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in Interviews, TV, TV InterviewsInterview: Composer Spencer Creaghan on Reinventing Iconic Melodies for ‘Hot Wheels RacerVerse’
Quick! Think of your favorite movie score. Got it? Great, now tune in to Hot Wheels RacerVerse on YouTube and you are likely to find an innovative tribute to those iconic music cues that just danced across your mind. Such innovation is nothing new for RacerVerse composer Spencer Creaghan, whose award-winning career has spanned multiple […] More
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Interview: Composer Zain Effendi Demands Respect for Theme Park Music With His Test Track Score
As the industry recognizes musical accomplishments from all corners of the pop culture landscape, at least one glaring omission remains: theme park music. It’s an essential part of the experience on any great immersive ride, but the most effective tunes often go unnoticed. Rising composer Zain Effendi set out to alter the course for theme […] More
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Interview: ‘Hey Arnold!’ Composer Jim Lang on His Latest Adventures in Scoring for Children’s Animation
Composer Jim Lang cemented himself as a legend of children’s animation quite early in his career, lending Craig Bartlett‘s Hey Arnold! its now-iconic jazz-tinged score. “I like to say that on a good day the music just sticks to the picture, and Hey Arnold! was the all-time stickiest,” says Lang. “I wasn’t envisioning a long […] More
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Interview: ‘WondLa’ Composer Joy Ngiaw on Worldbuilding Through Score
Among the many hidden gems waiting to be discovered on Apple TV+, the sci-fi animation series WondLa may just be the most criminally underrated of them all. Based on the book series by Caldecott-winning children’s author Tony DiTerlizzi, WondLa traces the epic journey of 16-year-old Eva, the only human across the entirety of the strange […] More
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Interview: ‘Bride Hard’ Composer Ryan Shore Lets The Music Play It Straight
It is rare that we get a theatrical studio comedy these days, so the arrival of Rebel Wilson vehicle Bride Hard in theaters nationwide is notable for more reasons than one. Beyond the film’s refreshing place in the theatrical landscape, it also features an incredibly playful and dynamic score from acclaimed composer Ryan Shore, whose […] More
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Interview: ‘Long Bright River’ Composers on The Show’s Philly Roots
When you want to lend your Philadelphia-set crime series an authentic Philly sound, what better place to look than Philly’s own hip-hop legends, The Roots? Peacock’s Long Bright River did exactly that when showrunner Nikki Toscano tapped the band’s keyboardist James Poyser to join forces with composer Dimitri Smith in crafting the series’ gripping score. […] More
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Interview: Composer David Bertok Took Inspiration from José Andrés for ‘Chef’s Table: Legends’
Each episode of Netflix’s Chef’s Table: Legends spotlights one of the world’s most iconic chefs and documents their influence on the culinary world and beyond. Composer David Bertok had the honor of scoring S1E2 of the series, which focuses on the legendary Spanish chef José Andrés, whose work as both a chef and a humanitarian […] More
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Interview: ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Composer Stuart Hancock Reacts to Annie Award Nomination
Composer Stuart Hancock has made a name for himself over the last decade across film, television, and concert music. His epic orchestral arrangements have accompanied such projects as BBC’s Atlantis and the animated movie adaptation of We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. He won a prestigious Ivors Classical Award in 2015 for his concert work […] More
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Interview: Composer Mark Evitts on Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Frog and Toad’
Every generation has its own set of beloved children’s media, but few characters have persisted like Frog and Toad, who have entertained generations of young people since their inception in the 1970s. It is therefore no surprise that Apple TV+’s Frog and Toad series is a moving and gorgeous ode to friendship, a calming show […] More
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Interview: ‘SuperKitties’ Composer Vidjay Beerepoot Discusses the Children and Family Emmy Hopeful
Vidjay Beerepoot is one of the most prolific film/TV composers in the world of children’s entertainment, lending his musical gifts to such projects as Minnie’s Bow-Toons, Kindergarten: The Musical, and SuperKitties. Across all his scoring work for children’s media, Beerepoot is guided by a couple of core principles: “It’s all about keeping it thrilling but […] More
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Interview: ‘Tiny Chef Show’ Composer Jared Faber on Scoring for Stop-Motion
A fascinating blend of live-action and stop-motion animation, Nickelodeon’s The Tiny Chef Show is already both an Emmy and Annie Award-winning series. As a Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated composer/songwriter himself, it is no surprise that Jared Faber is generating further awards buzz for his score on the second season of The Tiny Chef Show. Indeed, Faber […] More
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Interview: ‘Murder Is Easy’ Composer Segun Akinola Fuses 1950s Hollywood with Electronic Soundscapes
BBC’s Murder Is Easy is the latest Agatha Christie adaptation to captivate audiences in recent years, but the series sets itself apart from other Christie adaptations in a number of ways. The show stars David Jonsson as Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam, a modernized version of Christie’s original protagonist. Jonsson’s Fitzwilliam deeply values his Nigerian and Igbo […] More
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