Category: INTERVIEWS

The Composers of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

The Composers of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

October 12, 2016 | By

New podcasts with Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson, the composers of Tim Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, plus a review of La-La Land’s soundtrack CD.

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An Interview with “Aunt Dan and Lemon” director Dan Spurgeon

An Interview with “Aunt Dan and Lemon” director Dan Spurgeon

September 23, 2016 | By

A year after mounting The Baby for the stage, director Dan Spurgeon and producer Drew Blakeman return with Wallace Shawn’s Obie Award-winning drama / dark comedy Aunt Dan and Lemon. What follows is a concise Q&A with director Spurgeon on discovering the play, its prescient elements, and thoughts on its characters and politics.

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Podcast with composer Nima Fakhrara (1979 Revolution: Black Friday + The Girl in the Photographs)

Podcast with composer Nima Fakhrara (1979 Revolution: Black Friday + The Girl in the Photographs)

July 21, 2016 | By

iTunes, Libsyn, and YouTube podcast interview with Persian-American composer Nima Fakhrara + CD reviews of the discussed soundtracks The Girl in the Photographs and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (both from Lakeshore Records).

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Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

May 12, 2016 | By

Book review and podcast interview with author Tom Roston on “I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era” (The Critical Press).

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Podcast Interview with Hannibal’s Brian Reitzell

Podcast Interview with Hannibal’s Brian Reitzell

March 4, 2016 | By

Composer Brian Reiztell discusses scoring NBC’s Hannibal, musique concrete, and things analogue in a new visual podcast, plus some links to related bonus materials.

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