Composer Talk

By Matthew Wang

Composer Talk is a podcast hosted by Matthew Wang where you’ll get to know acclaimed composers who are making the soundtracks of our lives. We all watch films, TV and digital media and know the import... more

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May 16, 2025 EP 86: Kyle Rodriguez (The Secret Lives of Animals, Jane)
I'm so excited to welcome this guest to the podcast. He is the composer behind The Secret Lives of Animals, Jane, and much much more and he's been a dear friend for years!

And the composer is... Kyle Rodriguez
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54min
April 18, 2025 EP 85: Cristóbal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Smile)
In this episode, Matt chats with award-winning composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer about his process, scoring workflow, favorite plugins and more. He is the composer of Smile, Smile 2, Utopia, The White Lotus and many more and we are so excited to welcome him on to the podcast!
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1h 3min
January 20, 2025 Ep 84: Trey Toy (Castlevania: Nocturne, Centigrade)

After graduating from NYU our next guest moved to LA to pursue a career in media scoring. He has written music for Emmy Award-winning shows Ozark and Vikings and contributed music to Blizzard Entertainment’s hit game Diablo IV. Fun fact: He was my music theory tutor, and we also co-composed the music for IFC Midnight thriller Centigrade.
He scored Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne and I’m so excited to welcome him on to the podcast

And the composer is... Trey Toy
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31min
January 18, 2025 Ep 83 Atli Örvarsson (Silo, Chicago Med)
Our next guest is best known for his work on the Chicago shows, Netflix film Eurovision Story of Fire Saga, The Edge of Seventeen, The Hitman's Bodyguard films and much more. He’s the composer of Apple TV’s Silo and I’m so excited to chat with him today. And the composer is… Atli Örvarsson.
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25min
September 27, 2024 Ep 82: Jonathan Sadoff (Chimp Crazy, The Peanut Butter Falcon)
This next composer recently scored HBO Original Chimp Crazy and is the composer behind Ingrid Goes West, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Dollface among other projects. I’m so excited to welcome him on to the podcast.
And the composer is… Jonathan Sadoff
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38min
September 20, 2024 Ep 81: Christophe Beck (Agatha All Along, Frozen, The Instigators)
Our next guest is best known for his work scoring huge films from Frozen and Ant-Man to The Hangover films, Nimona, and way more. He recently scored Doug Liman’s The Instigators and Marvel Studio's Agatha All Along and I’m so excited to welcome him on the podcast.
And the composer is… Chris Beck
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42min
September 20, 2024 Ep 80: Bryce Dessner (The National, Sing Sing)
Our next guest is best known for his work in the band The National as well as scoring movies including Sing Sing and Cyrano and TV shows Manhunt and Photographer among others. He's one of my favorite composers and guitarists and I'm so excited to welcome him on to the podcast!

And the composer is... Bryce Dessner
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22min
August 02, 2024 Ep 79: Matt Bowen (The Binge, The Boys, Gen V)
Our next guest is an ASCAP award-winning composer who has written music for The Boys, Gen V, The Bachelor and It's A Wonderful Binge among other projects. He got his start working for producer Matt Wallace before pivoting to Emoto Music and then meeting composer Christopher Lennertz who has been a mentor and later co-composer on a number of projects.
And the composer is... Matt Bowen
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45min
July 27, 2024 Ep 78: Daniel Pemberton (Fly Me To The Moon, The Bad Guys, Across The Spider-Verse)
Our next guest started his career writing for the video game magazine Games Zone to afford his first synthesizer. From there, he has scored films from Ocean’s 8, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E and Ferrari to Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse and Across The Spider-Verse. He recently scored Fly Me To The Moon and I am so excited to chat with my musical hero today.

And the composer is… Daniel Pemberton
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26min
July 03, 2024 Ep 77: Nikhil Koparkar (Dead Whisper)
Our next composer is a recent friend and amazing composer who is behind the music of the 2023 Riot Games’ League Of Legends - Lunar New Year Campaign. He has worked as an additional writer for composer Lorne Balfe on projects including The Wheel Of Time, Life On Our Planet, His Dark Materials, and Victoria's Secret: Angels & Demons among others. He is the composer of the psychological horror feature film Dead Whisper and I am so excited to welcome him on to the podcast.

And the Composer is…Nikhil Koparkar
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29min

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