Film.Music.Media

Film.Music.Media

Film.Music.Media features interviews with today’s top film, TV and game composers. We sit down and talk extensively with today’s top composers working across all visual media. Get to know the people behind some of your favorite soundtracks! Video versions of our interviews can be found on our YouTube channel.

Episodes

June 12, 2025 64 mins

Join us for a Film.Music.Media roundtable discussion focusing on composing for animation!

Featuring Jina An (Exploding Kittens), Vidjay Beerepoot (Super Kitties), Mark Evitts (Frog And Toad), Stuart Hancock (Kensuke's Kingdom and Shirley Song (Exploding Kittens)

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Composer Tim Wynn sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation where he takes us into his recent score for Final Destination Bloodlines.

Learn how Tim worked with directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein to make sure they honored the series while still adding their creative touches. Tim talks about his approach, honoring Shirley Walker's theme, recording the orchestra in Los Angeles, and gives us an exclusive demo of hi...

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Join us for a Film.Music.Media roundtable discussion focusing on timing and composing for the edit, including how to make music have an impact within the narrative. Part of the 5th Annual Film.Music.Media Symposium!

Featuring Ian Arber (Composer, Paris Has Fallen), Jonathan Scott Friedman (Composer, Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Nina Helene Hirten (Editor, Grimsburg) and Andrew Morgan Smith (Composer, Average Joe)

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Composer Ronit Kirchman sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

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Composer Sherri Chung sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

Sherri takes us through her path to becoming a composer as we examine both the business side and the creative side to being a working a composer. Sherri explores her approach to writing as we look at projects like Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai, Based On A True Story and Found.

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The 4th Annual F.M.M Symposium continues with Symphony Synergy!

Join us as we discuss how it takes a village to bring musical storytelling to life!

Featuring Yuri Gorbachow (Music Editor, Vikings: Valhalla), Alan Jones (Co-Owner, Cliff End Records), Dina Rizvic (Co-Owner, Cliff End Records) and Kenny Wood (Composer, The Naughty Nine)

A Film.Music.Media & Impact 24 PR Co-Production | Presented By Kaya Savas

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The 4th Annual F.M.M Symposium continues with Melody Makers!

Join us as we discuss different approaches for writing songs for the screen and stage.

Featuring Hannah Friedman (The Muppets Mayhem), Joe Iconis (The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical), Brian Pickett (Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood) and Stefan L. Smith (Super Why's Comic Book Adventures)

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The 4th Annual F.M.M Symposium continues with For The Craft.

Join us as we discuss and look into how music supports characters and structure.

Featuring Graeme Cornies (Bakugan), Alexander Hitchens (Two Trials), Margaret Maria (Goddess of Edges) and Thilo Schaller (A Portrait of Redemption in Five Acts)

A Film.Music.Media & Impact 24 PR Co-Production | Presented By Kaya Savas

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The 4th Annual F.M.M Symposium continues with Chilling Crescendos!

Join us as we discuss and look into the music and sound editing for horror, suspense and thrillers.

Featuring Ethan Beigel (Sound Editor: Goosebumps), Spencer Creaghan (Composer: SurrealEstate), Ryan Shore (Composer: Zombie Town) and Jennifer Smith (Music Supervisor: Hollow's Bend: The Radio Play)

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The 4th Annual F.M.M Symposium kicks off with Animation Sensations!

Join us as we discuss and look into writing music for animation!

Featuring Amanda Cawley (Fireman Sam), James Chapple (Total Drama Island: Reboot), Alex Geringas (Batwheels) and Pat Irwin (Rocko's Modern Life)

A Film.Music.Media & Impact 24 PR Co-Production | Presented By Kaya Savas

*Please note that this panel was recorded a while back and may contain discussi...

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Esteemed author, journalist and educator Jon Burlingame sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

If you follow film and TV music at all then you'll recognize the name Jon Burlingame. When it comes to the topics of film and television music, Jon has been the leading author and journalist in the field covering almost every aspect of the art form and business. His articles, books, interviews and lectures have helped ke...

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Composer Daniel Futcher sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

We're diving into the acclaimed Adult Swim series My Adventures With Superman with composer Daniel Futcher! Daniel co-composed Season 1 with Dominic Lewis and is back with Dom for Season 2. We talk about how the series has evolved musically across the two seasons, and what the process was like scoring such an iconic character. Daniel also co-scored Mon...

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Composer Dominic Lewis sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

We're diving straight into Dom's recent score for The Fall Guy, which sees him re-teaming with director David Leitch! Hear how Dom utilized the iconic "I Was Made For Lovin' You" from Kiss to be part of the DNA of his score along with his original thematic material. Dom breaks down finding the tone, working with needle drops to make a seamless experienc...

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March 13, 2024 46 mins

*Spoiler Warning for some plot points of Damsel and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Composer David Fleming sits down for a brand new in-person Film.Music.Media conversation!

Dave takes us into two of his recent scores with Netflix's Damsel and Amazon's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

For Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Dave talks about how the approach for the score was very much defined by the vision of co-creators and stars Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover....

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Emmy-winning Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

Carlos takes us behind his new score to Griselda starring Sofía Vergara and how he found the sound to humanize her character in the Netflix limited series.

We talk about Carlos's approach to music, his passion for teaching, how he managed to build a career based out of Miami, and how his career is something he never expected.

Carlos ...

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February 19, 2024 62 mins

Emmy-winning Composer Geoff Zanelli sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

It’s always a blast having Geoff return to discuss his latest projects, and this conversation is no different!

We dive right into Leo, the new animated feature starring Adam Sandler from co-directors Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel and David Wachenheim. Geoff takes us into his process and how the score had to work with the original songs t...

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January 29, 2024 66 mins

Composer David Metzger sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

Dave is an industry legend who has built an incredible body of work as a composer, orchestrator and arranger. Besides his incredible body of work as a composer, he's also been composers' and songwriters' secret weapon when it comes to orchestration and arranging.

Composers like Mark Mancina, John Powell and Henry Jackman have relied on Dave's skills to ...

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Composer Jake Monaco sits down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

Jake takes some time to talk about his path to becoming a composer and some of the early projects of his career. Jake talks about scoring animation and what his approach is to scoring television for younger audiences. We also dive into his approach to scores like Jerry And Marge Go Large, Cars On The Road and his newest score to National Geographic's Incr...

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January 16, 2024 63 mins

Co-composers Christopher Lennertz and Matt Bowen sit down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

For this conversation we are spotlighting the collaborative process between co-composers, and what the process is for two composers to tackle a project together.

Chris and Matt are unique in that Matt has worked for Chris as an additional composer on various projects and has spent a good part of his early career learning from Ch...

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January 7, 2024 50 mins

Composer Matt Novack and Co-Showrunner Dan Mirk sit down for a brand new Film.Music.Media conversation!

For this conversation we are spotlighting the collaborative process between the composer and the show runner on a TV series. Matt and Dan take us right into what the process is like between the composer and showrunner and how the two of them worked together across Miracle Workers: End Times.

This conversation is incredibly insigh...

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