Patrick Warren is someone whose music you will definitely have heard at some stage, given his prolific film and TV composition career. Then there’s his production, touring and session work with a who’s who of artists….

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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):  

Full list of Patrick’s credits (warning: it’s a long read)

Working with Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs

Working from the home studio versus face-to-face collaboration

Working with Bruce Springsteen / Brendan O’Brien 

Patrick on keys with Springsteen – American Beauty 

Patrick’s musical upbringing

Working with Michael Penn

Patrick’s first acting appearance on Michael Penn’s No Myth (with Chamberlin)

A discussion on the Chamberlin

Working on Fiona Appel’s first record – Tidal

Aimee Mann – Bachelor, No. 2

‘Auditioning’ for Tom Waits

Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom tour 2008

Patrick’s work on Dig in Deep by Bonnie Raitt

The long-term working relationship with Joe Henry

Playing keys on Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart 

Patrick’s string arrangement on Lana Del Ray’s song Honeymoon

Patrick performing with Bob Dylan at the White House

Patrick’s arranging and composing career, starting with Heroes by The Wallflowers

Working on True Detective while touring with Diana Krall

Patrick with Diana Krall at Montreaux 2013

What has and hasn’t changed about arranging, composing and orchestration

Working with Common on the soundtrack to Alice (a very in-depth discussion also to be found here)

Glory – Common and John Legend (arrangement by Patrick Warren)

The relationship with a film’s Director during composition

A ‘normal’ day when composing for serial TV

Patrick’s favourite keyboards and virtual instruments (including LA Scoring Strings and Spitfire Audio)

Patrick’s hilarious (time signature based) train wreck with Tom Waits

Faces – Stay With Me

Desert Island Discs: Hunky Dory – David Bowie, Nancy & Lee – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Ode to Freedom / Bernstein in Berlin – Leonard Bernstein, Frank’s Wild Years – Tom Waits, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan.

Gaby Moreno – Til Waking Light (arranged by Patrick Warren)

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