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The official podcast of Lakeshore Records, featuring interviews with prominent composers for film, TV, games, and more.
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Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Alex Somers talks about his mesmerising score for the movie Captain Fantastic. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Scott Johannsson at Solatron Studios, Birmingham UK
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Andy Hull and Robert McDowell from Manchester Orchestra talk about their unique score for Swiss Army Man. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Scott Johannsson at Solatron Studios, Birmingham UK
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Brian Tyler talks about his soundtrack to the science fiction/action thriller Criminal. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Scott Johannsson at Solatron Studios, Birmingham UK
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Michael Abels talks Get Out, Us, and Bad Education in his chat with host Alon Levitan about his incredibly diverse & compelling score for the blockbuster, four-part documentary Allen v. Farrow from Oscar-nominated investigative filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy that is streaming now on HBO Max.
Abels’ score — available now digitally via Lakeshore — skillfully complements the most haunting and the happiest moments with equal ease, using strings, piano, and clarinet to help tell the story in this unflinching documentary.
Abels, co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, an advocacy group to increase visibility of composers of color in film, game, and streaming media, had this to say about his work: “In Allen v. Farrow — as with most documentaries — nearly all of the complex story is told through dialogue and narration, leaving less sonic space for music than in a fictional saga. Yet, there are heartwarming family memories brought to life here, as well as difficult moments of silence that convey emotions too deep to be easily expressed in words.
“So, I wanted the score to provide a sense of forward motion in sections that are heavy with facts and information, to paint a joyful backdrop for the happy memories, and to be present for the awkward, uncomfortable emotional moments (rather than amplify them),” Abels said. “I especially used piano, clarinet and strings to unify the score despite its stylistic variety. And it was great fun to write a bit of classic jazz to accompany the images of 20th Century New York that are often identified with Woody Allen films.”
About Allen v. Farrow
Allen v. Farrow is a four-part documentary series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood’s most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then-seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed.
Once celebrated for their on- and off-screen partnership, Farrow’s and Allen’s lives were irrevocably fractured and their sprawling family torn apart with the public disclosure of the abuse allegations and the vitriolic disputes that followed.
Lakeshore Records has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Possessor, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Kris Bowers talks about his fantastic genre-defying soundtrack for Justin Simien’s just-released Hulu horror satire Bad Hair, which stars the likes of Elle Lorraine, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe, and Vanessa Williams, among others. You might recognize Bowers from his work on Simien’s Dear White People series, Shonda Rhymes and Netflix's smash hit Bridgerton, Ava DuVernay’s mini-series When They See Us, and Peter Farrelly’s Green Book. He’s also an accomplished jazz musician and has worked with artists such as Jay-Z, Moses Sumney, and A Tribe Called Quest.
The Grammy-nominated, Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning, and Juilliard-educated Bowers has created for Bad Hair a compelling array of New Jack Swing songs, straight out of the late 1980s and early 1990s, balanced with a nuanced and richly textured score laced with such elements as ambient synth foreboding, jazz-infused ruminations, cacophonous histrionics, and Penderecki-infused conversations, among other things.
In the podcast Bowers and Vehling dive into his work with Simien, Kelly Rowland, and Braxton Cook on the Teddy Riley-esque songs and also the inspiration for, and creative approach surrounding, his brilliantly nuanced score. (The Shining comes up a few times.) Additionally, they touch on some takeaways and themes from the film itself. Oh, there’s more, but those alone should be enough to compel you to listen.
Additionally, you can stream the Bad Hair soundtrack right now via the usual platforms.
About Bad Hair
Bad Hair, written and directed by Justin Simien, is set in 1989 and follows an ambitious young woman (Elle Lorraine) who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. The film’s cast list is a treasure trove: In addition to Lorraine, there’s Vanessa Williams, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, Jay Pharoah, Kelly Rowland, Blair Underwood, James Van Der Beek and Usher Raymond IV. The film is produced by Sight Unseen in association with Culture Machine.
Again, you can stream the Bad Hair soundtrack right now via the usual platforms. It is released by Lakeshore Records, which has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Greyhound, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Jim Williams talks about his intensely captivating score for Brandon Cronenberg’s supremely fantastic film, Possessor.
The sci-fi horror film — starring Mandy actor Andrea Riseborough, along with Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh — is about an elite, corporate assassin who uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, the assassin becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
It’s one a great film and Williams’ score is a nuanced and powerful complement. The RAW and Hotel Babylon composer offers a hypnotic blend of minimal synthesizers and warped orchestral runs that coalesce in an often unnerving way to help tell the terrifying tale of Riseborough’s assassin. Take a listen as I interview Williams about this extraordinary journey.
