Episodes

  • 17 – Composing the Music for The End We Start From with Anna Meredith

    17 – Composing the Music for The End We Start From with Anna Meredith
    Jul 29 2024
    Anna Meredith Interview In this weeks episode of Sync Music Matters I'm talking to Anna Meredith MBE Anna was awarded an MBE for Services to Music in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She’s a genre-crossing composer and producer whose work blends the worlds of contemporary classical, art pop, electronica and experimental rock. In terms of her artist work you can check out Varmints for which she won the Scottish Album of the Year award and Mercury Prize nominated album FIBS which Pitchfork lauded as one of the best experimental albums of 2019 Recent Film credits include The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer, Paul Rudd’s dark comedy Living With Yourself for Netflix and A24s Tuesday starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which is due to be released this year. Anna Meredith's Website
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 16 – Working with Composers on Game of Thrones – Last Watch and Your Fat Friend with Jeanie Finlay

    16 – Working with Composers on Game of Thrones – Last Watch and Your Fat Friend with Jeanie Finlay
    Apr 23 2024
    In this episode of Sync Music Matters I’m interviewing Jeanie Finlay Jeanie Finlay is a documentary filmmaker. She has made films for HBO and the BBC including four commissions for the acclaimed BBC Storyville strand such as BIFA nominated The Great Hip Hop Hoax and BIFA winning Orion: The Man Who Would Be King She directed the Emmy Nominated Game of Thrones: Last Watch which was a behind the scenes look at the making of the final series. Her most recent film, Your Fat Friend, is in cinemas now and is a documentary following author and blogger Aubry Gordon who writes about fat acceptance and anti fat bias. During the course of this interview we also delve in to Jeanie's rich musical past and her general love of creating. In Episode 17 of the Sync Music Matters podcast - Interview with Anna Meredith, we discuss her work as a genre-crossing composer and producer, and chat about her MBE for services to Music in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She also won the Scottish Album of the Year award and has a Mercury Prize nominated album FIBS for her own artist project.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 15 – Making People Feel Uncomfortable with Award Winning Jed Kurzel

    15 – Making People Feel Uncomfortable with Award Winning Jed Kurzel
    Apr 9 2024
    Interview with Jed Kurzel This week on Sync Music Matters I'm talking to Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and film composer Jed Kurzel Jed originally started out as the singer and frontman of the blues rock duo The Mess Hall before turning his attention to composing for film. He won the Screen Music Awards Film Score of The Year for his debut film Snowtown. The film which gained international recognition, explores the relationships between the murderous gang members behind a spate of killings in Adelaide, Australia in the 1990s Jed has since gone on to score feature films like The Pope’s Exorcist, The Babadook, Slow West and Macbeth to name but a few. In this interview with Jed Kurzel we chat about his childhood obsession with sport and somewhat unplanned foray into scoring film. Listen to Jed Kurzel on Spotify In Episode 16 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Jeanie Finlay, we touch on Jeanie's time making films for HBO and the BBC, as well as directing the Emmy-nominated Game of Thrones - The Last Watch, a behind-the-scenes documentary taking a look at the making of the hugely successful series, Game of Thrones.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 14 – Hannah Peel (Ivor Novello Winner) – Challenging yourself creatively and drawing on personal experiences

