Interview: David Buckley (The Good Wife)

Composer David Buckley talks about his work on one of television's most popular series, THE GOOD WIFE. He shares specifically about how he came on to the show, the evolution of the music over the five seasons, the impact the dramatic shift in musical style made, not only on the show, but on the fans, and what fans might expect in the hotly anticipated season 6. He also talks briefly about one of his next big projects: BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT.

Episode Highlights

00:00 - Introduction

02:24 - How did you come on to The Good Wife?

04:40 - The evolution of the music

07:11 - How did you approach this score?

10:16 - The new theme of season 5

11:34 - Working with the showrunners

14:54 - Reaction to the music of season 5

16:35 - To release or not release

20:50 - Emmy Consideration

26:42 - Batman: Arkham Knight

29:40 - What can we expect in season 6?

32:15 - Contact us

33:04 - Composer Commentary by David Buckley

Music Selections

00:00 - "The Good Wife Theme" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

09:00 - "Felon's Fugue" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

10:42 - "Countdown to Execution" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

16:43 - "Peter the Penitent" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

17:06 - "Wanna Kiss Peter Florrick" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

31:37 - "Plaintiff's Partita" (The Good Wife) by David Buckley

Notes:

Listen to the The Good Wife Soundtrack Composer Commentary at Mixcloud

Follow David Buckley on Twitter - @djsbuckley

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