I’m very excited to welcome this Emmy award-winning composer who has a unique trap noire sound. His production chops got him signed to a publishing deal at a young age and since then, he's been a big name in the media composer space in Atlanta. He’s created Grammy-nominated, as well as Emmy, NAACP Image, and Peabody award-winning soundtracks. His work has appeared on OWN’s Greenleaf, BET’s Boomerang, STARZ’ Show P Valley, and Step-Up High Water.

The composer is... Matthew Head

Our next guest is a music executive with a passion for both creative and administrative endeavors. As a Creative Director for Film, TV & Visual Media at BMI, she has forged and nurtured relationships with emerging composers, songwriters, artists, film/TV execs and more!

The exec is... Reema Iqbal

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Our next guest got her start in the industry assisting film composer superstar Harry Gregson-Williams. With Harry, she contributed music to projects ranging from The Meg and The Equalizer 2 to Disney Nature’s Penguins and Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning film The Martian. 

On her own, she is the composer for Lionsgate’s Step Up High Water, the upcoming Disney doc episode of Marvel 616 directed by Gillian Jacobs, and she’s also writing for the second season of Spectrum/Lionsgate show Manhunt: Lone Wolf. I'm very excited to welcome this amazingly talented composer, violinist, vocalist to the show!

I met our next guest at an ASCAP event the year I moved to LA right after she did the music for Epic Games' Fortnite. Since then she has become the musical voice of superhero projects ranging from summer blockbuster Captain Marvel to shows including DC’s Stargirl and Superman prequel Krypton. She’s also been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a documentary for her score to HBO’s McMillions.

EVP/Head of Television Music for Lionsgate, our next guest is the man behind the music for some legendary TV shows like Mad Men, Nashville, Blue Mountain State, Orange Is The New Black, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist! He is a self-proclaimed resident of planet music and a bass player extraordinaire turned music executive and I'm very excited to welcome him to the show!

“The ronroco is the sound of the mountains - it has this freedom, this wide-open-chest feeling of just being who you are,” says Aukai of his beloved instrument – so adored that friends and family jokingly call it his baby. Also known as the charango, this small guitar is popular within the Andean communities of South America and Aukai is right in saying that the looping, fast plucking of its strings instantly remits the mind to a far, far place; one of folklore, discovery and freedom. Far from the Andes in a recording studio in the valleys of Colorado, the ronroco is also the main element of Aukai’s newest release, Game Trails, an album which at its very core embodies the spirit of wandering. 

The composer is... Aukai

Our next guest is a multi-instrumentalist who studied classical piano before playing drums and guitar in numerous bands, including a brief stint with the rock band Alien Crime Syndicate. He is best known for his scores for CSI Miami and HBO's Silicon Valley and has written the scores for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Young Sheldon, The Kominsky Method, A.P. Bio, and The League among others. He has a new solo EP out now called Nuovo Futuro and I'm very excited to welcome him on the podcast!

This next composer is one of my favorites. His scores for Nickelodeon's Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are some of the most iconic animation scores for an animated series. After graduating from California Institute of Arts where he studied modern composition with a focus on computer music and sonic art, he started The Track Team with co-founder Benjamin Wynn (aka Deru). The music and sound design duo  won two Emmy Awards and five nominations and worked on Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Since then, this composer has also scored the Netflix Original Film, Horse Girl.