The Screen Composer's Studio

The Screen Composers Guild of Canada
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The Screen Composer's Studio

Welcome to The Screen Composer’s Studio, a podcast about the musical storytellers behind some of your favorite films, series, video games, and more. In each episode we'll be taking you behind the screen and talking to the musical magicians who bring these stories to life. These hidden giants may not often bask in the limelight, but you've definitely felt the power of their work. Join us to find out how composers shape emotional journeys, give color and shade to beloved characters and worlds, and enhance the viewer’s experience in a way only music can. Brought to you by The Screen Composers Guild of Canada

  1. Lora Bidner - Folkloric

    11/01/2022

    Lora Bidner - Folkloric

    Ottawa born Lora Bidner combines her background as a singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist as well as affinity for folklore in her music for the screen, which includes the BBC/Family Channel series Malory Towers, mini series Hogtown, feature thriller Don’t Click, and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well, which she co-composes with Rob Carli. The four-time SOCAN Foundation winner completed a Bachelors of Music from Carlton and a Masters of Music Technology from the University of Tor...

    1h 7m
  2. Lodewijk Vos - Color and Grit

    10/19/2022

    Lodewijk Vos - Color and Grit

    Originally from the Netherlands, Lodewijk Vos’ approach to music making is very much his own. One half of the scoring duo Menalon (with Joseph Murray), the Canadian Film Center grad has worked on TV shows such as Diggstown on CBC, documentaries including HBO’s The Slow Hustle and Mr. Tachyon for VICE TV, and films like Level 16 and The Void. We talk about the wild new instrument/effects box he’s building, his roots playing rock in the Netherlands (but being more interested in the ...

    1h 14m
  3. Neil Parfitt - An Animated Life

    10/05/2022

    Neil Parfitt - An Animated Life

    Neil Parfitt’s wonderfully diverse career sees him working at the highest levels as a composer for animated series, as well as designing custom synth sounds for some of the biggest blockbusters on the planet. He started out as a kid who was equally fascinated by how music was produced as he was with the technology that was used in the process. Neil began his scoring journey in anime, with titles like Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Beyblade. This multiple Canadian Screen Award ...

    1h 30m
  4. Carly Paradis - Nothing is Something

    09/21/2022

    Carly Paradis - Nothing is Something

    Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Carly Paradis has made a name for herself as a first call screen composer, scoring huge TV hits such as the BAFTA nominated Line of Duty, Sick Note, and Netflix’s The Innocents. After a stint in Toronto’s burgeoning indie rock scene in the mid-2000’s, a cold email to Clint Mansell on Myspace turned into an opportunity to work with the famed composer on his score for Moon, and to tour in his ensemble. This led her to making London, UK her home bas...

    57 min
  5. Jeff Young - Leverage

    09/07/2022

    Jeff Young - Leverage

    In this episode, we’re going to change things up a bit. My guest is a composer, musician, and engineer, but his primary vocation is as an entertainment lawyer with a specialty in IP and copyright. This is your hour of pro-bono legal advice, and a masterclass drawing back the curtain on some of the things most creative types fear and neglect: contracts, negotiation, and making sure the business of your art is well taken care of.Like many kids of Chinese-Canadian immigrants, Jeff Yo...

    1h 22m
  6. Jonathan Kawchuk - Everywhen

    08/24/2022

    Jonathan Kawchuk - Everywhen

    Alberta-born Jonathan Kawchuk is interested in where and how we live as a means to give his music context. He completed a Bachelors of Music at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, worked with Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, and the Philip Glass Ensemble, as well as studying wildlife field recording with Chris Watson. The environment, the sounds that arise from it, and how his own music interacts with the environment are themes that permeate his music over the course of several albu...

    1h 27m
  7. Rob Duncan - Give Them What They Need

    08/10/2022

    Rob Duncan - Give Them What They Need

    At the tender age of 11, Rob Duncan dismantled a piano in his experimental music class. This must have been a spark for him, as he is now known for recording scores on decommissioned nuclear submarines, finding his next instrument in a junkyard, or being asked by a producer to write a theme using a toilet. Though he was equally interested in computer animation, he ended up pursuing music at York University, and worked writing jingles before making the jump to Los Angeles, where he...

    1h 16m
  8. Ari Posner - The Unmasterable Language

    07/27/2022

    Ari Posner - The Unmasterable Language

    At first, Winnipeg-born Ari Posner set out to build a career as a songwriter. After discovering that perhaps his abilities as a lyricist did not match his musical gifts, he moved into the fast-paced world of ads, which gave him the training to work in myriad styles and deliver on a deadline. Now, he is one of Canada’s most respected and prolific screen composers. In collaboration with Amin Bhatia, he has scored award winning hit shows such as Anne with an E, Flashpoint, and ...

    1h 29m
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Welcome to The Screen Composer’s Studio, a podcast about the musical storytellers behind some of your favorite films, series, video games, and more. In each episode we'll be taking you behind the screen and talking to the musical magicians who bring these stories to life. These hidden giants may not often bask in the limelight, but you've definitely felt the power of their work. Join us to find out how composers shape emotional journeys, give color and shade to beloved characters and worlds, and enhance the viewer’s experience in a way only music can. Brought to you by The Screen Composers Guild of Canada

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  • Creator
    The Screen Composers Guild of Canada
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 The Screen Composer's Studio
  • Show Website
    The Screen Composer's Studio

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