    14 – Hannah Peel (Ivor Novello Winner) – Challenging yourself creatively and drawing on personal experiences
    Mar 5 2024
    In this week’s episode of Sync Music Matters I’m talking to multi award winning composer, artist and producer Hannah Peel Last year Hannah Peel won the Ivor Novello Best TV Soundtrack award for her score to Sky’s Midwich Cuckoos starring Keely Hawes. Having previously won awards with the Royal Television Society and Music Producers Guild She was Nominated for an Emmy for work on the documentary Games of Thrones - The Last Watch and is a regular collaborator with Paul Weller She is currently collaborating with Anne Nikitin. Also dabbles in a bit of theatre including productions at Sadler's Wells and as if that weren’t enough, she also presents the BBC radio 3 show Night Tracks Often inspired by the connections between science and music, her solo record career includes the shortlisted 2021 Mercury Music Prize electronic album, Fir Wave; 2016's Awake But Always Dreaming, which became an ode to her grandmother’s mind as she lived with dementia; and connecting our brain neurons to stars in our solar system, the space-themedMary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia, scored for synthesisers and a 30 piece colliery brass band. A regular collaborator with Paul Weller, in 2018 she conducted and wrote all the orchestral arrangements for his shows at London's Royal Festival Hall and contributed to his new no.1 album ‘On Sunset’. A year later Peel composed and recorded the soundtrack for Game of Thrones: The Last Watch which earned her an 2019 Emmy nomination for ‘Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)’. Hannah Peel Website Jim Hustwit is a music producer and composer specialising in trailer music, production music and music for TV ads. In Episode 15 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Jed Kurzel, we discuss his starting out as the singer and frontman of the blues rock duo The Mess Hall before turning his attention to composing for film, where he went on to win international recognition and awards for his composition work in the industry.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 13 – Happy Accidents and Scoring White Lotus with Cristobal Tapia de Veer

    13 – Happy Accidents and Scoring White Lotus with Cristobal Tapia de Veer
    Feb 6 2024
    Cristobal Tapia de Veer is a Chilean-born Canadian composer and producer who shot to fame in 2013 with his score for the deliciously sinister and mysterious TV series Utopia. Since then he’s scored the 2016 film The Girl with All The Gifts, Black Mirror’s Black Museum and of course White Lotus season 1 and 2 for which he won a ‘Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music’ Cristobal brings a real sense of irreverence to his scores and seems to delight in making the viewer feel uncomfortable. If you listened to the first ever episode of Sync Music Matters when I interviewed Stephen Warbeck you might remember we talked about Cristobal Tapia de Veer and his score for the first White Lotus. So what a thrill to have the man himself to chat about The White Lotus Soundtrack You can follow Cristobal on Twitter @CristobalMusic Jim Hustwit is a music producer and composer specialising in trailer music, production music and music for TV ads In Episode 14 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Hannah Peel, I talk to Hannah on her multi-award-winning career as a composer, producer and artist, having worked on the likes of Sky’s Midwich Cuckoos starring Keely Hawes, the documentary Game of Thrones - The Last Watch, as well as dabbling in theatre including productions at Sadler's Wells.
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 12 – His Dark Materials – Finding the Musical Tone with Stephen Haren

    12 – His Dark Materials – Finding the Musical Tone with Stephen Haren
    Jul 5 2022
    In this episode of Sync Music Matters I’m talking to Producer, Editor and Post Production specialist Stephen Haren about working on His Dark Materials and other award winning TV series and films. Stephen wears a number of creative hats so I was keen to understand how that informs his application of music. We go under the skin of His Dark Materials, the series based on the books by Philip Pullman. Stephen talks about the active role he played in re-temping the series so that music had more gravity to it. He used temp score by the likes of Trent Reznor (The Social Network), Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place) but also preprepared cue ideas provided by the series composer Lorne Balf. Temping movies with the composers own score is something I chatted about with editor of The Crown, Paulo Pandolpho in Episode 8 We also go under the skin and talk about the very different approach to soundtracking Northern Soul, the Elaine Constantine film starring Steve Coogan. The soundtrack for which was made up entirely of original songs. As with a lot of my interviews we talk about the lack of melody in modern film score. I chatted to Isobel Waller Bridge about it in episode 5 and Nanita Dessai in episode 8. Nainita offered directors’ reticence to commit emotionally as a reason. Stephen has some fascinating alternative theories! We also chat about the pitching process for composers for major TV series and films, the revealing process of watching audience previews during the production process. And Stephen and I share our love for the epic guitar riffs of the late Dimebag Darrell of the band Pantera Stephen Haren's Website His Dark Materials Soundtrack Some of Stephen Haren's Musical Influences Logan Soundtrack Social Network Soundtrack Mindhunter Soundtrack Northern Soul Soundtrack Johnny Dankworth The Good The Bad and The Ugly Filmscore Bernard Herrman Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power Jerry Goldsmith - Alien (Original Score) Jim Hustwit is a music producer and composer specialising in trailer music, production music and music for TV ads In Episode 13 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Cristobal Tapia de Veer, I talk about his work scoring the likes of the 2016 film The Girl with All The Gifts, Black Mirror’s Black Museum, and White Lotus seasons 1 and 2, for which he won a ‘Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music’.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 11 – Balancing Art and Commerce with Emmy Award Winning Michael Price

