From his inspiring film scores, and globally recognized audio branding to creating music as medicine, creativity through sound has powered Walter’s life journey.

I met Walter at SXSW 2022,  through an old colleague from McCann NYC, on heading his inspiring story I had to interview him.

Walter’s story is powered by his curiosity, creativity, and unwavering persistence. Also, we cover striving for balance, focusing on the present, and the power of embracing your difference.(Ref ep 53 Emily Oberman.)

Show Summary 

• Walter describes the impact of hearing rock-n-roll for the first time. 
• The serendipitous cycle of events from purchasing a keyboard and discovering his mentor.
• The serendipity of landing a role composing music for Disney movie trailers and the schooling it gave him. 
• Walter recounts early experiences of composing for films like the Terminator, working with R/GA, and the joy and gratification of the creative process. 
• The genesis of the Intel Inside audio pneumonic and how his idea emerged and the months of sound design work to create the final approved version.
• Walter explains to me the technical reasons for why the quality of the music sound file is important to our health and well-being. 
• Walter Werzowa describes the Audio start-up he launched called Health Tunes and explains the therapeutic impact it is having on different medical conditions. 
• Walter describes the in-the-field work being done in over 300 hospitals with supplementary music therapy. 
• We discuss the corporate application of music therapy. 
• Walter recounts the events that led to him working on the completion of Beethoven’s 10th Unfinished Symphony which combines AI and creativity to complete the work
• We also get some great answers from the quick-fire questions. 

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Musikvergnuegan

Twitter 

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