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    Mike Post on the process of scoring a television episode

    02:42
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    Gerald Fried on conducting his scores for film and television

    02:09
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    Mark Snow on how he learned to score for television and mistakes he made when he was first starting out

    04:26
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    W.G. Snuffy Walden on his approach to writing music

    02:16
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    Vic Mizzy on how he figures out when to put music into a scene

    01:37
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    Alf Clausen on his favorite types of music and composers and his own style

    01:27

    Lee Adams

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on their collaborative process

    01:43

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on what makes for the best Broadway musical and how they work together

    01:37

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on advice to aspiring musical collaborators

    02:40

    Buddy Baker

    Buddy Baker on his harmony system of arranging music

    02:45

    Buddy Baker on the process of composing for film and television

    01:01

    Buddy Baker on the Disney sound

    03:43

    Buddy Baker on writing music for television and film and budgets for each

    03:37

    Alf Clausen

    Alf Clausen on the challenges of underscoring a scene with dialogue 

    03:32

    Alf Clausen on doing research for a music composition 

    00:55

    Alf Clausen on where he composes and his process for composing

    05:05

    Alf Clausen on the role of music in a television production and the most important thing to remember when composing a theme song for a television show

    03:01

    Alf Clausen on the business aspect of composing for television 

    01:47

    Alf Clausen on his favorite types of music and composers and his own style

    01:27

    Alf Clausen on advice to an aspiring television composer

    00:37

    Bill Conti

    Bill Conti on wanting to write dramatic music

    02:04

    Bill Conti on differences between composing for film and television

    01:02

    Bill Conti on how composing for second and third installments of miniseries, (or for sequels) differs from composing for the first

    01:33

    Bill Conti on the best advice he ever received about composing

    02:15

    Bill Conti on advice to aspiring composers

    01:31

    Ken Corday

    Ken Corday on composing music for Days of Our Lives since 1979

    00:38

    Alexander Courage

    Alexander Courage on the differences between composing, arranging, and orchestrating music

    02:21

    Alexander Courage on the process of orchestrating for television 

    02:02

    Alexander Courage on how orchestrating for television is different from scoring for film

    01:20

    Alexander Courage on the cavalier attitude toward scoring for television in the 1960s

    00:42

    Alexander Courage on advice to aspiring film and TV composers

    00:57

    John Debney

    John Debney on conducting his music

    01:26

    John Debney on composing for different genres

    01:17

    John Debney on what music does for a television show or movie

    04:47

    John Debney on using an orchestrator, and on visiting sets

    02:37

    John Debney on rituals he has when composing

    01:07

    John Debney on the differences between composing for animation, for television, and for features

    05:57

    John Debney on using choirs in his work

    01:05

    John Debney on the business aspect of composing for films

    02:12

    John Debney on advice to an aspiring film and television composer

    04:46

    Ramin Djawadi

    Ramin Djawadi on learning multiple instruments when he was young and why he liked to play music

    01:11

    Ramin Djawadi on music he liked listening to when he was young, and on being in a band

    02:14

    Ramin Djawadi on being drawn to the instrumental music in TV and movies, and on TV theme songs that he enjoyed growing up

    02:07

    Ramin Djawadi on attending Berklee College of Music

    01:18

    Ramin Djawadi on the technology used for film and TV scores in the early 2000s

    02:16

    Ramin Djawadi on his big break -- composing music for a fight scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

    01:49

    Ramin Djawadi on how he started to compose for television, and on the process for composing for a weekly television show

    02:47

    Ramin Djawadi on decisions about when to use a live orchestra or not and how budgets can impact those decisions

    01:31

    Ramin Djawadi on his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in music composition

    03:26

    Ramin Djawadi on how composing for video games differs from composing for film or television

    01:12

    Ramin Djawadi on what he loves about composing

    01:46

    Ramin Djawadi on the role of a composer and the excitement of writing music

    02:24

    Ramin Djawadi on how he deals with creative block

    00:47

    Ramin Djawadi on having synesthesia and how he learned that he has it -- he associates music with colors

