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Raphaelle Thibaut is a French composer who started already playing the piano at the age of 4. She graduated the music conservatory of Lille in 2002. 2021 was a landmark year for her because she wrote the score for the Emmy Award-winning Disney+/National Geographic nature docuseries Secrets of the Wales. She continued with projects such as the documentary Introducing, Selma Blair, Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History, Tomb Hunters, Wild Dogs, Three Mothers and many more. In 2023 she wrote music for the Netflix series Heart of Invictus and Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford for Lucas film and Disney+. Recently she worked on the Disneynature film Sea Lions of the Galapagos which is released on Disney+.

In this episode of Composer Talk Raphaelle Thibaut talks about how she got into filmscoring. We talk in-depth about her music for the Disneynature film Sea Lions of the Galapagos. She told me how she created this beautiful score. 

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Raashi Kulkarni is a composer, classical pianist, and flautist based in Los Angeles. She has established a distinct compositional voice that can be heard across a variety of genres including drama, comedy, science fiction, adventure, thriller, action, and animation. Raashi’s global perspective, study of different music disciplines, and passion for storytelling have been instrumental in the compositions she has developed for a vast spectrum of film and television projects. She has written music for films such as Wedding Season, Barefoot Empress, World’s Best, the documentary iFine: Beauty and many more. Her latest film is A Nice Indian Boy, directed by Rohan Sethi.

In this edition of Composer Talk Raashi talks about her passion for music and how it was to work on different superhero series with Blake Neely. We also zoom in on her music for the film A Nice Indian Boy, a blend of Western orchestral traditions and added with rich Indian musical elements.

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Lorenz is classically trained in composition and he is a multi-award-winning composer, 

renowned for his versatility, creating music for film, concert performances, and ballet.

After the early success of his score to Tim Fehlbaums Thriller “Hell”, he showed his stylistic range in movies of different genres, among them “A Fortunate Man” by Bille August,

“Me and Kaminski” by Wolfgang Becker and the epic family drama “Dying” by Matthias Glasner for which he won his third German Film Prize for Best Music.

Recently he worked on the music for the film September 5, a film directed by Tim Fehlbaum.

In this new edition of Composer Talk, Lorenz talks about his very interesting score for the thriller September 5 and about the family drama Sterben (Dying).

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Mick Giacchino is a composer for film and television in both live-action and animated mediums. He is the son of Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino. Since his debut with Jim Henson’s “Turkey Hollowin” 2015, Mick has contributed to projects such as Disney’s Zootopia+, Netflix’s animated feature Extinct,”The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell,” and additional music for “The Batman.” In 2021, he released his first instrumental EP, “Perseverance.” His recent work includes the HBO/DC original series “The Penguin,” Disney’s “The Muppets Mayhem” and AMC+’s “That Dirty Black Bag.” Coming up for Mick is the Disney+ Star Wars series Skeleton Crew which will start airing as of December 3rd 2024 on Disney+.

In this episode of Composer Talk Mick Giacchino talks about the popular HBO series The Penguin. We analyse the theme's he wrote of the show. We talk about the fun he had on writing music for The Muppets Mayhem. He also gives us a small insight on what to expect for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the new Disney+ Star Wars series that will start airing soon.

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Coming from a musical background (he is Benjamin Britten’s godson), Martin scored his first TV drama, Eureka Street in 2002. He has won 2 BAFTAs, 5 Ivor Novello Awards and received multiple Emmy nominations for writing music to many of the most interesting television series of recent years. These include the BBC’s War and Peace, Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Amazon Studios series Solos starring Morgan Freeman and seasons 3 – 6 of the The Crown. In 2023 he wrote the music to Ridley’s Scott’s epic Napoleon. Martin Phipps is nominated this year for the Television Composer of the Year award for his music for season 6 of The Crown. 

In this Composer Talk composer Martin Phipps talks about his work for the television series The Crown. He also talks in-depth about the score he wrote for Napoleon.