Where to Watch Possessor and Listen to the Score
Possessor is out now on VOD. The score is available from Lakeshore Records in digital form (on its Bandcamp page and on streaming services). You can also pre-order the vinyl via MONDO/Death Waltz.
Lakeshore Records has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, and Halt and Catch Fire, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Jesper Kyd discusses his score for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.
Video game fans across the world are excited about Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla — out now — and we’d like to emphasize the compelling music in the game. It’s truly stunning work. The composers — Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner, and Einar Selvik — have put together more than 120 minutes of engaging melodies and soundscapes that complement the extraordinary world-building the game’s designers have unleashed unto the world.
The second of two Assassin’s Creed Valhalla-focused episodes of Lakeshore Records’ On Cue With… features host Alon Levitan’s interview with Kyd, the BAFTA Award-winning Danish composer whose storied career has been connected to Assassin’s Creed from the beginning.
Kyd’s earned a host of awards and award nominations from critics and noble institutions on both sides of the pond, and recently was honored with the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award for his innovative and unique body of work, joining the esteemed ranks of entertainment industry luminaries Spike Lee and Tony Visconti.
“For Valhalla, my approach was to write music that felt realistic and authentic to the Viking era while letting modern elements of the Animus infiltrate the score — blending the music into something new, yet uniquely Assassin’s Creed in its sound,” Kyd said. “I also allowed for a lot of air and space in the live recordings to emulate instruments being recorded outside among the forests and fjords.”
(For those who missed yesterday’s interview with Selvik, one of the other composers for the game, here it is.)
Stream and/or download the full Assassin’s Creed Valhalla — Original Game Soundtrack here. Lakeshore Records, in conjunction with Ubisoft, released the 47-track album digitally earlier this month.
About Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players can take advantage of new features inspired by the Viking Culture, including raids, assaults, growing their settlement, building their power, and expanding their influence. Players must carve out a new future for their clan, reliving the ruthless fighting style of Viking warriors with a renewed combat system that includes the ability to dual-wield weapons against a greater variety of enemies than ever before.
Since it first launched in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed series has sold more than 140 million games worldwide. The franchise is now established as one of the best-selling series in video game history. Recognized for having some of the richest, most engrossing storytelling in the industry, Assassin’s Creed transcends video games, branching out into numerous other entertainment media.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is out now on your favorite consoles and platforms.
Lakeshore Records has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Possessor, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Gingger Shankar is a producer of the companion album to PBS’ voting rights docuseries, And She Could Be Next, and talks all about this compelling collection with host Gene Priest. (You can stream/buy the album now. Also, please vote if you’re in a region conducting elections this fall.)
About And She Could Be Next
The nine-cut release came out on Oct. 9 and features the work of Shankar and co-producer William Stanbro, along with artists like three-time Emmy-winning composer Vivek Maddala (Asian Americans, “The Tom & Jerry Show”), Sheila E, Aloe Blacc, Sa-Roc, Saul Williams, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, and more. It’s a companion to the show executive-produced by Ava DuVernay that chronicles the story of a defiant movement of women of color, including Stacey Abrams, Lucy McBath, Rashida Tlaib, AOC, Nikema Williams, and more, who are transforming American politics from the ground up.
Shankar began reaching out to friends to help create a companion album — woven with the docuseries score — as a tool to amplify voting organizations’ efforts as well as to just lift people’s spirits during this often heartbreaking year.
“In the words of Nina Simone, ‘It is an artist’s duty to reflect the times,'” Shankar said in a statement. “As artists, we are all feeling what’s happening in this country and the world right now on such a personal level. As people of color, we have all helped to create the fabric and culture of this country as a whole, yet we are living in a time where every one of us is treated as ‘other.’ How do we reconcile fighting for a country that is so clearly not just rejecting us, but going out of it’s way to harm our communities? We all come from different backgrounds, yet the resemblances are striking. The commonality we found in speaking to all these women artists was their strength and resilience. We gave each artist the same phrases before recording, and each came back with experiences and perspectives around it that blew us away.”
With that, a noteworthy series of songs emerged. It’s an album of voices of women who are accustomed to being silenced, each with her own story of discrimination and how they fought back. All with the goal of creating anthems to help women of color across the United States bring about change.
