An Emmy nominated and Bafta award-winning composer, Ben Bartlett stormed the UK film & TV industry with his memorable and original score to WALKING WITH DINOSAURS. Hugely versatile, his music is intelligent, yet highly melodic, equally at ease with writing symphonic scores as well as writing in contemporary, edgy and upbeat styles. It is very…
I interviewed Bill Conti in 2008 primarily about his science fiction scores for the album notes I wrote for La-La Land’s soundtrack to MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. But we also discussed a number of other milestones in his film musical career, with much of the Q&A appearing in my Soundtrax column for May 8, 2008….
In 1976 Bill Conti earned himself a place in film music history with his celebrated score for ROCKY. Inasmuch as that score launched him to the forefront of film composers’, it also had the effect of labelling him as a pop musician in the eyes of many critics. “Everything in Hollywood is based on a…
Bill Motzing was born in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in 1937. Coming out of a highly musical family, his real interest in music developed at the age of ten when he began taking violin lessons, soon graduating to other instruments. He studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he earned a B.A.,…
In memory of Brian May, who died April 25, 1997 at the age of 63 Although noted in his native Australia as a popular conductor of light music, Brian May has achieved a great deal of acclaim overseas for his scores to Australian films such as PATRICK, THIRST and THE ROAD WARRIOR. May was interviewed…
Having once met him, it’s difficult to imagine a more gregarious Aquarius than Bronislau Kaper. He makes the ways others approach life seem desperate by comparison. He apparently rushes at it with an almost unbridled joy and enough enthusiasm for an entire corporation. All you need to have a party is Bronislau Kaper and someone…
In a previous interview published a while ago, you mentioned there were 2 films you would have liked to have done. One was HOWARD THE DUCK. Which was the other one? I wanted to do HOWARD THE DUCK until I saw what it was. I don’t remember the other one. I was being considered for…
What were some of your first experiences in scoring TV? Bruce Broughton: In the early 70s I was working for CBS Television in the music department. Though I wasn’t hired as a composer, I did get the opportunity to do a lot of writing, and so my earliest scores came from that time. The first…
Anyone would think that Bruce Rowland writes music to watch horses by, given the subject-matter of his three best-known film scores, THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, PHAR LAP, and RETURN TO SNOWY RIVER (known in Australia as THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER II). He also owns a magnificent property where (you guessed it) he keeps…
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