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Elliot Goldenthal is an American born composer of filmmusic. As a composer Goldenthal has worked with famous directors such as Gus Van Sant, Michael Mann, David Fincher, Julie Taymor and Neil Jordan. He has composed music for films such as Interview with A Vampire, Michael Collins, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, A Time to Kill, Frida, Sphere, Alien 3, Titus , Final Fantasy, and Public Enemies. Elliot Goldenthal will receive this year at the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent a Lifetime Achievement Award.

In this edition of Composer Talk Elliot Goldenthal talks about receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award during the WSA and the recording of his album with the Brussels Philharmonic. We also talk about how it is to work with a director who is also your spouse, Julie Taymor.

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Photo credit: Jeroen Willems - Film Fest Ghent

The siblings Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg & Lionel Baldenweg are a Swiss/Australian composer team. The Baldenwegs are a very versatile team and have composed unique scores for a wide range of different film genres. Their contemporary sound often blends theme based orchestral compositions with a palette of unique instruments and electronic sound scapes. In 2019 they were nominated for a Public Choice Award at the WSA for the film Zwingli. This year they are nominated twice for a WSA with the film In the Land of Saints and Sinners. One time for a Public Choice award and one time for the Discovery of the Year Award. 

In this new Composer Talk Diego and Lionel talk about their music for In the Land of Saints and Sinners and 2 new documentaries Home is the Ocean and Aiming High.

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As protege of Oscar-nominated composer John Powell, Anthony has contributed additional music to many of Hollywood’s major franchises including: How to Train your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jason Bourne and Rio. The BAFTA-nominated composer Anthony Willis became quickly one of the most highly sought after new voices in Hollywood. Anthony composed the score to Oscar-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell’s drama thriller Promising Young Woman. He also worked on the horror hit M3gan. Recently he joined forces again with director Emerald Fennell for the highly acclaimed film Saltburn.

I've had the opportunity to talk to Anthony Willis during the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent. He talked about his great score for Saltburn and some other work. He was nominated for 3 World Soundtrack Awards this year with his music for Saltburn. Public Choice Award, Discovery of the Year Award and Composer of the Year Award.

Photo credit: Jeroen Willems - Film Fest Ghent 2024

This year on October 16th 2024 the 24th World Soundtrack Awards will be held during the 51st edition of the Film Festival in Ghent. The World Soundtrack Awards are Film Fest Ghent prestigious film music prizes honouring excellence in composing for screen. One of the esteemed guests will be French composer Philippe Rombi. American composer Elliot Goldenthal will receive a Life Time Achievement award. Last year Simon Franglen won the Discovery of the Year Award and his music for Avatar: The Way of Water will be performed live! In this composer Talk I am talking to Sophie Joos, she is the music projects coordinator of the Film Festival and Wim De Witte who is the program director.

In this Composer Talk we focus on the upcoming World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent and you will get some background about the WSA. Elliot Goldenthal will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and a special album has been recorded for that occasion.

Marco Beltrami is a two-time Oscar nominated and Emmy winning composer. He has collaborated with many iconic film directors including Kathryn Bigelow, James Mangold, Robert Rodriguez, Tommy Lee Jones, and John Woo. He established an early reputation as a genre innovator with his non-traditional horror scores for the Scream franchise. Recently he proved again to be a champion in the genre with his scores for the Fear Street trilogy. Marco Beltrami has written music for films such as 3:10 to Yuma, Logan, The Hurt Locker, Ford v. Ferrari, A Quiet Place I and II and many more. Most recently, Beltrami worked again with director John Woo on his action spy-thriller The Killer.  

In this new edition of Composer Talk we talk to composer Marco Beltrami about this latest film The Killer. We talk in-depth about the music but also about the song Introuvable that he co-wrote. Next to the Killer Marco talks about his scores for the Fear Street trilogy.

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