    03:29

    Ramin Djawadi on his process for writing music and primarily working alone

    01:21

    Ramin Djawadi on working with music supervisors, editors, and sound mixers

    00:52

    Ramin Djawadi on music clearance for covers

    00:31

    Ramin Djawadi on how he knows when a piece is finished

    00:44

    Ramin Djawadi on enjoying the variety of his work, and on working on multiple projects at once

    01:52

    Ramin Djawadi on being the sole composer on several television series

    00:47

    Ramin Djawadi on the business side of composing -- not retaining rights but receiving royalties

    00:17

    Ramin Djawadi on his greatest challenge as a composer

    01:02

    Ramin Djawadi on his musical style

    01:24

    Ramin Djawadi on whether or not the genre he works in plays a role in how he works -- on making scary music for the film Slenderman

    02:15

    Ramin Djawadi on how music is used on Game of Thrones

    01:03

    Ramin Djawadi on receiving notes from studio and network executives

    02:27

    Ramin Djawadi on how composing has changed since he first started in the industry

    01:20

    Ramin Djawadi on how opportunities have changed since he first started in the industry and on his mentors

    01:13

    Ramin Djawadi on advice to an aspiring composer

    00:50

    Charles Fox

    Charles Fox on composing theme songs

    03:16

    Composer Charles Fox what a composer does in terms of creating the style of a show; on composing the theme for The Love Boat

    08:34

    Gerald Fried

    Gerald Fried on his musical influences when he was growing up

    01:15

    Gerald Fried on what he learned attending Juilliard

    02:13

    Gerald Fried on conducting his scores for film and television

    02:09

    Herschel Burke Gilbert

    Herschel Burke Gilbert on composing for features produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven, and on them going into television with The Rifleman

    06:44

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Jerry Goldsmith on the craft of composing music for live television broadcasts and on the process of composing for television

    04:30

    Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Dr. Kildare and other shows and his process of composing for television

    05:06

    Jerry Goldsmith on the difference between composing for features and composing for television

    04:12

    Jerry Goldsmith on advice to aspiring composers

    02:12

    Earle Hagen

    Earle Hagen on the difference between composing for film and television

    05:46

    Earle Hagen on writing the theme to The Andy Griffith Show

    03:21

    Earle Hagen on composing music for Don Knotts' character on The Andy Griffith Show

    00:58

    Earle Hagen on the terms "click track" and "free timing"

    03:38

    Earle Hagen on being attuned to how things would sound though a small television speaker, and on post production of the music

    03:31

    Earle Hagen on being a "packager" or on the business end of composing music for television

    07:36

    Earl Hagen on using different types of beats for different scenes on The Mod Squad and on the band he used for the show

    07:52

    Earle Hagen on becoming a teacher of music

    06:11

    Earle Hagen on writing books on music composition

    02:39

    Earle Hagen on the role of music in television, and on how things have changed in the industry since he started

    04:37

    Earle Hagen on advice to an aspiring television composer

    00:31

    Lee Holdridge

    Lee Holdridge on his process for writing music and who he writes for

    03:33

    Lee Holdridge on the role of an orchestrator vs. the role of a composer

    03:43

    Lee Holdridge on the most important skill a film composer must have

    00:58

    Lee Holdridge on working with temp tracks

    02:46

    Lee Holdridge on differences between writing music for film and for television

    01:56

    Lee Holdridge on working on multiple projects as once

    01:48

    Lee Holdridge on working with studio musicians

    05:07

    Lee Holdridge on believing creativity can not be taught

    00:43

    Quincy Jones

    On composing for his first television series, the sitcom Hey Landlord!

