Part 2 of a two-part special look at TV/Film’s elite Composers. Next: meet Nathan Barr, Scott Starrett, and Sean Callery.
When you hear about films or TV shows, most of the time the press (and studios themselves) talk primarily about the actors, directors, producers or writers. However, there are a group of individuals who can make a strong influence in how you experience or view a scene. Their work can make you smile one minute, be sad the next, or help you get excited for an action-packed scene without you knowing it. They are the composers…bringing background music to life.
Backstage at WonderCon 2011, “Sidewalks Entertainment” had a rare opportunity to interview some of the industry’s elite film/TV composers, following their seminar, “Behind the Music with CW3PR: Composing for Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Film & TV.”
For most, this is their first time in front of the camera and getting the spotlight they truly deserve. ”Sidewalks” special correspondent Laurren Cowan talks to composers Nathan Barr (“True Blood,” “The Last Exorcism”), Marco Beltrami (“V,” “Scream 4”), Sean Callery (“24”), Jim Dooley (“Pushing Daisies”), Scott Starrett (“The Event”), and Michael Suby (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Pretty Little Liars”).
Interview Credits:
Segment Producer / Correspondent: Laurren Cowan
Videographer: J.P. Langston
Editor: Richard R. Lee
Special Thanks To: Christine Morente and the staff of CW3PR, WonderCon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEqWGYl0NcE[/youtube] Nathan Barr has come a long way since working as an assistant to world-renowned composer Hans Zimmer. Barr has since composed original music for film and television. Film credits include: “The Ledge,” “The Last Exorcism” and “Open House.” Barr has also written and performed the music for all four seasons of HBO’s “True Blood.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi71lI38Ins[/youtube] Scott Starrett has composed original music for award-winning feature films and television. Recently, he was writing the original music for NBC’s “The Event,” and is scoring Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva.” Starrett’s other credits include: “The Hopeful,” “The City of Water,” the HBO feature “Dim Sum Funeral” and the Apollo astronaut feature documentary, “The Wonder of It All.”
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Sean Callery is an award-winning composer best known for his work on “24” and “24: Redemption.” For his work on the popular FOX series, Callery received three Emmys for Outstanding Music Composition For a Series (Dramatic Underscore) in 2003, 2006 and 2010. He’s also created original scores for “Medium” and “Bones.” [View Part 1 of the Composers]