You Can’t Ask That: Q&A with screen composer Andrew Sampford
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN “How do you swear in sign language?” “Did you drink metho?” “Were you raised as a boy or […]
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I Am Greta: How Rebekka Karijord composed music for the climate emergency
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC The power of “We” is one belief getting Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord through the pandemic. Rebekka has with Jon Ekstrand […]
Scoring The Good Fight: How David Buckley uses music to represent the law
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Ten years ago, composer David Buckley started working on a television series with creators Robert and Michelle King. […]
This is why sports-themed soundtracks get your heart racing
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Have you ever watched a movie and noticed you’ve started breathing just a little bit faster? You feel […]
‘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”. […]
Composer Alex Baranowski pays homage to his family in this post-WWII film about the children
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN For Alex Baranowski, The Windermere Children wasn’t an ordinary scoring project. Though the BBC/Wall to Wall production may have presented […]
An entirely casual chat with Stranger Things composers Kyle and Michael
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH LEVEL AND GAIN You may not have heard of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, but you would undoubtedly know their music. […]