tyler

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*Special thanks to Dan Barry at Chasen & Company for helping to make the interview happen.


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True to Halo: Interview with Composer Tom Salta

True to Halo

Interview by Richard Buxton

Tom Salta, one of the most versatile and prolific music artists/producers working in film, television, advertising and video games, provides the original score for 343 Industries' first mobile title "Halo: Spartan Assault," an epic "Halo" experience for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 launching today. Released simultaneously with the game, the "Halo: Spartan Assault Original Soundtrack" features 27 tracks from Salta's original score and is available worldwide on Amazon, iTunes, Xbox Music and other digital music services through Microsoft Studios Music.

RB - Prior to working on the HALO franchise, perhaps the most notable projects of your career so far have come from the GHOST RECON series. How did you find yourself moving into the Halo franchise with COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY and now SPARTAN ASSAULT?

I was fortunate to be asked to join the team that recreated the original Halo CE score for Halo Anniversary by my good friend and colleague Paul Lipson who I have known for over ten years. Both of us are huge Halo fans and he felt I would be a good choice to help craft a note-for-note re-creation of the original score. It was truly a labor of love for all of us involved.  Later, when Paul became music director at Microsoft, it was his job to find the composer to create the original score for Halo: Spartan Assault.  Having already worked together on Anniversary, he knew how passionate I was about Halo and trusted me with the job...

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Soundcast Interview: Ryan Amon (Elysium)

Interview: Ryan Amon (Elyisum)

Composer Ryan Amon, composer of the original score for ELYSIUM, dives deeper into the incredible story of how this project all started with an email from director Neil Blomkamp, the unique amount of creative freedom given to him to write and his experience in recording at Abbey Road Studios.  He also talks about writing for a feature film versus production/trailer music...with a surprising take.


Episode Highlights

00:20 - Introduction
01:37 - What happened after "that email?"
06:12 - Scoring blind?
08:19 - Was was the arc for the development of the score?
10:35 - In writing trailer music, were you looking to get your music "discovered?"
16:24 - What was your biggest challenge for you with Elysium?
17:30 - The Abbey Road Studio experience
21:34 - District 9 parallels


Music Selections

00:00 - "Deportation" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
15:46 - "Elysium" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
25:45 - "New Heaven, New Earth" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
27:46 - "Fire Up The Shuttle" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon


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Other notes:

Ryan Amon - The Official Website

Special thanks to Albert Tello (Costa Communications).

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SoundCast Interview: Henry Jackman (This is the End, Turbo)

Composer Henry Jackman talks about his move from classical to electronica to working with Hans Zimmer. He also talks about his two most recent scores for THIS IS THE END and Dreamworks Animation's TURBO.  Lastly, he gives us a clue into his two, big, upcoming scores for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER.

Episode Highlights

00:27 - Intro and What We Talk About
02:15 - Receiving that first call from Hans Zimmer
04:42 - How did Hans Zimmer and John Powell impact you?
09:37 - Scoring and Diversity
14:07 - This Is The End: Play it straight or comedic?
18:12 - This Is The End: Odd vocalizations
22:00 - Turbo: The electronic and symphonic blend
26:14 - Coming up: Captain Phillips and Captain America
29:56 - Wrapping it up

Music Selections

00:00 - "Promo Excerpt 1" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman
13:23 - "The Rapture of Seth & Jay" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman
17:24 - "Rapture on Melrose" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman
19:00 - "The Devil Rapes Jonah" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman
21:30 - "Promo Excerpt 2" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman
29:26 - "Promo Excerpt 3" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman

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Other notes:

Special thanks to Albert Tello of Costa Communications

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SoundCast Interview: Olivier Deriviere (Remember Me)

Composer Olivier Deriviere (Alone in the Dark, Of Orcs and Men) discusses his most recent project, REMEMBER ME.  He talks about coming up with the unique approach to the score, working with renowned sound engineer, John Kurlander, and his profound respect for Don Davis and his scores for The Matrix films.

Episode Highlights

00:22 - Intro., Olivier Deriviere, Remember Me

02:01 - A tale of three cities

09:12 - Tangled?

