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In Studio With Christophe Beck

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12078290/height/360/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”360″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] A video feature from our recent podcast with Christophe Beck and Dan Kimpel. Christophe  is one of Hollywood’s foremost composers. Now, with the release of Frozen 2, Beck expands on the glacial Disney soundscape he devised for Elsa and her cohorts in the mega-hit Frozen. He… Continue Reading

Christophe Beck

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11970230/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Canadian-born Los Angeles-based Christophe Beck is one of Hollywood’s foremost composers. Now, with the release of Frozen 2, Beck expands on the glacial Disney soundscape he devised for Elsa and her cohorts in the mega-hit Frozen. From the Hangover Trilogy to The Peanuts Movie, Christophe Beck explores a remarkable compositional… Continue Reading

In Memoriam – Ed Cherney

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11855159/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Our music world was stunned by the recent passing of Grammy and Tec Award winning engineer and producer Ed Cherney.  With credits that included the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Ed was one of the greatest board masters of all… Continue Reading

Carl Thiel

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11763743/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In feature films, documentaries and episodic television, the word “eclectic” only begins to describe music from composer Carl Thiel.For the new Netflix animated series, Seis Manos, Carl cross-pollinatesfolkloric Mexican influences, traditional Chinese instruments and retro Seventies sounds to accompany the story of three orphans… Continue Reading

Danny Kortchmar

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11597288/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Even if you don’t know his name, you know his sound: you’ve heard Danny Kortchmar’s magical guitar on tracks with legends like James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, and Bob Dylan. As a songwriter, he’s collaborated with Don Henley and Jackson Browne, and he’s… Continue Reading

Doreen Ringer – Ross

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11334551/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President of Film, Television and Visual Media at BMI, works with all echelons of composers including legends like John Williams, Thomas Newman and Danny Elfman. She also oversees a full slate of BMI initiatives and workshops nurturing the next generation… Continue Reading

Miriam Cutler & Terence Blanchard – Composer Profiles

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11128697/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Emmy nominated composer Miriam Cutler works exclusively on socially relevant Emmy winning, Sundance and Oscar nominated documentaries including RBG, a story of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  With over forty film scores, six-time Grammy-winning composer, trumpeter and recording artist Terence Blanchard received his first Academy… Continue Reading

Brian Kehew

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10592924/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Concluding our third Storyophonic season is Brian Kehew, a musician, producer and keyboardist with golden ears and extraordinary skills. A one-man audio excavation team, he explores deep musical vaults, mining hidden gems for bonus tracks and remasters by Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin and hundreds… Continue Reading

Rachel Stilwell

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10512746/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Attorney Rachel Stilwell represents the legal interests of a vast constituency of the Hollywood entertainment industry in the music, film and literary worlds. Her clients also include the non-profit musicFIRST coalition and she serves on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy’s LA… Continue Reading

Laura Karpman

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10338644/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/630696/custom-color/5fc1c9″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Across a vast span of mediums, Laura Karpman composes for feature films, documentaries, episodic television, concert works, operas and video games. A four time Emmy winner and the composer of the Grammy winning album Ask Your Momma, Laura’s mastery of classic form and modern technology… Continue Reading