FilmMusicSite.com: Composer Talk

Filmmusicsite.com had the opportunity to talk to composer Gustavo Santaolalla. Gustavo Santaolalla is a talented musician, composer and producer who is born in Argentina. He started to play the guitar at the age of five. He performed music and worked with a lot of artists such as Malta Vecindad, Julieta Venegas, Los Prisioneros and many more. By the year of 2000 he started his career as a composer for film. He forges a lasting friendship with director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu for whom he composes the original score for his films “Amores Perros”, ”21 Grams”, “Babel” and “Biutiful”. He is also the third composer in history to win two Oscar awards consecutively, for the Ang Lee film “Brokeback Mountain' in 2006, and Iñarritu for 'Babel' in 2007. In 2013 he writes the music to the videogame The Last of Us. It’s the first videogame he worked on and I became a massive success. In 2020 he worked on the follow up The Last of Us II. Now HBO created a television series of The Last of Us. Gustavo Santaolalla wrote the music together with David Fleming.

In this new episode of Composer Talk Gustavo talks about winning twice an Oscar. We go in-depth about his music for The Last of Us and he talks about his goals for the future.

So check out this new interesting Composer Talk!

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Filmmusicsite.com talked to composer Paul Leonard-Morgan. He is a composer who writes music for film, television and video games. His unique cinematic style of fusing orchestra with electronica has put him in high demand as a score composer & band producer, as well as a performer and artist in his own right. His film scores include DREDD, LIMITLESS, LAST BREATH, GIGI & NATE and the upcoming BOSTON STRANGLER, starring Keira Knightley, directed by Matt Ruskin. He has won a BAFTA award and was nominated for an Emmy and Ivor Novello.

In this new episode  of Composer Talk Paul talks passionate about his music for the film Boston Strangler. He goes into detail on how he created the score and what for him the essence of this film is. He also talks about the 10 year anniversary of his score to DREDD. 

So check out this really great interview with the talented Paul Leonard-Morgan!

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In this new episode of Composer Talk we talk to composer Mark Tewarson. He is a composer living in L.A. who has written the music for the film Assassin. The film is directed by Jesse Atlas starring Bruce Willis and Andy Allo. In this interview Mark talks in-depth about his music for this film. We go into his composing process and how he created the theme's. He's a talented composer who started from a very young age playing the piano and viola. If you want to know more check out this interesting conversation with Mark Tewarson. 

In this new Composer Talk Swedish Composers Jon Ekstrand and Carl-Johan Sevedag talk about their latest film Opponent. This film had just its world premiere during the Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Germany. They talk about how they worked together on writing the music for this film. They give us an in-depth look in there working process.

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Jon Ekstrand and Carl-Johan Sevedag are filmmusic composers both born in Sweden. Jon Ekstrand began his career under the mentorship of acclaimed sound designer Owe Svensson. In 1998 he attended the Stockholm Film School where he met director Daniel Espinosa. The two formed a creative relationship which continues to this day. Jon has written music for films such as Easy Money trilogy, Child 44, Life, Hilma and the Marvel film Morbius.

Carl-Johan Sevedag is a composer/multi-instrumentalist who started his career as a producer and songwriter. His sound was often playful and melodic. At the age of 23 he composed the music for the Emmy-winning documentary “Clouds over Cuba”. He recently wrote the music for the Netflix original Red Dot and Bartosz M. Kowalski’s latest horror film Hellhole.

Both composer have worked together on films such as Borg vs. McEnroe, Horizon line and ALEX. Recently they wrote the music for the film Opponent which premiered at the 2023 Berlinale film festival.

Jason Graves is a composer who has written music for Video Games, Film and television. He is a two-time British Academy Award-winning composer. He has written music for video games such as Dead Space 1 + 2, Tomb Raider, Moss and Moss: Book II. Recently he has worked on The Dark Pictures Anthology which includes titles such as Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes and the most recent one The Devil in Me. 

Joris Hermy is een componist die muziek schrijft voor tv, theater, radio en film. Hij woont in het West-Vlaamse Izegem. Hij schreef muziek voor o.a. de Studio 100 reeks Kosmoo en de VTM series Gina & Chantal. Werkte aan succesvolle kortfilms zoals Boxcar, Oxygene en The Chromakey Man. Deze maand kan je in de Belgische bioscoop tevens ook luisteren naar zijn muziek voor zijn allereerste langspeel film namelijk De Zonen van Van As - De Cross.

Composer Alastair McNamara writes music for TV, video games and documentaries. He’s studied composition for Film & TV at the National Film and Television School. He has an eclectic musical background as a composer. He can easily weave electronic, vocal and orchestral styles. He has written music for the short award winning documentary Tease. He has worked on the music for TV shows such as season 2 of The Capture for BBC One and season 3 of War of the Worlds. Recently he has written music for the feature documentary The Other Fellow.