The album features artists from the hip hop, pop, and R&B community, including Aloe Blacc, Sa-Roc, Sheila E, Saul Williams, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Hyro the Hero, Judith Hill, Ruby Ibarra, Shawnee, HeeSun Lee, Sussan Deyhim, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Oompa, This Way to the Egress, Genie Santiago, Vivek Maddala, William Stanbro, Sarah DeAun, Dee MC, Raaginder, Tia Simone, and JKeyz.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit organizations such as Fair Fight, Mijente, Seeding Sovereignty, and When We All Vote.
There are three ways to watch the docuseries: on your local PBS station, streaming it on AndSheCouldBeNext.com, or finding it on the PBS app on your smart TV.
And She Could Be Next is released by Lakeshore Records, which has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Bad Hair, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Einar Selvik discusses composing for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.
Everyone is pumped about Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, out now, and we’d like to emphasize the compelling music in the game. The composers — Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner, and Einar Selvik — have put together more than 120 minutes of engaging melodies and soundscapes that complement the extraordinary world-building the game’s designers have unleashed unto the world. The latest episode of Lakeshore Records’ On Cue With… podcast features an interview with Selvik, a lauded musician from Norway.
On Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Selvik, who specializes in ancient Nordic music and spearheads the renowned folk/world band Wardruna, provides evocative and striking songs to the game. (Selvik and Wardruna have contributed extensively on the soundtrack and music for History Channel´s TV series Vikings, where he also appeared in two episodes as a singer.)
“Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is such a massive game, and it has been such a pleasure to be part of the musical team that set out to fill that enormous space with sounds that could potentially bring the player even more into the theme and time of the game,” Selvik said in a statement recently. “This compilation album is a good introduction to the musical landscapes of the game and gives a taste of the atmosphere of the game itself!”
Go ahead and dive into the On Cue With… interview, hosted by Lakeshore’s Alon Levitan.
Stream and/or download the full Assassin’s Creed Valhalla — Original Game Soundtrack here. Lakeshore Records, in conjunction with Ubisoft, released the 47-track album digitally earlier this month.
On Dec. 4, Lakeshore and Ubisoft will also release a Valhalla-related solo album from Selvik entitled Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: The Wave of Giants. On it, Selvik shares 10 evocative tracks steeped in Nordic musical traditions that further enliven the authentic ethnography of the Viking culture in the game. Presave it here.
Selvik says of the solo album: “Wave of Giants is an old Norse poetic metaphor meaning “poetry” that refers to the myth when the god Odin stole the mead of poetry from Kvasir the Jotun/giant. The title felt very appropriate since much of my efforts on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have been about giving voice to the Skalds and the poetic traditions that once laid at the heart of the Norse culture. New, as well as existing Old Norse poetry accompanied by ancient Norse and Nordic instruments, tonalities and rhythms — both the format of minimalistic and unpolished live-in-studio recordings, as well as fully produced pieces more similar to the soundscape of Wardruna. This album gives a good taste of my work in the game, as well as a feel for the game itself!”
About Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players can take advantage of new features inspired by the Viking Culture, including raids, assaults, growing their settlement, building their power, and expanding their influence. Players must carve out a new future for their clan, reliving the ruthless fighting style of Viking warriors with a renewed combat system that includes the ability to dual-wield weapons against a greater variety of enemies than ever before.
Since it first launched in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed series has sold more than 140 million games worldwide. The franchise is now established as one of the best-selling series in video game history. Recognized for having some of the richest, most engrossing storytelling in the industry, Assassin’s Creed transcends video games, branching out into numerous other entertainment media.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is out now on your favorite consoles and platforms.
Lakeshore Records has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Possessor, among so many others.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Blake Neely discusses scoring Greyhound.
Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks, has some truly engaging music. The composer behind the original motion picture soundtrack is Blake Neely. He joins the Lakeshore podcast On Cue With… and host Alon Levitan to talk all about his masterful work for this Aaron Schneider-directed film about an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander who must lead an Allied convoy that has a German submarine wolf pack on its tail.
The score to the film that was No. 1 on Apple TV+ when it was released is available now digitally via Lakeshore Records on its Bandcamp page and through outlets such as Apple Music and Spotify.
Lakeshore Records has also released soundtracks to Drive, Mr. Robot, Stranger Things, The Old Guard, I Am Not Your Negro, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, and Halt and Catch Fire, among so many others.
More about Blake Neely
Texas-born Blake Neely is an award-winning composer with work in film, television, and the live space. He’s scored more than 30 TV series and 15 films, securing three Emmy Award nominations for his scores to ABC’s Pan Am, the HBO mini-series The Pacific, and for his title theme to Everwood. In addition to his own projects, Neely has been a co-composer, conductor, and orchestrator with notables such as Vangelis, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen, and James Newton Howard.
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