Hot off the hit animated show "Seis Manos", composer Carl Thiel spends time with Brian talking about the process of creating a ground-breaking international score for Netflix's newest ambitious animated adventure. Carl recalls the process of ge

SCOREcast 0066: NAMM 2019 with Damon Tedesco

Apr 5th, 2019 1h 12m

Veteran Hollywood scoring mixer Damon Tedesco joins Brian to discuss the things they both found interesting at this year's NAMM Show, but not before running down such hot-button issues as Netflix gunning for theatrical positioning, "Captain Mar

SCOREcast 0065: Dax Phelan

May 21st, 2018 1h 15m

On Brian Ralston's inaugural episode as new host of the SCOREcast Podcast Show, he welcomes DAX PHELAN, producer of such films as "The Sum of All Fears" and "The Canyons", and writer/director of the runaway festival thriller "Jasmine", to discu

SCOREcast 0064: The Swan Song Episode

May 2nd, 2018 1h 10m

It's Deane's final episode before Brian takes the wheel as the SCOREcast Podcast Show's new host, but before he bows out the boys have one final heart-to-heart on balancing a personal life with a professional business one, solving real problems

SCOREcast 0063: The Idiot's Guide to Working for Free

Dec 25th, 2017 1h 45m

As Deane winds down his tenure as co-host with Brian (two episodes left!), the boys revisit the long-debated controversy of composers working for free and the recent trend of composers paying out of their own pocket to score films just to build

SCOREcast 0062: Sexual Abuse in Film Music

Dec 2nd, 2017 1h 30m

Finally back at home in Bali after being stranded for five days in Singapore because of the Mt. Agung volcanic eruption, Deane rejoins Brian for a serious and candid discussion on the Hollywood sexual abuse scandal with Elisa C. Rice, scoring d

SCOREcast 0061: Lorne Balfe

Oct 17th, 2017 1h 26m

SCOREcast's new managing director Meena Shamaly sits down with "Genius" and "The Lego Batman Movie" composer Lorne Balfe for a deep dive into Lorne's illustrious career scoring Hollywood blockbusters like "Ghost In the Shell", "Terminator: Geny

PSA: A MESSAGE ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE AS A COMPOSER

Oct 2nd, 2017 14m 33s

If you are a composer working for another composer, you have certain legal rights - rights that cannot and should not be ignored, abused, or violated. Recently, there have been reports of some fairly heavy duty violations and we need to talk ab

SCOREcast 0060: Michael Abels

Aug 9th, 2017 36m 58s

Brian gets on the line with composer Michael Abels to talk about his blockbuster score to Jordan Peele's runaway-hit thriller "GET OUT". The two discuss how Michael found himself being offered the film and what his approach to scoring it was, b

SCOREcast 0059: The Devaluation of Composers with Adam Gubman

Jun 18th, 2017 1h 3m

Deane and Brian chat with Los Angeles composer Adam Gubman about composers potentially being devalued across the industry. Covering everything from what kind of work is currently available to which marketing skills are required to survive, the

SCOREcast 0058: Change is the Only Constant

Feb 26th, 2017 1h 16m

The SCOREcast boys are back with their first episode of 2017! It's a full one, so buckle up as Deane and Brian talk through the NAMM Show, a fantastic new educational opportunity for composers, and the bizarre set of rules and regulations invol

SCOREcast 0057: Simon Franglen

Dec 25th, 2016 1h 16m

Merry Christmas, SCOREcasters! Just in time for your snowbound cross-country jaunt to Grandma's house, Deane and Brian play Santa and deliver this year's holiday episode in conversation with The Magnificent Seven composer SIMON FRANGLEN. Grab a

SCOREcast 0056: Endangered Things

Sep 11th, 2016 1h 18m

The boys are back with a big discussion of the new beast on the block, the phenomenon score of Netflix's latest binge-inducing STRANGER THINGS. Deane and Brian also talk through a recent Craigslist ad by a composer offering to send producers $5

SCOREcast 0055: Gear Shows vs. Award Shows

Jun 4th, 2016 1h 27m

SCOREcast ushered in a new decade of worldwide community goodness this past January as we celebrated our 10th Anniversary with 130 of LA's finest SCOREcasters, as well as some friends and family from around the globe, at our annual dinner in Lo

SCOREcast 0054: Joe Kramer

Jan 11th, 2016 2h 22m

Hot off the success of his score for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, composer Joe Kraemer sits in with Deane and Brian for a deep dive into his journey to the A-list. The trio talk through how Joe approached writing music for one of the bigge

SCOREcast 0052: How Far Would You Go to Get a Gig?

Aug 21st, 2015 1h 44m

The boys are back in this 52nd episode of the SCOREcast Podcast Show, paying tribute to the great James Horner and looking at the new Tarantino/Morricone relationship for "The Hateful Eight". Finally, on the heels of the "Ask Us Anything" episo

SCOREcast 0051: Ask Us Anything

May 27th, 2015 1h 47m

In our 51st episode, Deane and Brian open up the floodgates to questions from SCOREcasters all over the world to talk through as many film scoring topics as they can in 90 minutes. Deane also sits down with the Output team, makers of the new SI

SCOREcast 0050: Live from NAMM 2015

Mar 24th, 2015 1h 2m

Fifty episodes, hundreds of topics, more than seventy hours of recorded conversation… but until now, Deane and Brian have never ventured out into the wild of a live SCOREcast event and recorded an episode. For our milestone of our 50th show, th