Dylan Price is a composer and pianist in Los Angeles who works as a freelance writer for Bleeding Fingers Music, a collective, co-founded by Hans Zimmer, of composers creating scores for film and television. Dylan has written music for shows including MasterChef on Fox and Foodtastic on Disney+, and regularly contributes to Sony Music Publishing’s Extreme Music library. He also serves as Piano Accompanist and Vocal Coach at the performing arts college AMDA.

Dylan got his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music, but was always interested in the world of film and media. In our interview, Dylan breaks down numerous different aspects of composing music for tv, film and music libraries, and what his current role looks like as a remote writer for Bleeding Fingers.

DYLAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:

Fav Composer: Hans Zimmer

Fav Piece of Classical Music: Chopin Piano Etudes, with pianist Andrei Gavrilov

Fav Movie Soundtrack: Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King

Book Recs: 1989 by George Orwell; Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

Admired Musicians: Hans Zimmer, Jacob Collier and Jeff Beal

Recommended Resource: YouTube Premium

Audible Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf⁠

Amazon Music Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr⁠

CONNECT WITH DYLAN:

Dylan’s Website: ⁠https://www.dylanpricemusic.com⁠

Dylan’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dprice112/⁠

Extreme Music Library (Dylan's Music): ⁠https://www.extrememusic.com/search?isLyricsSearch=false&query=Dylan%20Price⁠

ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ

⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer

ABOUT THE HOST

Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.

CONNECT WITH REBEKAH

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bitesbybekah.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

TIMECODES

00:00 Start of Episode

00:38 Intro to Podcast

01:12 Intro to Episode

2:35 Start of Episode

3:13 Dylan’s Musical Background

6:23 Starting to Write Music

9:33 Majoring in Music Theory at ESM

12:37 Applying for Composition and Music Theory

14:05 Experience at ESM

14:55 Writing a Musical Tune

16:57 Career Aspirations at ESM

19:08 Shifting to Composition

22:58 Why Film Music?

25:09 Balancing Film Music during Classical Studies

26:52 Starting Empire Film Music Ensemble

33:51 Copyright and Performing Movie Scores

37:17 Internships

40:43 Behind the scenes of scoring a movie

45:54 Working for Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control

47:51 Transitioning Into Career

55:45 Working as Christian’s Assistant

1:04:23 Dylan’s Current Career

1:06:12 Remote Writing for Bleeding Fingers

1:11:19 Looking to the Future

1:14:25 “Bleeding Fingers” Vibe Check

1:19:44 My Rapid Fire Q&A

1:27:12 Final Piece of Advice

1:28:22 Connect with Dylan

1:29:19 Episode Outro

1:30:48 Clips of Dylan's Compositions

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE

Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠ ⁠

Compositions from Dylan Price (check out more on his website)

PHOTO CREDIT

⁠Masterchef⁠

⁠Foodtastic⁠

⁠ADMA⁠

⁠ESM⁠

⁠Hans Zimmer⁠

⁠Jeff Beal⁠

⁠Tom Salta⁠

⁠Mark Snow⁠

⁠Mike Patterson⁠

⁠John Williams⁠

⁠Henry Jackman⁠

⁠Jacob Collier⁠

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