Score: The Podcast

Composer Anthony Willis talks about his eight years working with John Powell, his discovery of his own musical passions as a kid, and how it led him to experiences working with people like Harry Gregson-Williams and Henry Jackman — and his breakout solo composer job on Emerald Fennell’s 2020 Oscar nominated PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN.

Giona Ostinelli & Sonya Belousova talk about the road from classical pianist to scoring films together, their strange instrument selection, recording slurping sounds for the score to NBC's The Thing About Pam, and The Witcher season 1. Plus, a special pig performance of their hit song "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" (yes, it's as odd and wonderful as it sounds). Enjoy!

Composer Joe Trapanese talks about how long he can experiment to find a unique sound, why he doesn't mind long delays for his movies to come out, and his decision to take fewer scoring jobs, to ensure each one is something he can find fulfillment in. Plus, working for years on his upcoming thriller Spiderhead directed by Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy, Oblivion, Top Gun: Maverick)

Tina Guo is an internationally known cellist (and composer!) known for her performing career on worldwide concert tours, including the upcoming Hans Zimmer Live! In this chat, Tina talks about leaving for the first post-pandemic tour, why the crowds in Dublin in particular get so excited for film music, and what it's like to enter a musical a trance on stage. 

Disney's ENCANTO composer Germaine Franco sits down to talk about its #1 soundtrack, working with Lin Manuel Miranda, her start with composer John Powell (and how she met Robert Kraft), and much more! 

Matt Sullivan has one of the most unique jobs in film music. He's a musical supervisor, but he prefers the term musical director, more similar to theater. He cut his teeth on musical-oriented films, overseeing the storyboards, early edits, and even vocal coaching for actors, as well as live recordings on set. For West Side Story, he worked directly with Steven Spielberg and composer David Newman for more than a year. What does the future of film music hold? Matt Sullivan is one of the best people to answer just that!

Just a few years ago, Joseph Shirley was a USC student from New Orleans. Then he got an apprenticeship with the up-and-coming Ludwig Göransson. His first project was CREED, followed by a string of massive projects including BLACK PANTHER, Christopher Nolan's TENET, and the hit Star Wars series THE MANDALORIAN. Now, Joseph is anchoring the music for his own Star Wars series, THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, releasing now on Disney+. Kenny and Matt ask Joseph about working with Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez to experiment with new sounds, including an audacious choral arrangement that forms the foundation of the musical approach.

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE composer Rob Simonsen talks about channeling Elmer Bernstein's original Ghostbusters music, going into top-secret studio vaults to read the script, and how he re-wired his musical brain in order to keep the music sounding true to the original. Then, he talks about how he knows when music fits the film, the rumored near-firing of his once boss, Mychael Danna, on Life of Pi, and why it's always crucial to dial in the perfect sound.

Kenny, Robert and Matt launch this offseason special talking about the Spitfire Audio Black Friday sale, and their success of the offseason show MORE SCORE, which is now available for $10/month on Patreon, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Subscribe to MORE SCORE on Patreon for year-round interviews, film music talk and even cool merch: http://Patreon.com/MoreScore ... in your Apple Podcasts feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1357882784 ...on Spotify: http://anchor.fm/score/subscribe Then, the brilliant Bear McCreary joins to catch us up on his many projects, including Masters of the Universe Revelation, Vol. 1 & 2 out this week. Bear breaks down the metal symphonic sound he pitched Kevin Smith in their first meeting, and why that was a risky approach. He details working with Mark Hamill on a couple projects, and explains some of his early career missteps that he's made an effort to correct, allowing him and his studio Sparks & Shadows to thrive. This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio Follow us on Twitter @ScoreThePodcast or send Kenny and Robert your questions for the mailbox at ScoreTheMailbox@epicleff.com Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes Executive Producer: Matt Schrader © 2021 Epicleff Media

Composers DRUM & LACE and IAN HULTQUIST join us to discuss putting their energetic synth-driven score to a vibrant cinematic ride through Los Angeles that you may want to, dare we say, sink your teeth into! How they found the sound, scored 70 minutes of music without the help of assistants or a team (!) and why the next few months will be the busiest of their budding careers!