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The Annotator
by Christopher Coleman
The podcast where composers share thoughts and stories about their original scores. In every episode, a composer tells the creation story of their music used in some of today's top film, television and video game soundtracks.
Episodes
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Scott Bomar - My Name is Dolemite
In this episode, Scott Bomar discusses his research into and how he paid homage to the blaxsploitation genre of the 1970s for his original score to "My Name is Dolemite."
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Finishing Move [Brian Lee White / Brian Trifon] - Borderlands 3
In this episode FINISHING MOVE, composers Brian Lee White and Brian Trifon share their approach to writing music for a few select environments and boss battles from Borderlands 3.
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Raison Varner - Borderlands 3
In this episode, RAISON VARNER describes the complexities for writing a score for an RPG-shooter hybrid game and the conceptual approach he ended up taking.
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Joseph Trapanese - Lady and the Tramp (2019)
In this episode, composer Joe Trapanese shares how he embraced the famous "Bella Notte" from the original "Lady and the Tramp" from 1955, while also writing his own original music and themes for this newest version.
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Amie Doherty - Undone
In this episode, Amie Doherty takes us through several key tracks from the original Amazon series, UNDONE. She reveals how she was not only inspired by the visual artistry of the show but how this affected her choices in scoring each episode.
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Tom Hedden - 75 Seasons Suite
In this episode, composer Tom Hedden revisits his now-classic music from the NFL Film's documentary, "75 Seasons: The Story of the NFL."
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David Robidoux - NFL 100 Suite
In this extended episode, David Robidoux talks about his history of writing music for NFL Films and the unique challenges that come with writing the commemorative theme for the NFL's 100th Anniversary as opposed to writing film scores.
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Wilbert Roget II - Mortal Kombat 11
In this episode, Wilber Roget opens up his score for Mortal Kombat 11 and shares how he helped to define the protagnist forces versus the antagonist by utilizing acoustic East Asian instrumentation versus electronic performances of Middle Eastern influenced music respectively.
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Tim Wynn - Freaks
In this episode, composer Tim Wynn opens up six tracks from his original score for 2019 film, "Freaks."
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Kevin Manthei - Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
In this episode, composer Kevin Manthei talks about returning to the Invader Zim franchise after 20 years. He discloses some of the challenges he faced in returning like: being respectful to his original score for the tv series while also adding something new.
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Carl Thiel - Seis Manos
Carl Thiel shares what techniques and instruments he used to musically blend Chinese and Mexican cultures together in his original score for the Netflix animated series, "Seis Manos."
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Emily Rice - The I-Land
In this episode, composer Emily Rice talks about having her score for The I-Land (Netflix) walk a delicate balance between music and sound design.
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Didier Lean Rachou - Deadliest Catch
In this episode, composer Didier Lean Rachou shares just how musically rewarding his experience on DEADLIEST CATCH has been because of the wide range of musical styles he's been asked to implement since joining the program in 2012.
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Ben Foster and Nick Foster - Thunderbirds Are Go Series 2
In this episode of the Annotator, Ben Foster and Nick Foster open up their original score for series 2 of THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO.
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Austin Wintory - Erica
In this episode, Austin Wintory takes us beneath the murder-mystery of ERICA to reveal some of the intricate details of creating an original score for this extremely interactive game.
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Christopher Lennertz - The Boys
Christopher Lennertz dissects the many exotic components that he’s combined to create the distinctive sound for the Amazon Prime series, THE BOYS.
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David Stone Hamilton - Solis
In this episode, composer David Stone Hamilton talks about how he looked to match the classic, analog sci-fi aesthetic of the film through his live orchestral score, how Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams and Don Davis influenced him on the project and how the original sketch he wrote was used on set...
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Ronit Kirchman - The Sinner (Season 2)
Ronit Kirchman returns to the Annotator to share the story behind her original music for season 2 of THE SINNER.
