Why I Like Frank Zappa
Essay for Rock and Roll Globe: Why I Like Frank ZappaGetting into the iconic American composer in the age of “cancel culture”
‘The Raw Materials Were Her Life’: The New Billie Eilish Documentary Shoots for Storytelling with No Filter
Writer and director R.J. Cutler interviewed about his work on the Billie Eilish documentary, The World’s A Little Blurry for Los Angeles Magazine: ‘The Raw Materials Were Her Life’: The … Continue reading
From Outkast to Dionne Warwick, the Music of ‘Malcolm & Marie’ Spans Genres and Generations
Malcolm & Marie‘s editor, Julio Perez IV, interviewed about the music for the Netflix film for Variety: From Outkast to Dionne Warwick, the Music of Malcolm & Marie Spans Generations … Continue reading
Hear Us Out: ‘Cobra Kai’ Has a Music Problem
Joint op-ed on the needle drops of Cobra Kai with my editor, Shirley Halperin, for Variety: Hear Us Out: Cobra Kai Has A Music Problem Listen to the series soundtrack … Continue reading
Cobra Kai: Season Three (Netflix)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Cobra Kai: Season Three (Netflix) Watch the official trailer for Season Three.
Variety Music for Screens: Music Supervisors Elite Round Table
Music Supervisors Elite Round Table panel moderated for Variety Music for Screens Week 2020 featuring Joel C. High, Jen Malone, Madonna Wade-Reed, Amanda Krieg-Thomas and Robin Urdang. Videos from all … Continue reading
Laura Karpman Interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV Composer’s Lounge
Laura Karpman interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV: Composer’s Lounge, initially broadcast on September 25, 2020. Watch the introduction for the virtual conference here.
Will Bates Interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV Composer’s Lounge
Will Bates of Fall of Your Sword interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV: Composer’s Lounge, initially broadcast on September 25, 2020. Watch the introduction for the virtual conference … Continue reading
Composer Piers Baron: Music Provides the Narrative for Action Sports Films
Piers Baron interviewed for his composing work on action sports films, most recently, Teton Gravity‘s Accomplice, for Mix Magazine September 2020 Issue: Composer Piers BaronMusic Provides the Narrative for Action … Continue reading
Composer Will Bates: Analog and Electronic Source, Tied to Mood and Time
Will Bates interviewed for his composing work on the Hulu docu-series, Hillary, and the Netflix limited series, Unbelievable, for Mix Magazine September 2020 Issue: Composer Will BatesAnalog and Electronic Source, … Continue reading
Suzi Quatro on the New Documentary “Suzi Q”
Suzi Quatro interviewed for her documentary, Suzi Q, for Under the Radar: Suzi Quatro on the New Documentary “Suzi Q” Oft Imitated, Never Duplicated Watch the film on YouTube Movies or … Continue reading
The Story of the Go-Go’s Is Finally Being Told in a Way that Does It Justice
The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin, Gina Schock, Charlotte Caffey and Belinda Carlisle and director Alison Ellwood interviewed about their Showtime documentary for Los Angeles Magazine: The Story of the Go-Go’s Is Finally Being Told in a … Continue reading
Composer Paul Cantelon Leans on Greek Music Knowledge to Score Olympia Dukakis Doc
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Cantelon interviewed for his work scoring the documentary, Olympia, for Variety: Composer Paul Cantelon Leans on Greek Music Knowledge to Score Olympia Dukakis Doc Listen to, or download … Continue reading
Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero
Suzi Quatro documentary, Suzi Q, reviewed for Rock and Roll Globe: Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro Watch the trailer and … Continue reading
Soundtracking Skater Girls: How HBO’s ‘Betty’ Found Its Beat
Co-writer/director Crystal Moselle and composer Aska Matsumiya interviewed for their work on the HBO series Betty for Variety: Soundtracking Skater Girls: How HBO’s Betty Found Its Beat Listen to the amazing soundtrack for the series on … Continue reading
Behind the Music That Drives “Killing Eve”
Unloved‘s David Holmes and Faber Music‘s Catherine Grieves interviewed for their score composing and music supervision on the popular series, Killing Eve: Behind the Music That Drives “Killing Eve” We spoke with composer David … Continue reading
In Conversation: The Stars of the Original “Valley Girl” Movie Reunite
Valley Girl (1983) stars Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Heidi Holicker and Valley Girl (2020)writer Amy Talkington interviewed for Flood Magazine: In Conversation: The Stars of the Original “Valley Girl” Movie Reunite Deborah Foreman, … Continue reading
Betty (HBO)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Betty (HBO) Watch the official trailer, but the actual thing is way better.
Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV+)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV+) Watch the trailer.
Circus of Books (Netflix)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Circus of Books (Netflix) Watch the trailer here.
20 Revelations from “Coachella: 20 Years In the Desert”
Listicle on the documentary Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert for Flood Magazine: 20 Revelations from Coachella: 20 Years In the Desert On the day Coachella 2020 should have been kicking off, … Continue reading
Estevan Oriol and Mister Cartoon, a Pair of L.A. Originals, Tell Their Story
Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol interviewed for their Netflix documentary, L.A. Originals for Los Angeles Magazine Estevan Oriol and Mister Cartoon, a Pair of L.A. Originals, Tell Their Story Watch the trailer for the … Continue reading
Tribeca-Bound ‘Underplayed’ Puts Spotlight on Gender Inequality in Electronic Music
Stacey Lee interviewed about her documentary feature film, Underplayed, for Variety: Tribeca-Bound ‘Underplayed’ Puts Spotlight on Gender Inequality in Electronic Music Watch Lee’s 2015 documentary short, Live Fast, Draw Yung.
New Order: Decades (Showtime)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: New Order: Decades (Showtime) Watch the teaser trailer for the documentary.
Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know (Showtime)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Duran Duran There’s Something You Should Know (Showtime) Watch the trailer for the documentary.
Back to Life (Showtime)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Back to Life (Showtime) Watch the official trailer for Season 1.
BH90210 (Fox)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: BH90210 (Fox) Watch some great clips and preview of the show via its YouTube channel.
Veronica Mars (Hulu)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Veronica Mars Season Four (Hulu) Watch the official trailer.
Seven Things We Learned About Shangri-La and Rick Rubin from Showtime’s Series
Listicle on Showtime‘s docu-series, Shangri-La, for Variety: Seven Things We Learned About “Shangri-La” and Rick Rubin from Showtime’s Series Watch sneak peaks and snippets of the docu-series via Showtimes’s YouTube channel.
Shangri-La (Showtime)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Shangri-La (Showtime) Watch the official trailer for Shangri-La.
Western Music For Rockstar Games Red Dead Redemption 2
Woody Jackson interviewed at Vox Recording Studios for his music on Red Dead Redemption 2 for Mix Magazine January 2019 Issue Find out more about RDR2 here.
Ozark Season 2 (Netflix)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Ozark Season Two (Netflix) Watch the official trailer for Ozark Season Two.
Rise (NBC)
Reviewed for Under the Radar: Rise Watch the first trailer for Rise.
Will & Grace (NBC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Will & Grace (NBC) Watch a preview of the show.
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (NBC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (NBC) Watch the official trailer for the show.
Young Sheldon (CBS)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Young Sheldon Watch the official trailer for Young Sheldon.
In The Mix With The Sound Team For Preacher
Preacher‘s sound team Richard Yawn, Mark Linden, and Tara Paul interviewed for Mix Magazine September 2016 Issue: In The Mix With The Sound Team For Preacher Learn more about Preacher here.
The Music Of Vinyl
Vinyl‘s music supervisor Randall Poster and producer/engineer/mixer Stewart Lerman interviewed for Mix Magazine April 2016 issue: The Music Of Vinyl Listen to all the music from Vinyl on its Spotify playlist.
Music For Grand Theft Auto V: Crafting Epic Game Music From Soundtrack To Score
Rockstar Games‘ Ivan Pavlovich, Woody Jackson, Chain Gang Of 1974‘s Kamtin Mohager, Alchemist, and Flying Lotus‘ Steven Ellison interviewed for Grand Theft Auto V for the cover of Electronic Musician Magazine: Music … Continue reading
Gang Related (Fox)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Gang Related (Fox) Watch the official trailer for the show.
Penny Dreadful (Showtime)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Penny Dreadful (Showtime) Take a look at the entire first episode and judge for yourself.
Mixology (ABC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Mixology (ABC) Watch a trailer for the show here.
Growing Up Fisher (NBC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Growing Up Fisher (NBC) Watch a sneak preview of the show.
About A Boy (NBC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: About A Boy (NBC) Watch the trailer for the show.
Star-Crossed (CW)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Star-Crossed (CW) Watch the first trailer for the show.
Rake (Fox)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Rake (Fox) Watch the official trailer.
Once Upon A Time In Wonderland (ABC)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Once Upon A Time In Wonderland Watch the official trailer for the show.
Witches Of East End (Lifetime)
Reviewed for Under The Radar: Witches Of East End Watch an extremely short trailer for the show.