13:11 - That Obscure Sound

18:33 - Remember Me: About to drop

24:17 - Remember Me: The Pitch

29:17 - Remember Me: Reaction of the fans

31:11 - Remember Me: Working with John Kurlander

35:34 - Remember Me: The influence of Aphex Twin

40:08 - Remember Me: Remember The Matrix

49:00 - What else is coming?

51:13 - Remember Me: Soundtrack release?

52:27 - Wrapping it up

Music Selections

00:00 - "The Fight" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

12:36 - "Corruption with Rage and Melancholy" (Obscure 2) by Olivier Deriviere

18:15 - "Neo Paris" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

39:40 - "Chase Through MontMartre" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

42:05 - "Main Titles" (The Matrix) by Don Davis

46:19 - "Ris to the Light" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

51:57 - "Remember Your Childhood" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

53:32 - "Memory Reconstruction" (Remember Me) by Olivier Deriviere

Other notes:

Olivier Derivere

Official Website www.olivierderiviere.com

Follow on Twitter (@oderiviere)

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SoundCast Interview: Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas) Plus 5 Exclusive Unreleased Tracks

Composer Reinhold Heil talks with Christopher Coleman about his work on one of the most unique films in recent years, CLOUD ATLAS.  He shares his reaction to how both the film and score was received as well as the special challenges this project presented to himself and his collaborators: Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer.  We also present FIVE previously unreleased tracks, in their entirety, from the Cloud Atlas original score!


Episode Highlights

00:28 - Intro and Reinhold Hold Bio
02:20 - Exclusive track #1: "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)"
04:52 - Exclusive track #2: "Frobisher's Audition"
07:43 - Interview: Reacting to the Film's Reaction
13:15 - Interview: Score Reaction - The Glue
22:04 - How the indy-film-budget affected the score
23:48 - The Scoring Pre-production process
27:34 - Exclusive track #3: "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano"
32:11 - "Composing is like a dragon"
34:11 - Omnipresent melodies
37:06 - Exclusive track #4: "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together"
39:11 - Three themes and multiple hooks
40:50 - Exclusive track #5:  "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir"
48:17 - Crafting the Sextet and its variations
51:45 - Did Ayrs really co-compose the sextet with Frobisher?
57:22 - Lasting thoughts about scoring Cloud Atlas
60:13 - Conclusion and final notes


Music Selections


00:02 - "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
02:41 - "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
28:28 - "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
40:40 - "Sonmi Meets Chang" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek
44:49 - "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
57:55 - "Cloud Atlas Finale" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek

Additional Notes:

Listen to more unreleased music at www.reinholdheil.com
Follow: Reinhold Heil on Twitter (@reinholdheil)

Buy CLOUD ATLAS on Blu-ray and DVD from Amazon.com

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Interview: Jason Graves Talks Tomb Raider

Marius Masalar interviews composer Jason Graves on one of his latest scores, TOMB RAIDER.  The two dive deep into just what went into the unique sound created for Lara Croft's return!

Music:

0:00 - Adventure Found Me

7:18 - First Blood

13:33 - The Scavenger's Den

18:08 - The Scavenger's Camp

21:26 - Reaching Roth

23:09 - Scaling the Ziggurat

36:30 - Infiltrating the Bunker

44:06 - The Tomb Raider

Conversation:

0:00 - Intro

0:45 - The new studio

1:40 - Jason's first encounter with Tomb Raider

3:00 - Musical goals for the new Lara

5:35 - What makes Lara iconic, why we care about her, and what her new iteration is like

10:32 - Building "The Instrument"; the voice of the island

16:18 - Matt's other sculpting work

17:25 - Creative freedom and collaboration

19:37 - Traditional thematic elements; Lara's piano theme

22:27 - Exotic percussion, recording live

26:00 - Tomb Raider and Uncharted: inspiration?