    03:56

    On composing for European Eye, The Pickle Brothers and The Bill Cosby Show

    01:48

    Jay Livingston

    Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how they work together and how song "To Each His Own" jumpstarted their career

    00:53

    Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on their music partnership

    01:02

    Barry Manilow

    Barry Manilow on his early fascination with orchestration

    00:48

    Vic Mizzy

    Vic Mizzy on wanting to be a composer when he was a kid

    02:02

    Vic Mizzy on how he figures out when to put music into a scene

    01:37

    Vic Mizzy on the role of music in a TV show

    01:37

    Vic Mizzy on how the business of film scoring has changed over the years

    01:26

    Vic Mizzy on how technology has affected scoring

    00:23

    Vic Mizzy on advice to an aspiring composer

    00:58

    Vic Mizzy on his style

    01:01

    Vic Mizzy on his musical style

    02:30

    Vic Mizzy on his conducting style

    00:51

    Mike Post

    Mike Post on his process of writing musical themes

    03:27

    Mike Post on how he got hired (by Stephen J. Cannell) and his work ethic

    01:47

    Mike Post on coming up with the theme music for The Rockford Files, using a synthesizer, being a "behind-the-scenes" guy

    05:08

    Mike Post on the process of scoring a television episode

    02:42

    Mike Post on what he's proudest of in his music career

    04:03

    Mike Post on how the business of television scoring has changed since the '70s

    03:43

    Mike Post on advice to aspiring television or film composers and how he'd like to be remembered

    01:52

    Lalo Schifrin

    Lalo Schifrin on his process for writing music for television; on writing music for Universal and for MGM

    03:28

    Lalo Schifrin on differences between composing for film and television

    01:16

    Lalo Schifrin on his music style

    01:20

    Lalo Schifrin on composing chamber music

    01:30

    Lalo Schifrin on combining classical music and jazz influences into a single work

    03:21

    Lalo Schifrin on the role of music in a television show and how it elicits an emotional response

    01:04

    Mark Snow

    Mark Snow on how he learned to score for television and mistakes he made when he was first starting out

    04:26

    Mark Snow on the process of composing for TV movies versus episodic television

    00:43

    Mark Snow on how synthesizers affected his writing process and the business of music composition

    05:45

    Mark Snow on the rhythm of The X-Files theme

    01:11

    Mark Snow on who owns the rights to The X-Files theme song

    01:10

    Mark Snow on underscoring dialogue on TV shows

    01:46

    Mark Snow on using music to build mood on TV shows, particularly The X-Files

    04:22

    Mark Snow on composing for The X-Files spin-offs Millennium and The Lone Gunmen

    04:30

    Mark Snow on the "Mark Snow style" of music

    00:47

    Mark Snow on advice to aspiring television composers

    05:28

    Fred Steiner

    Fred Steiner on learning to score by watching his father score cartoons

    02:40

    Fred Steiner on the craft and composing and arranging for television, and tailoring the music to fit the star

    04:51

    Fred Steiner on the process of composing for a pilot

    02:06

    Fred Steiner on what makes for an outstanding score

    01:06

    Fred Steiner on on the sound stages he's recorded on

    05:35

    Fred Steiner on the logistics of a recording session for a television score

    03:01

    Fred Steiner on following union regulations for musicians in recording sessions

    01:01

    Fred Steiner on his studies in musicology

    02:43

    Fred Steiner on writing his dissertation on Alfred Newman, and his study of musicology

    10:18

    Fred Steiner on advice to an aspiring television composer

    01:45

    Charles Strouse

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on their collaborative process

    01:43

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on what makes for the best Broadway musical and how they work together

    01:37

    Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on advice to aspiring musical collaborators

    02:40

    W.G. Snuffy Walden

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on feeling like he could have a career as a composer

    03:39

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on starting to write his own music

    01:03

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing the theme for thirtysomething

    02:49

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for thirtysomething

    00:30

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on his approach to writing music

    02:16

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on writing music for episodic television; on the challenges of scoring to dialogue

    06:43

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on building a library of music cues for a show, researching music, and his studio space

    07:02

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on how he decides when and where to add music to a show

    01:29

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on the most important thing a composer can bring to a television show

    01:42

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on what he strives to achieve with his work

    01:53

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on his style

    00:33

    W.G. Snuffy Walden on advice to aspiring composers

    01:35

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