Industry Professionals
Interview with NARM’s Jim Donio
Jim Donio, president of music business association NARM, sits down with The Weekly Comet. He talks about the 2013 NARM convention to take place in Los Angeles in May; Taylor Swift’s new album “Red,” which is expected to sell over one million copies in its first week; and consumer campaign “Give the Gift of Music,”…
Read MoreInterview with Composing Duo Fall on Your Sword
Brooklyn-based composing duo Fall On Your Sword, featuring Will Bates and Philip Mossman, sit on the Comet couch to talk about recent film projects including “Nobody Walks” and “28 Hotel Rooms.” Will Bates and Philip Mossman met in 2008 when they collaborated on a soccer boot commercial that was honored with a Cannes Gold Lion…
Read MoreInterview with Frank Fitzpatrick
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome an award-winning film music producer, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, composer, record producer and songwriter Frank Fitzpatrick. Frank Fitzpatrick is the founder and director of non profit arts organization EarthTones. Fitzpatrick has created the soundtracks for over two-dozen films including “Queen of the Damned,” “Scary Movie 3,”…
Read More“Spy Hunter” Composer Ryan Shore Interview
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome Grammy-nominated composer Ryan Shore, who talks about his latest project – the score to action-driven combat driving video game “Spy Hunter.” Shore received a 2012 Grammy Award nomination for best soundtrack score for “The Shrine.” He graduated in 1996 from the Berklee College of Music…
Read MoreInterview with “Dexter” Composer Daniel Licht
Co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh welcome “Dexter” composer Daniel Licht to The Comet Couch. The seventh season of Showtime’s Emmy-winning series “Dexter” premiered to over 2.9 million viewers, making it the network’s number one telecast for the year. And award-winning compoer Daniel Licht provides the thrilling score to our favorite killer, using such odd…
Read More“Pitch Perfect” Music Supervisors Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan Interview
Music supervisors Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan sit on the Comet Couch to talk about the upcoming film “Pitch Perfect”, which will be released October 5. Julia Michels is an independent music supervisor who has been in the business over 20 years. Her credits include “Alvin & The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”, “Sex & The City (1&2)”,…
Read MoreEmmy-Nominated Composer Miriam Cutler Interview
Emmy-nominated composer Miriam Cutler takes to the Comet Couch to talk about her new documentary “Ethel”, a full-length feature on the life of Ethel Kennedy, which premiered at Sundance 2012 and will be released on HBO this fall. Miriam is a renaissance woman. She started her career as a singer/horn player in a number of…
Read MoreInterview with “Vegas” Music Supervisor John Houlihan
Veteran music supervisor and music producer John Houlihan takes The Comet Couch and talks about working on the new CBS show, “Vegas,” starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis premiering September 25; his recent film “Looper” premiering September 28; and feature documentary for Sundance and A&E titled “Super Mensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon,” directed by…
Read More“The Possession” Composer Anton Sanko Interview
Award-winning composer Anton Sanko takes The Comet Couch to talk about his latest film, “The Possession,” which will opens August 31. The film’s soundtrack will be released on Lionsgate Records on August 28. “The Possession” was produced by horror master Sam Raimi along with Robert Tapert and J.R. Young and directed by Ole Bornedal. Sanko…
Read MoreUniversal Pictures Music Chief Mike Knobloch
Mike Knobloch, head of film music for Universal Pictures, sits on The Comet Couch and talks about working with Florence and the Machine on an original track for “Snow White and the Huntsman”.
Read More“We the Party” Director, Mario Van Peebles
Director and actor Mario Van Peebles, known for his roles in hit TV shows “Damages” and “All My Children” talks about his new film “We The Party”. He also discusses directing “New Jack City” and working with Kelsey Grammer on TV show “Boss”.
Read MoreInterview with “The Expendables 2” Composer Brian Tyler
Composer Brian Tyler’s epic scores include “Constantine” and “Fast and Furious” as well as the blockbuster videogame, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” which grossed $775 million in its first 5 days. He talks about his current film, “The Expendables 2,” and why “windy” and “12th notes” are not musical terms.
Read MoreCongratulations Hawk Koch – President of The Academy
emPOWERme.tv and Jonathan McHugh spend the day at the annual Produced by Conference on the Sony Pictures lot. We caught up with Hawk Koch, the newly named President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Congrats!
Read MoreInterview with Artist & Director Nick Egan
Artist, director and punk rocker Nick Egan sits down with co-host Tamara Conniff and KRCW DJ Jason Kramer to talk about his transition from album art, to fashion, to music video director, to feature director. Nick tells stories of working with the Clash, Oasis, Duran Duran, Bow Wow Wow, Iggy Pop, among others. Plus, he…
Read More“Rock of Ages” Matt Sullivan – Music Supervisor Interview
Grammy nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan talks “Rock of Ages” covering everything from Tom Cruise belting out “Pour Some Sugar” on me, the secret behind the monkey named “Hey Man,” why the strip bar scene was a sound effect challenge, and they the Twister Sister/Jefferson Starship mash-up is one of the biggest songs in the…
Read MoreInterview with Composer Kevin Manthei
Film, TV and video game composer Kevin Manthei, talks scoring “Ultimate Spider-Man” which airs on Sundays at 11:00 a.m., ET/PT on Marvel Universe on Disney XD. Plus he brings out two very special guests, his daughters Piper, age 12, and Keller, age 10. Piper lent her composing skills to The Cartoon Network’s action show “Generator…
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