Behind the Trailer: Brent Daniels on Scoring Hollywood's Biggest Trailers

Get an inside look at the fascinating niche of trailer music with Brent Daniels, the creative force behind the sounds of some of Hollywood's biggest hits. From "Bullet Train" to "Black Panther," Brent's music has set the tone for countless movie and TV trailers. In this fun and revealing chat, he breaks down how he got started, the art of sync licensing, and what really goes into scoring those epic previews we all love. Episode Highlights: How Brent Daniels' childhood obsession with sound led to a music career What it's really like composing music for trailers vs. TV shows or films The trailer music business explained—from licensing to competition Real examples of how Brent's track "Cold Cocked" was used in Bullet Train, The Bad Batch, and Hawkeye AI in trailer music and what the future might hold for composers You're going to love my conversation with Brent Daniels Website Instagram YouTube Follow Jeff Dwoskin (host): Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter Podcast website Podcast on Instagram Join my mailing list Subscribe to my Youtube channel (watch Crossing the Streams!) Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Ways to support the show: Buy me a coffee (support the show) TeePublic Store: Classic Conversations merch and more! Love the books I talk about on the show? Here is my Amazon store to shop. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.