Interview: Henry Jackman

Composer Henry Jackman talks about his move from classical to electronica to working with Hans Zimmer. He also talks about his two most recent scores for THIS IS THE END and Dreamworks Animation's TURBO. Lastly, he gives us a clue into his two, big, upcoming scores for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER.

Episode Highlights

00:27 - Intro and What We Talk About

02:15 - Receiving that first call from Hans Zimmer

04:42 - How did Hans Zimmer and John Powell impact you?

09:37 - Scoring and Diversity

14:07 - This Is The End: Play it straight or comedic?

18:12 - This Is The End: Odd vocalizations

22:00 - Turbo: The electronic and symphonic blend

26:14 - Coming up: Captain Phillips and Captain America

29:56 - Wrapping it up

Music Selections

00:00 - "Promo Excerpt 1" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman

13:23 - "The Rapture of Seth & Jay" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman

17:24 - "Rapture on Melrose" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman

19:00 - "The Devil Rapes Jonah" (This is the End) by Henry Jackman

21:30 - "Promo Excerpt 2" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman

29:26 - "Promo Excerpt 3" (Turbo) by Henry Jackman

Support Tracksounds:

Buy the TURBO soundtrack at Amazon.com

Other notes:

Special thanks to Albert Tello of Costa Communications

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