    11 – Balancing Art and Commerce with Emmy Award Winning Michael Price
    Jun 14 2022
    In this episode of Sync Music Matters I’m talking to Emmy Award Winning Michael Price. Michael talks about his journey from the music department of WHSmith’s to composing for shows like Sherlock and Unforgotten. He reveals the challenges of composing music over multiple series and how his creative approach changes when writing music as a solo artist. He talks fondly of his time working with the late great Michael Kaman who apparently used to try and improvise action cues in a single take. Several life milestones that have changed the ways that he wants to create and write music. In Episode 7 Danny Mulhern talks about improvisation and flow state which Michael also draws on heavily to be at his creative best. Michael Price Biog Emmy Award winning Michael Price has composed music for TV shows such as Sherlock, Dracula, and Unforgotten. He has received numerous award nominations and was recently nominated for a BAFTA and an Emmy for his work on Dracula with David Arnold. His film scoring work includes films such as Eternal Beauty, Cheerful Weather and Just Jim As well as being a master of music for TV and Film, Michael releases music as a solo artist. His solo work takes the form of beautiful improvised piano works, as heard on albums like Diary, or via the more lush, grand orchestral work, that you might hear on critically acclaimed releases Entanglement (2015) Tender Symmetry (2018) from via Erased Tapes’ His lastest release, The Hope of Better Weather, is rooted in the piano world but also exists as a bridge crossing into new terrain, including reworks and remixes from the likes of Yann Tiersen, Bill Ryder-Jones and Eluvium And his forthcoming album, Whitsun, is an exploration of the connection between sound and memory. Michael Price's website Some of Michael Price's Musical Influences: Michael Kaman Keith Jarret - Concert in Koeln John Tavener - The Protecting Veil Arvo Paert Japan - Ghosts Jim Hustwit is a music producer and composer specialising in trailer music, production music and music for TV ads. In Episode 12 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Stephen Haren, we talk about his time working on His Dark Materials and other award winning TV series and films.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 10 – Custom Trailer Music for Jurassic World: Dominion with Jules Bromley of Evolving Sound

    10 – Custom Trailer Music for Jurassic World: Dominion with Jules Bromley of Evolving Sound
    May 29 2022
    In today’s episode of Sync Music Matters I’m talking to music producer and Creative Director of Evolving Sound, Jules Bromley Evolving Sound is a UK trailer music label and their mission is to deliver unparalleled, dramatic music designed specifically for theatrical promotion. Their tracks are custom-built to enrich, enhance, illuminate and contextualise awesome visual content Recent syncs include, Jurassic World: Dominion, 1917, Last Night in Soho, and Don’t Breathe 2 Jules’ career began in dance production and remixing, with a host of remix credits for the likes of Texas, Bran Van 3000, and David Arnold. He spent many years writing production music and has written for 25 albums on the Universal Production Music Catalogue. We go under the skin of Jurassic World: Dominion which was a recent custom trailer job they were involved with. I ask Jules to break down the process of how trailers come into being from a studio starting a movie shoot to the final trailer that hits the screen and of course where the music fits into all of this. He also talks us through the structural nuances of trailer music and the 4 act structure Jules also has a fascinating backstory as he studied Land Economy and foreign languages at Cambridge University before quitting his job in his late 20s to pursue music. Evolving Sound Website Some of Jules Bromley's Musical Influences: Columbo "Rockabilly Bob" Rimsky-Korsakov Original Alien Trailer Brian Transeau BT Masters at Work The Upbeats Rush Iron Maiden About the host: Jim Hustwit is an award winning songwriter, composer and producer who writes trailer music and bespoke music for TV, film and ads. In Episode 11 of the Sync Music Matters Podcast - Interview with Emmy Award-Winning Michael Price, we talk about Michael's journey from the music department of WHSmith’s to composing for shows like Sherlock and Unforgotten.
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    1 hr and 11 mins