JEFF RUSSO!!

The wait is finally over. One of my all time favorite Composers joins the show to talk about his work on a plethora of projects. From Star Trek, To Legion, Fargo, and over to Umbrella Academy, we touch on them all. So sit back and have a listen!

FILMMAKERS MICKEY RIVER & CAL BARNES

Filmmakers Mickey River & Cal Barnes call in to discuss their latest film, Adolescence, which recently premiered at the Dances With Films Festival.

An In-Depth Look Into The Music of Amazon’s “The Widow”

Dominik Scherrer Walks us through a track from the hit Amazon Original, “The Widow” starring Kate Beckinsale!

DOMINIK SCHERRER

We sit down with Composer Dominik Scherrer and discuss his work on a wide array of projects from Ripper Street to the recent Amazon Original, “The Widow” starring Kate Beckinsale. Dominik and Jake discuss his various award wins and nominations and a whole host of other topics. Have a listen and enjoy! See his bio below!

One of the UK’s top composers, Dominik Scherrer has created award-winning music for some of the finest film and television dramas in recent years. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Starz/BBC’s critically-acclaimed series The Missing, produced by Harry and Jack Williams of Two Brothers Pictures; and recently won his second Ivor Novello Award for his score on Netflix’s Requiem, which he co-composed with Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes. Dominik first won the prestigious British Ivor Novello Award and received a Royal Television Society (RTS) nomination for his riveting score on Ripper Street. He earned two additional Ivor Novello nominations for Amazon’s The Collection and the British crime series Agatha Christie’s Marple. 

 Dominik recently reunited with the Williams brothers to score Amazon’s thriller series The Widow, starring Kate Beckinsale. He also scored the landmark dramas An Inspector Calls and Monroe. He is currently scoring Netflix and BBC’s epic eight-part drama series, The Serpent, based on the phenomenal true story of how one of the 20th century’s most elusive criminals was finally caught and brought to trial.

 Equally accomplished in film scoring, Dominik’s credits include The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz for which Dominik won the Best Music Award at Spain’s Estapona Film Festival; Alice Through The Looking Glass starring Kate Beckinsale; Alina Marazzi’s Tutto Parla Di Te (All About You); and Scenes of a Sexual Nature starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Bonneville. He scored Appetite starring Ute Lemper, and wrote the film’s title song which reached No. 2 on the UK classical charts. Dominik also created, directed and composed the kinetic opera Hell for Leather, which premiered at Sundance and won 10 awards on the festival circuit.

In addition to scoring film and TV, he produces sound design and composes for fine art installations – most notably for artist Suki Chan – and creates performance music for theatre.

Dominik is a British-Swiss composer and works from his studio in London

MILES HANKINS

We talk to “Long Shot” (Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron) Composer Miles Hankins and take an in-depth look at the process and much more. See his bio below!

Award-winning composer Miles Hankins boasts a diverse body of work spanning the entertainment industry. He most recently co-composed Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron’s upcoming comedy, “Long Shot” with Marco Beltrami, premiering May 3; and also scored the HBO documentary “The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti.” Miles recently received a Sports Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Direction on the HBO documentary series “Being Serena,” and will be honored at the Sports Emmy ceremony May 20.

As an exceptionally creative independent composer, Miles has collaborated with Beltrami on several critically-acclaimed scores including “A Quiet Place,” which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score; Marvel’s “Fantastic Four;” Sony’s “The Shallows;” Universal’s “The Snowman;” and Columbia Pictures’ “The Night Before.” Miles also scored Anonymous Content’s dark comedy “Len & Company,” which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

In addition to film, Miles scored CBS’s primetime series, “3,” executive produced by Chris Columbus, and created the fantasy adventure score for Netflix’s animated series, “Lego Elves: Secrets of Elvendale” and “Lego Elves” which premiered on Disney Channel. He has contributed his musical talents to more than 200 television series across NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, USA, and SYFY for shows such as “Family Guy,” “Burn Notice,” “Flash Gordon,” “The Apprentice,” and “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Miles has received numerous accolades for his work including a Hollywood Music and Media Award nomination for Best Video Game Score on “Honor of Kings” and ASCAP’s Steve Kaplan Award in 2010. He was selected as one of twelve participants in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in 2009 and was awarded by Hans Zimmer as one of five finalists in the 2006 Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition, selected from hundreds of international applicants.