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Tag: composition

Jacob Michael (Foreign Air) on the Genius of Ennio Morricone

Music
By Foreign Air | December 7, 2020
By Foreign Air | December 7, 2020

Jacob Michael (Foreign Air) on the Genius of Ennio Morricone

A tribute to the late Italian film composer.

Alone, Not Lonely: On Making Violinvocations

Music
By Hugh Marsh | February 8, 2019
By Hugh Marsh | February 8, 2019

Alone, Not Lonely: On Making Violinvocations

Violinist Hugh Marsh talks with Western Vinyl labelmates Botany and Joseph Shabason about making his new album while crashing at Jon Hassell’s house.

Tommy Wallach Talks the Immense Difficulty of Writing About Fictional Bands

Music
By Tommy Wallach | November 14, 2015
By Tommy Wallach | November 14, 2015

Tommy Wallach Talks the Immense Difficulty of Writing About Fictional Bands

The only thing that this novelist-musician knows for sure is that writing fiction about music is fucking hard.

Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) Talks Malcolm Goldstein’s Full Circle Sounding

Music
By Dylan Baldi | September 2, 2015
By Dylan Baldi | September 2, 2015

Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) Talks Malcolm Goldstein’s Full Circle Sounding

How the new album by a 73-year-old extended-technique avant-garde violinist inspired a creative breakthrough for a twentysomething rock guitarist.

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet

Music
By David Garland | August 26, 2015
By David Garland | August 26, 2015

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet

Questing and questioning, reevaluating form and proportion, and rethinking the drums, Deradoorian's debut album is the sound of going forward — fast.

Composer Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina) Talks with Composer Clint Mansell (Noah) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Podcast
By Geoff Barrow | August 18, 2015
By Geoff Barrow | August 18, 2015

Composer Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina) Talks with Composer Clint Mansell (Noah) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Two acclaimed film score composers discuss their craft, and movies today.

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

Film
By Daniel Hart | February 9, 2015
By Daniel Hart | February 9, 2015

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

By showing rather than telling, this documentary about a brilliant emerging choreographer reveals the genesis of, and passion behind, a new ballet.

Kevin Devine (the Goddamn Band, Bad Books) Talks David Bazan’s David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet, Volume 1

Music
By Kevin Devine | September 10, 2014
By Kevin Devine | September 10, 2014

Kevin Devine (the Goddamn Band, Bad Books) Talks David Bazan’s David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet, Volume 1

Hard-touring songwriter Kevin Devine finds a kindred spirit on David Bazan’s latest release.

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Nils Frahm’s Spaces

Music
By Geoff Rickly | February 6, 2014
By Geoff Rickly | February 6, 2014

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Nils Frahm’s Spaces

There are moments in life when the traffic clears and the streets quiet and the ten thousand things fall away from us. Life comes briefly into focus.

Jherek Bischoff Talks Beck’s Song Reader

Music
By Jherek Bischoff | March 23, 2013
By Jherek Bischoff | March 23, 2013

Jherek Bischoff Talks Beck’s Song Reader

Recently I had the privilege of taking part in an evening of orchestral music presented at the Good Shepherd Center, a beautiful former chapel...

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