Making A Soundtrack

The TV Producer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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 agent (Berlin Associates): https://bit.ly/3cl7iK6

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Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Dubbing Mixer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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: https://imdb.to/3knwnHU

Mark on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2ZJehGK

Mark on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3ki4b9h

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Mixer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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: http://bit.ly/2XBJSsA

Fiona on Instagram: http://bit.ly/3iRWExa

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Recording Engineer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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 Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Links

Paul's website: http://bit.ly/3i6Fg7h

Paul on IMDb: http://imdb.to/2KUDpGy

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Musician

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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 with the LSO, and on a freelance basis, almost a hundred film and television soundtracks.

Links

Maxine's website: http://bit.ly/3oeflNo

Maxine on Instagram: http://bit.ly/3abVqJ9

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Conductor

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0100

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 Facebook page: https://bit.ly/3nkeDh1

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Fixer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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 Midsomer Murders.

Links

George's website: http://bit.ly/3kLvAzI

Four For Music website: https://bit.ly/3l2LkhK

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Copyist

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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 - anything where music prep or project coordination is required. Recent projects include Wonder Woman 1984, Enola Holmes and No Time To Die.

Links

Jill's IMDb page: https://imdb.to/33uWKob

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Orchestrator

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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 Doctor Who. He regularly collaborates with some of the leading media composers working today.

Links

Alastair's website: https://bit.ly/3iwQ7Gu

Dorico: http://bit.ly/2HmwdRm

Sibelius: http://bit.ly/2HpZnPu

StaffPad: http://bit.ly/2FK5C0d

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

The Composer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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.

Links

Segun's website: https://bit.ly/31sCyCk

Doctor Who Series 12 soundtrack: https://bit.ly/3gtKKGM

Listen to bonus content at www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 2 is produced by Gareth Davies, Dan Watts and Tristan Noon.

Making A Soundtrack Season 2 Trailer

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0100

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 the people who contribute their time, energy and skill to bring an orchestral soundtrack to life.

Making A Soundtrack Season 2 will start on Friday 6th November, with an episode every two weeks until March 2021.

Find out more at www.makingasoundtrack.com

The Special Episode

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0100

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 Publisher)

Tristan Noon (Composer / Orchestrator)

Links:

PRS Foundation

MU Coronavirus Hardship Fund

Ivors Academy

eatsleepthink

Government guidance

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Making A Soundtrack is produced by Gareth Davies & Dan Watts.

Resolutions

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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.

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For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Little Mix

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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 Hall (Central Bar) next Saturday 25th January from 6pm. Anyone and everyone is welcome, so come along and have a chat. All the details are on the website, and there's an event set up on our Facebook page if you'd like let us know you're coming.

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For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

May The Sound Be With You, With Tim Nielsen

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0100

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 mixer Tim Nielsen about all things sound (and maybe a little bit of Star Wars).

You can find out more about Tim at www.skysound.com/people/tim-nielsen

Follow Tim on social media:

Twitter: @TimNielsen

Instagram: @timnielsen71

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For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Do Your Own Thing, With Ian Arber

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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'.

You can find out more about Ian and his work at www.ianarber.com

Twitter: @ianarber

Instagram: @ianarber

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

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

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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 work at www.jeremyholland-smith.com

Twitter: @jeremyhs1

Instagram: @jrhsmusic

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Communication, With Peter Blach

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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 Twitter: @peterblach74

Watch the Seagull trailer here.

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

It's All About The Music

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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 once they've finished it.

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Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

'On Set' Music, With Simon Whiteside

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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

Twitter: @cyberdonkey

Instagram: @cyberdonkey

Facebook: @simonwhitesidemusic

Soundcloud: cyberdonkey

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Fake It To Make It, With Meltem Baytok

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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: @melimeltem

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Keep Us Posted, Lucy Mitchell!

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0100

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

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

The Direct Approach, With Steve Hughes

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:00:00 +0100

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, Suspects, Land Girls, Strike Back, Killing Eve, The Feed and most recently the Jason Bourne spin-off Treadstone.

You can find out more about Steve and his work at IMDb

Twitter: @moviegoblin

Instagram: @moviegoblin

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Watt's The Score, Sam Watts?

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth move on to track 4, a character theme. They also talk to composer Sam Watts about how he arrived in the industry, working on live action kids' drama and the importance of maintaining a work / life balance.

You can find out more about Sam and his work at samwatts.co.uk

Twitter: @i_is_sam

Instagram: @i_is_sam

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For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Noon With A Tune

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Gareth gives Dan a one-minute challenge. They also give an update on the soundtrack album and chat with Tristan Noon - orchestrator to the TV drama soundtrack stars - about his working life, managing the stress and the importance of patience.

You can find out more about Tristan and his work at www.tristannoonmusic.com

Twitter: @NoonWithATune

Instagram: @noonwithatune

Facebook: From DAW to Score

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Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Workflow

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth are going to the pub, and you're invited! Head to makingasoundtrack.com to find out details.

In this episode they give an update on the album and head behind the scenes to talk through their workflow and some of the tools they are using. Disclaimer: this podcast is not sponsored by anyone (all offers considered), and any products mentioned are simply part of the project workflow.

For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

What's The Story, Andrea Gibb?

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth get to work collecting real world sounds to turn into drones, textures and rhythms. They also receive a masterclass from scriptwriter Andrea Gibb.

Follow Andrea on the Twitter: @gibbzer

For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Audio Ident Day

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth figure out how they are going to approach writing the album together, and share their process for writing the podcast's audio ident.

For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

All A-board, Rob McCallum!

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth talk about lack of sleep and their hopes for a Captain Pike spin off. They also chat with storyboard and concept art legend Rob McCallum.

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For more information visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Twitter: @mkgasoundtrack

Instagram: @mkgasoundtrack

Facebook: @mkgasoundtrack

You can follow Rob McCallum and see his amazing artwork:

Twitter: @rob_mccallumart / @rob_mccallum

Instagram: @rob_mccallum

Also, check out Rob's IMDB profile, it's quite an amazing list!

Making A Soundtrack is produced by Gareth Davies & Dan Watts.

Introductions

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 03:00:00 +0100

Dan and Gareth are making a soundtrack! Join them on their journey as they figure out what it takes to compose a soundtrack for a TV drama. The TV drama is imagined; the work and the guests are real.

In this episode they talk about how they started out as composers, production library music and why they are starting a podcast about making a TV drama soundtrack.

For more information about the series and all of our fantastic guests, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.

Opening Scene

The Sound Boutique — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:53:00 +0100

The TV drama is imagined; the work and the guests are real.In mid-2019 composers Dan Watts and Gareth Davies met for lunch to discuss a collaboration idea. What if they could make a TV drama soundtrack without actually being commissioned? What if that collaboration could be journaled in some way to attract producers and influencers? What if it their experiences could help and inform other people?

The Making A Soundtrack podcast was born. Join Dan & Gareth as they find out what it takes to create a TV drama soundtrack.

For more information about the series, visit www.makingasoundtrack.com

Making a Soundtrack is part of the Music Room. Find out more at musicroom.community

Making A Soundtrack season 1 is produced by Gareth Davies and Dan Watts.