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Jacob Yoffee and Roahn Hylton - Free Meek
Jacob Yoffee and Roahn Hylton, while detailing Meek Mill's roller-coaster story, reveal their own story of discovery and creation for the series' music.
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Joe Thwaites and Jim Fowler - Blood & Truth
In this episode, composers Jim Fowler and Joe Thwaites detail their experience in writing and adjusting several key themes for the Playstation VR game, Blood & Truth, and how those themes became the starting point for rest of the music created.
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Nathan Whitehead - Days Gone
In this episode, composer Nathan Whitehead walks us through five key pieces from his DAYS GONE score.
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Adrian Ellis - Last Call
Composer Adrian Ellis walks us through the challenges he faced in writing an original score for a single-take-film, LAST CALL.
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e.hillman - Ashen
In this episode e.hillman, shares his first-time-experience in working in the video games industry. He reveals the context and evolution of his music for Ashen and his unique approach in representing the post-apocalyptic-world of the game.
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Carly Paradis - The Innocents
Carly Paradis shares how the deeply personal and powerful song, "The Innocents," sung by the Norwegian artist "EERA." evolved into a last minute powerhouse and came to represent the core essence of the 8 episode season.
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Chad Hobson - Leaving Neverland
In this episode, Chad Hobson reveals how he looked to show a "magical quality" of the two victims and their fateful meeting of Michael Jackson and the over-arching metaphor he used to service as a guide for the tone of his score. Hobson discusses the challenge, choices and goals of writing an...
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Matt Morton - Apollo 11
We recognize the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission as Matt Morton reveals both inspirations and challenges of scoring the epic documentary, APOLLO 11.
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H-Pi - Styx: Master of Shadows
H-Pi reveals details from his original score for the STYX: MASTERS OF SHADOWS including some of his diverse inspirations such as: fellow French video game composer, Olivier Deriviere, the Finnish symphonic metal band, Apocalyptica, Shostakovich and singer/song-writer Amy Winehouse.
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Justin Melland - Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Justin Melland opens upon about his own personal, childhood fears of Ted Bundy and he reveals how tapping into those fears and helped him compose the music for the series and even take musical risks he might not have otherwise.
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Rozen - Children of Termina
Composer/Arranger Rozen dramatically describes his all-new arrangements of music from Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and how he created the ominous, yet beautiful blend of symphonic, synth, and sound design for Children of Termina.
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John Murphy - Les Misérables (BBC)
After an eight-year hiatus from film scoring, composer John Murphy shares how this adaptation of the book, Les Misérables, not being a musical immediately affected the tone of his original score.
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Cody Matthew Johnson - Devil May Cry 5: Subhuman
Cody Matthew Johnson talks about how he came Devil May Cry 5 and what it was like to write music for a character that he had previously remixed. He describes how he approached writing his piece for a series which had already established a strong musical history. Like Rona, he talks about the...
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Jeff Rona - Devil May Cry 5: Crimson Cloud
In this episode, Jeff Rona talks about the challenge he faced in writing a distinct theme for one of the main characters of DEVIL MAY CRY 5 and how that theme is presented and used very differently in the game versus the soundtrack release
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Dynamic Music Partners - Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts
The Dynamic Music Partners walk us through their scoring process for Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts. They discuss how being involved in the ground-breaking project ended up influencing the sound of their score.
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Andrew Lockington - Frontier
Composer Andrew Lockington breaks down his main title for the FRONTIER (Netflix) as well as several key musical pieces from the series and the thematic development over the course of the series.
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The Blasting Company [Joshua Kaufman and Justin Rubenstein] - Costume Quest
In this episode, Joshua Kaufman and Justin Rubenstein take us through the development of their catchy main theme for Amazon's Prime Original animated series, COSTUME QUEST.
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Finishing Move (Brian Trifon, Brian Lee White) - Crackdown 3
In this episode, Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White reveal the origin story behind their production team, Finishing Move. They talk about how and why, for Crackdown 3, they wrote full tracks first and extracted the needed musical stingers to be used throughout the game from those full pieces....
