Gareth, Dan and Tristan conclude their orchestral soundtrack journey. Tristan chats with Erika Hossington, the producer who brought orchestral music to productions Land Girls and Casualty.Links Erika’s IMDb: https://imdb.to/3baITWU Erika’s agen

The Dubbing Mixer

Feb 26th, 2021 32m 15s

Gareth finds Dan in a different language, and Tristan gets dropped from a great height. This episode's guest is Mark Ferda, who has mixed shows across all TV programme genres including Casualty, Doctor Who and Human Planet. Links Mark on IMDb

The Mixer

Feb 12th, 2021 38m 2s

Gareth finds Dan in the kitchen, and Tristan goes off-piste. This episode's guest is Fiona Cruickshank, who has mixed the music for productions such as Dark, Sex Education, Dracula, Endeavour, The Gentlemen and Seberg. Links Fiona's website: ht

The Recording Engineer

Jan 29th, 2021 41m 38s

Dan misses the point yet again and Tristan takes self-isolation to the max. This episode's guest is Paul Golding, the music recording engineer for Emmy and Bafta award-winning productions including Elizabeth Is Missing, Downton Abbey and the Lo

The Musician

Jan 15th, 2021 31m 14s

Gareth finds Dan at the optometrist, and Tristan arrives on a surprising mode of transport. This episode's guest is Maxine Kwok, first violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra. No stranger to the famous Abbey Road studios, Maxine has recorded

The Conductor

Jan 1st, 2021 34m 59s

Gareth, Dan and Tristan have a difference of opinion on the bus. Tristan chats with conductor Matt Dunkley, who has worked on a huge range of productions from The Dark Knight to No Time To Die. Links Matt's website: http://bit.ly/2Wb0RBu Matt's

The Fixer

Dec 18th, 2020 42m 49s

Gareth, Dan and Tristan continue their orchestral soundtrack journey. Tristan chats with guest George Strezov, an orchestral fixer working in Bulgaria. George has worked on productions such as Solo: A Star Wars Story, His Dark Materials and Mid

The Copyist

Dec 4th, 2020 41m 50s

Gareth, Dan and Tristan talk about music preparation. Tristan chats with copyist Jill Streater. Jill manages large scale music preparation projects. This is mostly for film music recordings, but also for musicals, classical works, TV - anythin

The Orchestrator

Nov 20th, 2020 37m 52s

Gareth, Dan and Tristan talk about what orchestration is, and Tristan chats with guest Alastair King. Alastair has orchestrated over 100 film, TV and video game productions including Wonder Woman, Harry Potter, The Martian, Downton Abbey and Do

The Composer

Nov 6th, 2020 38m 37s

Gareth & Dan are joined by a very special guest host for the series. This week's guest is Segun Akinola - a composer for film and television - best known for his music in the latest incarnation of 'Doctor Who', starring Jodie Whittaker. LinksSe

Trailer

Making A Soundtrack Season 2 Trailer

Oct 23rd, 2020 1m

From composer to screen: the journey of the orchestral score.We all know that the composer writes the music for a soundtrack, but what about all the people we don't see or hear about? Making A Soundtrack Season 2 will shine a light on all of th

The Special Episode

Apr 3rd, 2020 53m 49s

Dan embraces his inner smurf while Gareth binge-watches Disney+. They also chat with these fabulous guests: Daisy Coole & Tom Nettleship (Composers) (Two Twenty Two Music) Claire Batchelor (Composer) Banks & Wag (Composers) Laura May (Music Pub

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The Messages Show (Trailer)

Mar 20th, 2020 59s

We're busy planning something amazing for Making A Soundtrack series 2, but with everything going on we thought we'd do a one off special episode. We'd like you to record a message and send it to us via makingasoundtrack.com. We won't have any

Trailer

Special Episode (Trailer)

Mar 20th, 2020 59s

We're busy planning something amazing for Making A Soundtrack series 2, but with everything going on we thought we'd do a one off special episode.We'll have some fabulous guests and we'll be talking about the impact of the you-know-what. If yo

Resolutions

Jan 24th, 2020 55m 30s

This is the final episode of series 1! Dan & Gareth reflect on the first series of Making A Soundtrack and how the album is shaping up. They also look back at the wonderful advice the series guests have provided. Subscribe to the podcast wherev

Little Mix

Jan 17th, 2020 32m 12s

Gareth adds strings and piano to the theme tune, and Dan talks through track 6 to illustrate his mixing process. Next week's episode will mark the end of series 1 of Making A Soundtrack (booo). To celebrate we are going to the Royal Festival Ha

May The Sound Be With You, With Tim Nielsen

Jan 10th, 2020 53m 6s

This week Gareth makes the 100 mile journey to Dan's studio where they approach track 2 (the theme tune) and make notes for the rest of the album. They also chat with Skywalker Sound's supervising sound editor, sound designer and re-recording m

Do Your Own Thing, With Ian Arber

Dec 13th, 2019 50m 48s

Dan & Gareth are taking a Christmas break! The next episode will be on 10th January. In this episode they attempt a Christmas carol, progress track 9 and chat with composer Ian Arber about Mission Impossible and recent BBC drama 'The Capture'.

Singing From The Same Hymn Sheet, With Jeremy Holland-Smith

Dec 6th, 2019 39m 59s

Dan practises his conducting and Gareth makes a start on track 9. They also chat to composer, conductor and orchestrator Jeremy Holland-Smith about his work on dramas Les Miserables and The Musketeers. You can find out more about Jeremy and his

Communication, With Peter Blach

Nov 29th, 2019 50m 40s

Gareth & Dan get together at Dan's studio to review tracks. They also talk about the development of track 8, and chat with Folkestone-based director Peter Blach about his debut feature, Seagull. Find out more about Peter and his work via Twitte

It's All About The Music

Nov 22nd, 2019 35m 52s

Gareth finds Dan trying to put track 7 to bed with interesting results. They also chat about how they have sculpted the sound for the album, what inspires them to write, how they know the collaboration is working and what to do with the album o

'On Set' Music, With Simon Whiteside

Nov 15th, 2019 52m 52s

Gareth talks through his surprising approach to track 7 and hands off to Dan for more tinkerings. They also chat with Simon Whiteside about his 'on set' music work. You can find out more about Simon and his work at www.simonwhitesidemusic.com T

Fake It To Make It, With Meltem Baytok

Nov 8th, 2019 49m 18s

Dan and Gareth talk about track 7, and what approach to take. They also talk to foley artist Meltem Baytok about how she started out and her work on TV dramas. Find out more about Meltem by following her on: Twitter: @melmeltem Instagram: @meli

Keep Us Posted, Lucy Mitchell!

Nov 1st, 2019 1h 14m

Dan and Gareth head into the liminal zone to create track 6. They also chat with post audio superstar Lucy Mitchell about her work. You can find out more about Lucy and her work at www.lucyjsound.com Twitter: @LucyJSound Instagram: @lucyjsound

The Direct Approach, With Steve Hughes

Oct 25th, 2019 48m 55s

Dan and Gareth talk track 5 of their soundtrack album, another character theme. They also chat with director Steve Hughes, whose lengthy list of credits includes Creeped Out, Doctor Who, Wolfblood, Casualty, The Athena, Midsomer Murders, Suspec