“It’s not rare for me to cry while making music”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN When ROB (Robin Coudert) signed on to compose the score to The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes), he […]
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‘The Killing’ composer Frans Bak releases new music on his childhood piano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN As composer of the hit TV series The Killing, Frans Bak is considered a pioneer of “Nordic noir”. […]
“To be a Hollywood composer, you need to be a powerful entrepreneur”
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA FOR LEVEL AND GAIN There aren’t many composers who fluidly work between video games and Hollywood, but Penka Kouneva has firmly entrenched herself among […]
Could this film about taxidermy bring you the joy you’re seeking today?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Joy is the last thing you might think about when considering dead animals being stuffed. Taxidermy is certainly […]
When the music industry doesn’t understand your voice
BY JEFFREY PALMER Jeffrey Palmer is CutCommon’s United States correspondent. But he is also an established countertenor, and has performed in venues across Europe, China, […]
PHOTOBLOG // On the road with Affinity Quartet
Mee Na Lojewski sat down with CutCommon to share her account of five weeks on the road with Affinity Quartet, during an intensive tour of Italy, Austria, […]
“In my idealistic world, we could do without the idea of genre”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At the Sydney Opera House, there’s a series of events called Utzon Music. And its striking program is curated to bring the […]
Howard Shore explains how he composes his fantasy worlds
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN The Lost Prince is a film for anyone who has ever been a parent or a child. The French […]
“Don’t allow the industry to put you in a box” says composer-producer James Edward Barker
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Writer, producer, or composer? James Edward Barker didn’t settle for just one of these career paths. Rather than […]
Mai Fujisawa is “passionate about bringing various cultures together”
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN If you think of the best-loved cinematic franchises of all time, the worlds of Studio […]