Pivot Point with Joseph DeBeasi

Albert Hughes - director of Alpha, Book of Eli, From Hell, American Pimp, Dead Presidents and Touching Evil.

In this part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Albert talks about his life growing up in Detroit, how he became interested in film and how his first directing job happened.

This week's guest is Anthony Parnther. A multi-talented conductor and bassoonist. Anthony's credits as a bassoonist and conductor are unparalleled. He has played on most of the great film scores of the past 8 years in Hollywood and is musical director and conductor of 2 symphony orchestras, The San Bernardino Symphony in San Bernardino, CA and the Southeast Symphony in Los Angels.

Over the last decade, Anthony has been in demand as a conductor for film, television, albums, jingles, and video game scores in the Hollywood Studio scoring stages. He has conducted hundreds of sessions for a long list of media composers including Jeff Russo, Edouard Brenneisen, Germaine Franco, Maclaine Diemer, Rob Simonsen, Nathan Barr, and Ludwig Göransson. Anthony has accepted invitations with orchestras internationally to conduct live film concerts, particularly the scores of John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Michael Giacchino, and Jerry Goldsmith.

Today's guest is Chic Ciccolini III. Chic and Joseph go back a long time. They talk about Chic's beginnings and then the conversation slides into stories some of which are of how Chic tried to create sounds for snow on his first job to how he got his job with director Ron Howard.

His movies include: Captain America:The First Avenger, Eat Pray Love, Angels & Demons, Rocky Balboa, The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man. He's worked with directors Ron Howard, Alan Pakula, David Mamet, Sylvester Stallone, Jim Jarmusch.

Starr Parodi first came on the scene playing keyboards as part of the house band on the hit late-night Arsenio Hall Show and has performed or recorded with artists from Carole King, Al Green, Mavis Staples, Ray Charles to Mariah Carey. Since then, she has become a vibrant part of the Los Angeles composing community, scoring hundreds of episodes of TV & film as well as being a passionate and innovative solo artist, pianist and producer whose work has been featured on NPR, The BBC, KCRW and iHEART Radio.

Starr has created scores for films, episodic television, (The Starter Wife, Transformers: Rescue Bots, The Division, G.I. Joe: Renegades…) and hundreds of iconic movie trailers (James Bond, Harry Potter, Dreamgirls…). Her darkly innovative production/arrangement of the JAMES BOND Theme (RIAA Gold Record) was credited by Forbes magazine as "reinventing the modern action movie trailer.”

A trailblazer onstage and in the studio, Starr is the President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers and is widely recognized as a leader in expanding the reach of women in the arts as a composer, producer, performer and cultural visionary.

Today is part 2 of the interview with Lucas Richman. Joseph and Lucas wrap up their conversation as they talk about conducting, perfect vs true, intention and more.

Lucas is a GRAMMY award-winning conductor/composer.

With positions held as Music Director for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Resident/Assistant conductor for the Pittsburg Symphony, Lucas has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Richman’s numerous collaborations with film composers as their conductor has yielded recorded scores for such films as the Academy Award-nominated The Village (with violinist, Hilary Hahn), As Good As It Gets, Face/Off, Se7en, Breakdown, The Manchurian Candidate, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and The House with a Clock in its Walls; in 2010, John Williams invited him to lead the three-month national summer tour of Star Wars in Concert.

For more information, visit www.lucasrichman.com and www.ledorgroup.com.

Today's guest is Lucas Richman. Lucas is a GRAMMY award-winning conductor/composer. Lucas talks with Joseph about his early days, what inspired him and how he learned to be a storyteller with his conducting and composing.

With positions held as Music Director for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Resident/Assistant conductor for the Pittsburg Symphony, Lucas has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Richman’s numerous collaborations with film composers as their conductor has yielded recorded scores for such films as the Academy Award-nominated The Village (with violinist, Hilary Hahn), As Good As It Gets, Face/Off, Se7en, Breakdown, The Manchurian Candidate, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and The House with a Clock in its Walls; in 2010, John Williams invited him to lead the three-month national summer tour of Star Wars in Concert.

For more information, visit www.lucasrichman.com and www.ledorgroup.com.

Laura is a Dialogue editor whose films include Philidelphia, Gangs of New York, Chicago, American Buffalo, Let's Get Lost, Last Holiday and Shining Through.

Laura talks with Joseph about leaving NYU and finding her way into the film business. She questions the loss of the apprenticeship opportunities and how people are to gain entrance and be trained. She then turns the table and asks Joseph a few questions.

Maurice, born in France before World War II, began his career as an apprentice sound editor on the Maysles’ brothers’ classic documentary, Salesman, and as sound assistant for Gimme Shelter. For over 40 years, he has been sought out by the leading filmmakers of his generation for his artistry, creative intuition, and meticulous editing direction. His collaborators have included: Brian DePalma, Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Fosse, Sydney Lumet, David Mamet, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Bruce Weber, and Jan Kadar, just a few of the many award-winning filmmakers who have relied on his understanding of sound.

His best known work on feature films includes: Apocalypse Now, Carlito’s Way, The Godfather, Chicago, The Cider House Rules, Desperately Seeking Susan, Heist, Reds, Scarface, The Spanish Prisoner, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and The Winslow Boy, a few of 112 film credits.

Welcome to bonus episode 4 where Joseph talks about his pivot points after his breakout film, Dirty Dancing. "Sometimes it just doesn't mean what we think it means."

This week on Pivot Point - 4x Golden Reel nominated ADR editor, Michael Jacobi. Michael talks about his pivot points, being a “lost soul” and finding his way back. He also tells a great story about working with Marlon Brando.