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Director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash, La La Land) discuss their collaboration on First Man—a score that explores the outer reaches of space and the inner reaches of a man’s grief with harp, theremin, and stuttering strings.

Director David Lowery and composer Daniel Hart discuss their collaborative partnership (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story), and their latest film, The Old Men & The Gun, which features a score inspired by Robert Redford’s own love of jazz… his jazz-like…

Brocker Way discusses his wild wild score for Wild Wild Country, the Emmy-winning Netflix documentary series about a utopian cult that settled in Oregon and went to war with the locals. The soundtrack is now available digitally and on vinyl.

Alec Baldwin discusses his personal history with classical and film music, his role as artistic advisor for the New York Philharmonic’s “The Art of the Score” series, and his take on whether film scores will ever truly join the concert hall repertoire. Then, in…

Hello, Music for Moving Pictures listeners. I recorded this interview with Danny Elfman in 2017, as he was preparing to leave for Prague to premiere his new violin concerto. I didn’t know it then, but it was really the prototype for this podcast—so I…

No film score exists without a director, and every director has their own take on how to use music, and what the purpose of music in film is. Peter Weir didn’t even hire a composer for his breakout film, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and…

Germaine Franco has the (sadly) rare distinction of being one of only two women with a high-profile film score this summer. In a crowded sea of superheroes, resurrected dinosaurs, and even an all-women heist movie—all scored by men, as usual—comes Tag… a comedy based…

Did you know that there are about a dozen festivals all over Europe that celebrate film music? Spain, Vienna, Krakow, Croatia, Ghent. Thousands of people flock to hear concerts of movie music, and to meet film composers from different countries—but often especially from Hollywood.…

Sandy DeCrescent has been the go-to orchestra contractor in Hollywood for almost 50 years. When John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith or James Horner or Henry Mancini were ready to record their latest film score, they called DeCrescent first. Based on the score’s specific needs,…

Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast, Music for Moving Pictures. Your…