Music Production Podcast

#299: Composing for Film with Troll Composer Johannes Ringen

Dec 21, 2022

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How Technology Informs the Process

03:35

Troll 2 - The Best Film of All Time

02:12

The Creative Process

03:22

Introduction

4min

Troll 2 - The Best Film of All Time

2min

Film Score - The Difference Between Composing and Writing Songs

3min

Music Director

3min

How Do You Compose Your Music?

2min

The Creative Process

3min

You Have to Move Forward, You Have to Go. That's What We All Do

2min

Sound World of the Movie

2min

The Troll Plug-In, Yeah. Yeah.

2min

10.

The Sound World of an Album

3min

11.

Exactly. It's a Great Analogue for a Film Score

2min

12.

The Decision Is Made for You

3min

13.

Live Music - Energy Over Perfection

2min

14.

How Technology Informs the Process

4min

15.

Music Production

4min

16.

Piano Sketches, Strings, Wins, and So On

4min

17.

Is There a Difference Between the Orchestra and the Rock and Roll Kid?

2min

18.

Orchestra Composing - Is There a Sweet Spot?

2min

19.

Cinematics Studio Series - A Great Writing Tool, I Think?

2min

20.

I Love the Piano Book.

3min

21.

The More Lights the Better

2min

22.

Ableton Live

2min

23.

What's All About Ableton Live?

2min

24.

Getting Lost in All That Technology

2min

25.

Action Music - It's Just a Path

3min

26.

Is It a Little Bit Different?

2min

27.

Film Scoring Is Very Nice in That Regard

2min

28.

What Is This Song For?

2min

29.

Game Help Guide - Is That Really Important?

3min

30.

It's Been a Lot of Fun Talking With You

3min

Johannes Ringen is a film composer and music producer from Norway. He has worked on a variety of feature films including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fate of the Furious, and Furious 7. His latest work was for the wildly successful Netflix film, Troll.

Johannes and I spoke about his work in film composition. We discovered plenty of similarities between film composition and other forms of music-making, including playing in rock bands. Johannes shared wisdom about how he approaches a project, works with large teams, and uses deadlines to get his work finished.

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