Soundiron Podcast

Soundiron

On the Soundiron Podcast Craig and Nathan hang out and interview great minds in film composing, mixing, mastering, and all things music tech. You’ll get recommendations, inspiration and insights from each weekly episode.

  1. 12/28/2023

    Jesse Zuretti on Composing for Marvel, Riot Games and Metal

    In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Jesse Zuretti - a composer and orchestrator working in video games and metal music. He has composing for Marvel, Netflix, Riot Games, and many more while orchestrating and playing guitar in the metal band Daath. We chat about building a memorable website with personality, pivoting from band music to film and video games, managing your time, developing a process, best advice for aspiring composers, and much more. Subscribe to the Soundiron Podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundiron-podcast Jesse's website: https://www.jessezuretti.com/ For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/ Podcast notes: * (0:00) Intro * (0:57) Designing a memorable website * (07:05) Evolution of writing for metal to film music * (09:46) Composing for Marvel and Riot Games * (12:33) Early challenges? * (15:21) Managing your time * (19:10) Knowing when you're on the right track * (24:30) Day-to-day schedule * (29:22) Good feedback * (30:50) Musicology of games * (33:58) Adding to a metal band's track * (43:31) Advice for aspiring composers * (54:44) Best recent purchase under $100? * (57:59) Podcast or TV show you're enjoying? * (1:02:16) What's next for Jesse? Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered! #soundiron #musicpodcast #jessezuretti

    1h 6m
  2. 11/17/2023

    Kenny Wood on arranging for Brian Tyler, composing for a Disney movie

    In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Kenny Wood - a composer, arranger, and author from Los Angeles, CA. We chat about working with Brian Tyler, scoring a new holiday movie, balancing work and family, arranging on the Super Mario Bros movie, Kenny's writing process, the Teammates community, and much more. Subscribe to the Soundiron Podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundiron-podcast For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/ Podcast notes: * (0:00) Intro * (0:39) How did you start working on Brian Tyler's team? * (04:19) Disney's The Naughty Nine movie * (06:11) Genre-twisting music * (10:28) Typical day in the life? * (12:40) Did having a child change how you write? * (14:04) Are you from a musical family? * (15:29) Primary instrument * (17:34) Super Mario Bros movie * (19:26) How much project juggling? * (20:20) Using Mario motifs * (22:58) Prefer movie or TV schedule? * (24:33) What's your process at the very beginning of a project? * (25:41) DAW of choice? * (28:03) Origins of the Teammates FB group & Discord * (33:09) Advice for new composers? * (36:46) How important is a good sizzle reel? * (40:58) Best recent purchase under $100? * (42:13) Video game you're enjoying? * (43:10) What's next for Kenny? Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered! #soundiron #musicpodcast #kennywood

    44 min

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On the Soundiron Podcast Craig and Nathan hang out and interview great minds in film composing, mixing, mastering, and all things music tech. You’ll get recommendations, inspiration and insights from each weekly episode.