Lakeshore Records Podcast

This week on the Lakeshore Records Podcast, we enter the frightening world of Smile 2 and the chilling score by Cristobal Tapia De Veer. Our host, Arielle Paul, faces her fears and goes down the vortex to learn how this truly “merciless” but phenomenal score came to fruition, bringing you an exciting episode bound to inspire and, perhaps, give you nightmares. Enjoy, and don’t forget to SMILE!

For today’s Halloween episode, we’re joined by the talented Isobel Waller-Bridge to discuss her quirky and hair-raising score for the thriller Sweetpea, the new Sky Atlantic show streaming on Starz about a sweet Wallflower turned murderess. From tricking herself into writing music to scoring the theme of an unexpected killer, we’ll learn about Isobel’s journey in composing this fantastic score.

This week’s episode of The Lakeshore Records Podcast: On Cue features an interview with our previous host, Alon Levitan, and composer Kris Bowers, discussing the score for the film Origin. This never-released episode explores trauma, race and Kris’s investigative process in composing this beautiful, haunting score.

Today’s episode features the musical team behind the video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Our host, Arielle Paul, is joined by Emmy-nominated composer Pinar Toprak, music supervisor at Ubisoft Simon Landry and Alex Rivière, audio director at Massive Entertainment, to discuss this epic score. We’ll learn about the intricate process of scoring a video game, from writing suites to sonically echoing the thrill of riding a banshee, plus how Pinar manifested this project into a dream opportunity. 

Today’s episode features Michelle Birsky and Kevin Henthorn, the dynamic duo behind the music for Terminator Zero, Netflix’s new anime series. In a lively conversation with our host, Arielle Paul, the duo takes us on a musical journey, from epic synths to driving beats and haunting vocals, sharing the insider’s scoop on creating this phenomenal score.

Today’s episode features the hilarious and talented musical team behind Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, the latest film in the SpongeBob saga. Our host, Arielle Paul, is joined by singer-songwriter Tami Neilson, the composing trio Moniker and legendary music supervisor Karyn Rachtman, who put this dream team together.  We’ll get an insider’s look at what it took to make the film’s colorful, genre-hopping sound and why this project was truly “kismet.” So fasten your seatbelt, grab your Krusty Krab pizza, and turn up the AC because things are about to get hotter than a hickory-smoked sausage!

Today’s special episode features composer Chanda Dancy, and our new host, journalist, musician and songwriter Arielle Paul. Chanda takes us through her breathtaking score for Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount + which is nominated for an Emmy® for Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score). From Dvorak to plastic cutlery, Chanda shares her inspiration and insider secrets to create this phenomenal score.

Meet Arielle Paul, the new host of The Lakeshore Records Podcast, and a journalist, musician, songwriter and lifelong lover of film and television. She’s giving the podcast a new spin, interviewing composers, directors, actors and showrunners about their unique creative processes on specific projects. Tune in next week for her exciting first guest, composer Chanda Dancy, who takes us through her Emmy-nominated score for Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount +.

For today's episode, host Alon Levitan speaks with composer Ludvig Forssell about musical puzzles and double tasting your creative output, the soul of anime storytelling and its influence on the west, workflow with the great Hideo Kojima, music as a language in Swedish culture, the serenity of the bleak countryside in Takeshi Kitano's Kikujiro, , Musique Concrète, Metal Gear and Death Stranding, 3rd person objectivity,  Oppenheimer's strings, the varied brilliance of Johann Johansson and Joe Hisaishi, Zootopia on a desert island, sticking to the plan for the best path forward, and more.