{"id":13232,"date":"2016-03-04T02:41:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=13232"},"modified":"2016-03-04T12:54:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:54:11","slug":"podcast-interview-with-hannibals-brian-reitzell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=13232","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview with Hannibal&#8217;s Brian Reitzell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some technical issues prolonged the completion of my latest podcast with <strong>Hannibal<\/strong>\u2019s composer Brian Reitzell, but the piece is now available in audio-only versions via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/kqek.com-digital-big-head\/id955326826?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> [note: feed should be updated shortly] and <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/shows\/view\/id\/bigheadamusements\" target=\"_blank\">Libsyn<\/a>, and as a visual podcast on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGcegGZ6NdU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done a podcast with extensive visuals, and this is the first where the entire conversation was fed into a vintage video synthesizer, a Showtime Video Ventures Video Colorizer (circa early 1980s), plus two cue extracts matched with \u2018animated\u2019 abstract visuals as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13245\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13245\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13245\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VV-Colorizer-VV-gizmo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"VV Colorizer - VV gizmo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VV-Colorizer-VV-gizmo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VV-Colorizer-VV-gizmo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VV-Colorizer-VV-gizmo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VV-Colorizer-VV-gizmo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from the short making-of featurette (linked at Big Head Amusements) showing the main gizmo used to create the primary visual effects in my Brian Reitzell podcast, a Showtime Video Ventures Showmaster Video Colorizer VC-1 from the early \/ mid-1980s.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13243\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13243\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13243\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brian-Reitzell-Podcast-FINAL.Still003-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Reitzell Podcast - FINAL.Still003\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brian-Reitzell-Podcast-FINAL.Still003-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brian-Reitzell-Podcast-FINAL.Still003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brian-Reitzell-Podcast-FINAL.Still003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brian-Reitzell-Podcast-FINAL.Still003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of ongoing visual patterns in the Brian Reitzell podcast.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those adverse to strobing images might want to stick with the audio podcasts, or check out some making-of details and stills (plus links to HD extracts) beforehand at my filmmaking site, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1910\">www.bigheadamusements.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13235\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HannibalCD_combo.jpg\" alt=\"HannibalCD_combo\" width=\"200\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HannibalCD_combo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HannibalCD_combo-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>I actually interviewed Reitzell for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeshorerecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lakeshore Records<\/a>\u2019 release of Season 2\u2019s music, but our conversation still applies to the music of <strong>Hannibal<\/strong>\u2019s third and final season.<\/p>\n<p>I reviewed Lakeshore&#8217;s CD in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rue-morgue.com\/#!online-store\/c4rc\/!\/Rue-Morgue-164-March-2016\/p\/61615467\/category=11858168\" target=\"window\">this month\u2019s Rue Morgue issue<\/a>, along with Bear McCreary\u2019s <strong>The Forest<\/strong> (released by Sparks &amp; Shadows), where McCreary invoked his inner Christopher Young.<\/p>\n<p>In our roughly half hour podcast Reitzell, whose <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/t2u\/3285_30DaysOfNight.htm\" target=\"_blank\">30 Days of Night<\/a><\/strong> (2007) is a personal favourite (all those gnashing sounds are quite soothing), discusses scoring <strong>Hannibal<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musique_concr%C3%A8te\" target=\"window\">musique concrete<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardformat.org\/collections\/prospective-21e-siecle\/\" target=\"window\">Philips Prosepctive LP series<\/a>, Tangerine Dream, and vintage analogue synthesizers. (It was a really fun interview, and special thanks to Beth Krakower at the Krakower Group for facilitating the Q&amp;A.)<\/p>\n<p>The next \u2018visual podcast\u2019 will be bonus material complimenting an upcoming review of Kino\u2019s <strong>The Mask<\/strong> (1961), Canada\u2019s first feature-length 3-D and horror flick.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer Brian Reiztell discusses scoring NBC\u2019s Hannibal, musique concrete, and things analogue in a new visual podcast, plus some links to related bonus materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[2855,4287,2562,2563,4286,3095,4214],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BrianReitzell_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-3rq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13232"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13254,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13232\/revisions\/13254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}