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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
Rob Simonsen discusses the score for Nerve, his career to date and The Echo Society. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Tony Giles
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein talk about the soundtrack for the Netflix blockbuster, Stranger Things. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Tony Giles
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Paul Haslinger talks about his soundtrack for the hit AMC show, Halt and Catch Fire. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Tony Giles
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Pedro Bromfman talks about his soundtrack for the hit Netflix show, Narcos. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Tony Giles
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Mac Quayle talks about his soundtrack to the television drama/thriller Mr Robot. www.lakeshorerecords.com
Recorded and Edited by Scott Johannsson at Solatron Studios, Birmingham UK
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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