FILM MUSIC
EastWest on how to make a plugin fit for the big screen
Off the back of a series of stellar sample library releases, EastWest’s Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix explain why Hollywood Strings needed a sequel, how they achieved the most detailed sound possible, and why reverb is not always a good thing.
Interview: Bleeding Fingers
Adam Lukas and James Everingham on collaboration, scoring for MrBeast, and creating a Frozen Planet II sample instrument
Interview: Tori Letzler
“I came up by getting to know composers, by being a vocalist, and working on my own projects on the side” - Emerging composer, Tori Letzler, tells us about her unusual path to screen scoring, her music for Netflix’s In From The Cold, and how the lack of diversity in the industry is starting to change.
Interview: Hildur Guðnadóttir and Sam Slater
The award-winning team sat down to talk about their disruptive new score for Battlefield 2042, hybrid instruments, and bringing a punk attitude to screen composing.
Interview: Herdis Stefansdottir
The Icelandic composer discusses the sound of society’s collapse, electromagnetic harps, and working on a majority female production.
Interview: Lorne Balfe
How Black Widow composer Lorne Balfe broke an Abbey Road record
Interview: Natalie Holt
Fiddles, theremins and remote orchestras: Natalie Holt on her score for Marvel’s Loki
Interview: Charlie Clouser
“If I hear something and I can’t figure out how the hell they did it – that’s what makes me curious.” - Charlie Clouser on scoring horror films, the early days of industrial rock, and his love of the unusual.