FilmMusicSite.com: Composer Talk

About FilmMusicSite.com: Composer Talk

Listen to exclusive interviews by the editors of world's leading resource for film music: FilmMusicSite.com

Publisher

FilmMusicSite.com

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2023

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

76 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Interview Christopher Young

   Christopher Young is a six-time BMI Award-winning, Golden Globe nominated and two-time Emmy-nominated composer, who has scored more than 160 films spanning every genre and emotional register. Christopher has also collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Norman Jewison, Barry Levinson, Lasse Hallström, Curtis Hanson, John Amiel, and Bruce Robinson. Honored by BBC Classical Magazine as “the greatest horror film composer of our time,” Christopher’s name has become synonymous with the art of cinematic horror. His scores for Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, The Fly II, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, The Dark Half, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Species, Sinister, Pet Sematary, The Piper, and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror . Other credits are Spider-Man 3, The Shipping News, Ghost Rider, Jennifer 8,… Recently he wrote the score for the horror film Passenger and Marvel’s Deadpool VR. In this new edition of Composer Talk composer Christopher Young takes us on a journey through his scores for Passenger and Marvel’s Deadpool VR. We look back at 4 decades of writing music for film and how things have changed. Enjoy listening to this great new episode.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Interview Matthew Atticus Berger

   Matthew Atticus Berger is a film and television composer whose work spans drama, documentary, and unscripted television. A Berklee College of Music alumnus and jazz guitarist by training, Berger has built a prolific career scoring for the screen, with credits including 58 episodes of NBC's Chicago P.D. across four seasons (2019–2023), Bride or Die, Dead in the Water, Yuletide the Knot , and Broken Land. His scoring work extends into documentary television as well, with early credits on National Geographic series exploring the natural world, including Kingdom of the Oceans and Patrick and the whale. Most recently he wrote the score for the film April X. In this new episode of Composer we dive with Matthew Atticus Berger into his latest score April X. How he created the music for this futuristic thriller. We also look back at the score he wrote for Patrick and the Whale. Enjoy listening!

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Interview Jared Michael Fry

   Jared Michael Fry is an award-winning composer who from his humble beginnings in a high-school band to studying music education at Berklee, Fry has garnered an appreciation for all music genres. After graduating from Berklee, Fry moved to Los Angeles and worked as a staff composer at Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music where he earned a News & Documentary Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music and Sound for his work on PBS’s Super Cats: A NATURE Miniseries. He has collaborated with renowned composers like Benjamin Wallfisch, Steve Jablonsky, Joseph Trapanese and electronic artist Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun. His diverse credits include blockbusters like "The Flash" and "Red Notice", action thrillers like "Thirteen Lives" and "The Invisible Man", the horror sequel "It Chapter 2" and many more. Fry has collaborated on three films with renowned director David Ayer: A Working Man, The Beekeeper, and most recently, Heart of the Beast which stars Brad Pitt and releases this fall. In this new episode of Composer Talk we talk with Jared about his latest score Heart of the Beast. How he created the score and how it was to work with Pamyua. Enjoy listening!

Who has been a guest on FilmMusicSite.com: Composer Talk

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dara Taylor
• Carlos Rafael Rivera
• Max Aruj
• Alfie Godfrey

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