In this episode of Psycho-Cinematic, I sit down with rapper and producer, Denaun Porter, to discuss music production for films.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:27 Denaun’s background
7:14 The Slim Shady LP and fame
10:29 Being a rapper with a gospel singing father
11:26 Every self employed person needs to hear this
15:12 Making music for 8 Mile
17:17 Making music for Shark Tale and Indie Films
21:27 Scoring the Straight Outta Compton trailer and working with Dr. Dre
24:03 Using D12’s “Bane” song for a Batman spin off
24:57 If a D12 movie was made, who would you want to play you?
25:45 Did you get offered a roll in 8 Mile?
26:18 The difficulties of scoring a trailer
28:21 Pairing music with visuals
30:46 Making music for Fast Five
32:59 Do you aspire to make your own film?
33:17 Using ChatGPT to help you write a film
34:42 What brings you more pride, rapping or producing?
35:27 Do you get nervous performing at massive shows?
37:10 Is freestyling nerve-racking?
38:59 Advice to rappers and producers looking to make it
41:51 Eminem Easter eggs in Barbarian
44:00 Talking Aliens
44:41 Outro
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