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Frederik Wiedmann - The Dragon Prince [Season 2]
In this episode, Frederik Wiedmann shares how decided to build on the musical foundation that was laid for season one. He reveals how he employs and develops two important, character, thematic elements from season 1 and lastly, his lofty musical goals for the climactic piece in the season 2…
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Frederik Wiedmann - The Dragon Prince [Season 1]
In this episode, composer Frederik Wiedmann talks about what project opened the door for him into the world of animation and eventually to THE DRAGON PRINCE.
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Yves Gourmeur - The Hummingbird Project
In this episode, YVES GOURMEUR shares how he approached scoring THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT before having seen a single frame of film and the results after his pre-liminary scoring work was matched up to the edited film.
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Brian Ralston - Being Rose
Brian Ralston takes us through nine tracks from his score for BEING ROSE: sharing how he had to manage not being able to record with any of his musicians simultaneously in the same room; how he used specific instruments to represent the two main characters as well as the two main threads of the...
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Cris Velasco - Darksiders III
In this episode, composer Cris Velasco talks about returning to the franchise to score DARKSIDERS 3, after co-composing the score for the first Darksiders game back in 2010.
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Hannes De Maeyer - Immenhof: Das Abenteuer Eines Sommers
In this episode, Hannes De Maeyer opens up his score for Immenhof: Das Abenteuer Eines Sommers and how he musically communicated the the feelings and ideas of loss, compassion, perseverance and love. While bringing us through some of the film’s main story-points, De Maeyer dissects a number of…
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Kristina A. Bishoff - Green Rider [Book Soundtrack]
In this episode, Kristina Bishoff talks about her unique challenges in writing her score, both as a composer and a mother of two young children. She explores several of her inspirations and motivations behind several of her key themes and the instrumental palette she chose to help accentuate the...
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Stefano Lentini - Fury (Bonus Track)
In this bonus episode, Stefano Lentini talks about the motivation and message behind the music contained on the album 'FURY' and he shares how his music was written to not only to reflect on how humans deal with the emotion of fury, but also on it’s impact upon politics and the world at large.
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Lasse Enersen - Tuntematon Sotilas [Unknown Soldier]
In this episode, Lasse Enersen shares several behind-the-scenes stories about his composing and the recording of his original score for Finnish film, TUNTEMATON SOTILAS (Unknown Soldier).
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Stefano Lentini - La Porta Rossa / The Grandmaster
In this episode, Stefano Lentini talks about his unusual path to writing music for film and television starting with a piece he wrote for the Italian television series, LA PORTA ROSSA (which was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the Fimucite Film Festival. He then reveals how he was able to get…
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Steve Horner - One Small Step
In this episode, composer Steve Horner and co-director, Andrew Chesworth, talk about ONE SMALL STEP, their third collaborative effort for an animated short.
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Winifred Phillips - Scraper: First Strike
Award-winning composer Winifred Phillips has more than 13 years of experience in the game industry and a long list of video game credits that include titles from five of the biggest franchises in gaming: Assassin’s Creed, LittleBigPlanet, Total War, God of War, and The Sims. In addition, she has...
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Ian Honeyman - An Interview with God
In this episode, Ian Honeyman shares about how he managed writing and recording this score with a tight turn-around time. While balancing his deadline, Honeyman also reveals how he still managed to give his score a unique, organic sound through resourceful decisions like employing his wife for...
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Nitin Sawhney - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
In this episode, Nitin Sawhney opens up his score for Mowgli revealing how his main theme was written to reflect the essence of the titular character.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The podcast where composers share thoughts and stories about their original scores. In every episode, a composer tells the creation story of their music used in some of today's top film, television and video game soundtracks.
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Christopher Coleman
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The podcast where composers share thoughts and stories about their original scores. In every episode, a composer tells the creation story of their music used in some of today's top film, television and video game soundtracks.
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The Annotator is created and hosted by Christopher Coleman.
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