27:53 - A thematic coincidence and inspiration from within

29:05 - Tomb Raider's audio implementation story

35:50 - Jason samples his own orchestra

39:28 - Hints about future titles, and scheduling multiple projects

40:57 - The single best piece of advice Jason has ever received as a composer

43:56 - Conclusion and contact info

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Matt Uelmen (Torchlight II) Full Interview - Genius Choice Vote (2012 Cue Awards)

This is the full interview with Genius Choice Vote winner for The 2012 Marius Award, Matt Uelmen, who won for his original score for the video game, Torchlight II (Runic Games).  An excerpt of this interview was presented, in part, in episode 58 of The SoundCast.

The Genius Choice Vote is the "people's choice" branch of The Cue Awards.  While the inaugural, official Marius Award went to Lifeformed (Terence Lee) for his score for Fastfall: Dustforce, the Genius Choice voter selected Matt Uelmen.

See all of the winners or listen to the 2012 Cue Awards/ Genius Choice Vote Winners at
http://cueawards.com

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John Williams Didn't Think He Was Good Enough for Schindler's List

John Williams revisits some of his most famous themes (for the millionth time) in this interview by CNN.  There are a couple of tidbits that come out in this brief interview that you might never have heard before.  For instance, did you know that John Williams actually didn't think he was good enough to score Schindler's List?  Make sure you don't miss Steven Spielberg's response to this!

SoundCast Interview: Jack Wall (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)

Interview: Jack Wall (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)

Composer Jack Wall talks with Marius Masalar about his score for the fastest selling video game to date, Call of Duty: Black Ops II.  They talk about his transition from audio producer to working in the video game world, his thoughts on the use of "melody" in game scores, working alongside and around Trent Reznor's main theme, and a bit about his upcoming score for Lost Planet 3 in 2013!

Episode Highlights


0:00 Introduction
2:12 Early reviews of Black Ops II
3:42 Going from studio work to game audio, meeting Trent Reznor
9:00 The evolving game audio workflow, coming full circle
10:38 The attraction of Black Ops II, the value of story in the game
14:41 Dynamic range and the musical direction for the game
16:10 The story of the Niño Precioso cue
22:03 Influences from other series and previous Call of Duty scores
23:39 Melodic themes in games and emotional moments
28:07 Orchestras, the recording process, and the nuance of live performances
30:04 The mixing team and attention to detail in production
32:59 Electronics, field recordings, combining and using sounds
36:01 Learning synthesis and working on Mass Effect
37:12 Jack's favourite sound and the trouble with ringtones
39:14 Working alongside Trent Reznor, the main theme
40:30 The challenge of creating a fresh Call of Duty experience
43:34 Witnessing trends in the gaming industry, the power of indie
49:03 Wrapping up Lost Planet 3 and its…unusual musical direction
54:30 Game scores and composers that Jack admires
56:20 The growing appreciation of music in games
57:40 Conclusion


Music Selections


00:00 "Savimbi's Pride" (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall
15:15 "Hidden " (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall
16:30 "Niño Precioso" (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall
20:20 "Raul Menendez Theme" (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall
24:40 "Heros Theme " (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall
32:55 "Spider Bot" (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall and Jimmy Hinson
58:32 "Adrenaline (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) by Jack Wall

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SoundCast Interview: Anton Sanko (The Possession)

Interview: Anton Sanko (The Possession)

Composer Anton Sanko talks about his genre bending score for The Possession and gives us a safe peak into this tale of a dybbuk box.  He also talks about how he moved from the world of the music producer to full-time composing and working on his tender yet tragic score for Rabbit Hole (2011).

Episode Highlights

00:16 Welcome and Intro: Anton Sanko
01:46 Moving from producing to composing
04:47 The Highs and the Lows of producing and composing
06:04 Too much time with The Possession
08:00 Rabbit Hole
09:34 From Rabbit Hole to The Possession
13:35 Progressing through the score/ Track commentary
20:06 Tales from The Dybbuk Box
22:40 Upcoming projects and conclusion

Music Selections

00:00 "The Morgue" (The Possession) by Anton Sanko
07:33 "Cleaning" (Rabbit Hole) by Anton Sanko
14:49 "I Don't Love You" (The Possession) by Anton Sanko
18:20 "Brett's Teeth" (The Possession) by Anton Sanko
23:47 "Shadow Puppets" (The Possession) by Anton Sanko

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