Making A Soundtrack Season 2
From composer to screen: the journey of the orchestral score.
We all know that the composer writes the music for a soundtrack, but what about all the people we don't see or hear about?
This season shines a light on the people it takes to make an orchestral soundtrack.
This season shines a light on the people it takes to make an orchestral soundtrack.
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Have you heard Making A Soundtrack Season 1 yet? If not, you can learn all about it here.
The Composer: Segun Akinola
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Segun Akinola is a composer for film and television, best known for his music in the latest incarnation of 'Doctor Who', starring Jodie Whittaker. In this episode Segun talks about everything from how he likes to write to walking into his first orchestral session.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Orchestrator: Alastair King
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Alastair King has orchestrated over 100 film, TV and video game projects including Wonder Woman, Harry Potter, The Martian, Downton Abbey and Doctor Who. He regularly collaborates with some of the leading media composers working today.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Copyist: Jill Streater
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Jill Streater manages large scale music preparation projects. This is mostly for film music recordings, but also for musicals, classical works, TV - anything where music prep or project coordination is required. Recent projects include Wonder Woman 1984, Enola Holmes and No Time To Die.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Fixer: George Strezov
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George Strezov is part of the 'Four For Music' team, providing contracting services in Sofia, Bulgaria. Together they participate in projects involving artists like Rupert and Harry-Gregson Williams, Thomas Bergersen, John Powell, Ian Livingstone, Evan Jolly, Lorne Balfe and many others. Established in 2014, Four For Music has gained a reputation around the world from working with clients such as Disney, Warner Bros, Lucasfilm, Netflix, Lego, Sony, EMI and Gameloft.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Conductor: Matt Dunkley
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Matt Dunkley is a British orchestrator, arranger and conductor who developed a parallel career as a film, TV and theatre composer. Matt has worked on over 190 movies, including Black Swan, Inception, Moulin Rouge, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Judy and No time to Die.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Musician: Maxine Kwok
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Maxine Kwok’s career with the London Symphony Orchestra has taken her to countless countries across the globe including tours across Asia, South America and frequent trips to Europe. No stranger to the famous Abbey Road studios, Maxine has recorded with the LSO, and on a freelance basis, almost a hundred film and television soundtracks.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Recording Engineer: Paul Golding
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Paul Golding is an industry renowned sound engineer working at the highest level for 30 years. A highly experienced recording and mix engineer across all genres, Paul has worked extensively in film and television soundtrack recording/mixing gathering over 200 IMDb credits including Emmy Award winning productions such as Downton Abbey, and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Mixer: Fiona Cruickshank
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Fiona Cruickshank has mixed for productions such as Dark, Sex Education, Dracula, Endeavour, The Gentlemen and Seberg. After learning her trade at AIR Studios in London, Fiona joined AIR Management in 2018 and has worked with some of the world's best musicians and producers on projects in many different genres - from film and TV scores to classical albums, big band, jazz, rock, pop, bluegrass...and everything in-between!
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The Dubbing Mixer: Mark Ferda
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Mark Ferda is as a dubbing mixer, sound editor and sound designer. He has mixed shows across all TV programme genres including Casualty, Doctor Who, Russell T. Davies's A Midsummer Night's Dream (for which he received a Bafta Cymru nomination for best sound), Wizards Vs Aliens, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Human Planet, Crimewatch, The One Show, David Bowie and the story of Ziggy Stardust and Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage.
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Not sure about some of the terms and words in this episode?
You might find it in the glossary. |
The TV Producer: Erika Hossington
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Erika Hossington is unique in that she is a TV producer with a music degree! She has worked on many TV dramas including Land Girls, Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, Dark Money and Frankie. She brought music back to Casualty for its 30th anniversary, with a 100-piece orchestral score by previous Making A Soundtrack guest Jeremy Holland-Smith.
Not sure about some of the terms and words in this series?
You might find it in the glossary. |
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Your hostsDan Watts
Dan has written music for drama, kids' TV, documentaries, adverts, cooking shows and more. He recently scored his first feature film, Seagull and has just completed two albums of original music. His previous clients include the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Jamie Oliver Productions, HBO, Optomen and Fremantle. Tristan Noon
We are delighted to welcome Tristan as guest-host for season 2. Tristan is a TV, Film and Games composer, orchestrator and music copyist best-known for his work on prestigious projects such as the BAFTA-nominated game LEGO: The Incredibles, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time and acclaimed electronic artist Gary Numan’s UK orchestral tour. He orchestrated ITV’s flagship drama Endeavour Series 4 and has since orchestrated music for shows such as ‘Heroes’, directed by Manish Pandey, and BBC One’s ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’. His work has appeared in iconic studios such as Abbey Road and AIR. Gareth Davies
Gareth has written soundtracks for commissioned TV series, most recently the stop motion-animated Scream Street for CBBC. His music can also be heard in ads and programming around the world. In addition, Gareth has completed many sound design and voice over projects for commercial clients, and he provides production services to an increasing number of podcasters. He also produces and hosts the Creative Cuppa podcast. |
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