The Film Scorer Podcast features a wide array of long-form interviews with film composers, including up-and-comers, established veterans, and everybody in between. Hear first-hand from masters of the craft about the film scoring process, see behind-the-scenes, and learn all about the art of film and film music.
Episodes
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Composer Reed Reimer joins The Film Scorer Podcast to talk about his recent cyberpunk multimedia project 'Codeburst,' juggling genres from orchestral to djent to trap, and collaborating with a co-composer. Reed also flips the script and takes over as interviewer by the end!
'Codeburst' and 'Cthulhu Dreamt' are both available for streaming on all major platforms, while the full multimedia version of 'Codeburst' is available through Fable Factory.
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Fellow film music fan and writer J. Blake Fichera joins The Film Scorer Podcast to discuss his new book "Scored to Death 2," in which Fichera interviews some of horror's greatest composers like Michael Abels, Richard Band, Bear McCreary, and more! "Scored to Death 2" is available for purchase everywhere and I highly recommend it!
Find out more about Fichera and his book at his website and check out his podcast "Scored to Death" in which he similarly interviews composers (albeit in an even longer format!)
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Sunday Jan 03, 2021
Composer duo Mondo Boys join The Film Scorer to discuss their recent scores to the films Fatman, She Dies Tomorrow, and Mortuary Collection. Mondo Boys also talk about how they collaborate with directors, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Roger Ebert's love of breasts.
More information is available about Mondo Boys on their website.
Fatman is currently available on VOD, She Dies Tomorrow is streaming on Hulu, and Mortuary Collection is streaming on Shudder. Several of Mondo Boys' scores are available on all major streaming platforms and others are forthcoming.
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Composer, violinist, and pianist Ros Gilman talks about his upcoming animated film The Last Cloudweaver, his road to becoming a film composer, and much more!
Find out more about Ros on his website.
Selections of Gilmans' scores are available on all major streaming platforms and YouTube.
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Composer Ben Symons talks about his dread-filled score for the new UK horror film Hosts, his approaches to film music, composing for major YouTube streamers, and much more!
Find out more about Symons on his website.
Hosts is currently available on VOD while Symons' scores are available on all major streaming platforms.
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Join The Film Scorer as he talks with composer Roman Molino Dunn about his score to the new psychological drama Huracán, about an mma fighter struggling with dissociative disorder. They also discuss Dunn's composing process, sampling the sounds of subways, and a mutual love of short film.
Find out more about Dunn on his website.
Huracán is currently available on HBO, HBO Latino, and HBO Max while several of Dunn's scores are available on all major streaming platforms.
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Join The Film Scorer as he talks with English composer Harry Escott about his jazzy and stylish score to the new BBC One political series Roadkill starring Hugh Laurie. They also talk about some of Harry's films (like the Steve McQueen drama Shame) and a mutual love of drone.
Find out more about Harry on his site.
Roadkill is now airing on BBC One in the UK and PBS Masterpiece Theater in the US while many of Harry's scores are available on all major streaming platforms.
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Join The Film Scorer in this seasonally-appropriate episode 3 as he talks with prolific horror composer Holly Amber Church. They talk about James Horner, the novelist John Kennedy Toole, and Holly's penchant for weird "instruments" like fluorescent lights and clown balloons.
Find out more about Holly at her site
Holly's most recent film is Open 24 Hours which has recently released on VOD and DVD, with the score available on all major platforms (as are many of Holly's scores).
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Join The Film Scorer for his second episode in which he talks with film composer duo Two Twenty Two (comprised of Tom Nettleship and Daisy Coole). They chat about a love for adventurous film composers, their complicated (and highly effective) process for writing music as a duo, and their latest score - Clay's Redemption - an eclectic synth/jazz fusion hybrid for this supernatural noir.
Find out more about Two Twenty Two here
The uncut video of our conversation (featuring much more of my rambling) is here
Clay's Redemption will be on Amazon Prime in mid-November and you can find many of their scores on all major streaming services.
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
The Film Scorer's first guest is Sean Carney! A jazz vocalist, touring guitarist, and member of the bands WOLVES and Miscellaneous, Sean has recently released his first feature-length film score for the Neo-Western To Hell and Gone. We dive deep into the process for scoring To Hell and Gone, making the jump into composing for features, and our joint dislike of the Star Wars prequels.
A short, highlights-only text version of the interview can be found here.
More information about Sean can be found on his website here.
To Hell and Gone is available on VOD while Sean's score is available on all major streaming platforms.