SCL Screening + Q&A: SONIC STORYTELLERS: EMMY NOMINATED MUSIC & AUDIO IN TV

Composers

ANŽE ROZMAN & KARA TALVE

CHRIS BACON

LEO BIRENBERG & ZACH ROBINSON

Music Director

RICKEY MINOR

Score Mixer

PHIL MCGOWAN

MODERATED BY KAYA SAVAS

(Film.Music.Media)

The Landmark Westwood

1045 Broxton Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Wednesday, August 23, 7:00PM PT

Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct.

Prehistoric Planet (Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman & Kara Talve)

Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies. TV-PG | 203min

Wednesday (Chris Bacon)

While attending Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago. TV-14 | 45min

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson, Phil McGowan)

The unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, "Weird Al" Yankovic rebels and makes his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him. TV-14 | 108min

The Oscars® (Rickey Minor)

The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards®, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, and Top Gun: Maverick. NR | 170min

Kara Talve is an in-demand composer and multi-instrumentalist for film and TV and, as a leading composer at Bleeding Fingers Music, has strengthened a variety of projects through her extraordinary talent and keen collaboration abilities. Most recently, she scored Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet alongside Hans Zimmer and Anže Rozman, which was narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Jon Favreau in conjunction with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. The score, which features custom-built, otherworldly instruments blended with an 80-piece orchestra has received global acclaim, including a win for Best Original Score for a Documentary Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs) and a nomination for the 2022 Bulldog Television Broadcast Awards. The soundtrack of Prehistoric Planet has, to date, claimed over 80 million streams.

Kara's passion for creating powerful storytelling experiences is best demonstrated by her ability to bolster the musical identities of narratives across a variety of genres and mediums. Now serving as composer on the iconic animated series, The Simpsons; her styles have ranged from the iconic orchestral sound of the show across nearly every other genre imaginable (including their famous annual Treehouse of Horror episodes). Upcoming releases for Kara include Baz Luhrmann’s anticipated Faraway Downs and Adrift directed by Emmy-winning, documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy.

Anže Rozman is known for elevating projects across film and television and through his work at Bleeding Fingers Music, has scored a wide range of tentpole projects. Most recently, he co-scored Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet alongside Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve. Narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Jon Favreau in conjunction with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, the score to Prehistoric Planet features custom-made instruments made from fusing fossils, bones, and rocks with modern orchestral instruments (such as the aptly named Raptor Violin, Hadros Cello, and Fat Rex), designed to aurally transport the listener 66 million years back in time. The score for Prehistoric Planet received global acclaim, including a win for Best Original Score for a Documentary Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs) and a nomination for the 2022 Bulldog Television Broadcast Awards. To date, the soundtrack of Prehistoric Planet has claimed over 80 million streams. Anže’s other notable projects include BBC’s The Universe and The Planets.

Chris Bacon is a four-time Emmy-nominated composer who recently earned an Emmy nomination in the “Outstanding Music Composition For A Series” category for co-composing the uniquely macabre score to Netflix's smash-hit series, Wednesday. Bacon received Emmy nominations in 2012 for his underscore for the hit NBC musical series Smash; and again in 2016 for the massively popular A&E thriller series Bates Motel. He received an additional Emmy nomination in 2018 for his infectious Main Title for Amazon Prime's The Tick. Notable credits include scoring Sony Pictures' sci-fi thriller 65, directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods; John Foss/Gravitas Ventures’ sports drama Strong Enough; Don Hahn’s Disney documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty; Paramount’s animation-adventure feature, Sherlock Gnomes directed by John Stevenson; Rob Reiner’s Being Charlie; co-composing scores for F. Gary Gray's blockbuster feature, Men In Black: International; episodes of the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events; the ABC limited drama series, When We Rise; Kelly Asbury’s Gnomeo and Juliet; Jonathan Levine's Snatched, and more.

Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson are two of the most exciting names in film music today. Their music is featured in Netflix’s global-hit series Cobra Kai, where their gargantuan score takes center stage to tell the epic struggle of karate supremacy in the San Fernando Valley. With an emphasis on originality and fun, the longtime collaborators have brought their talents to a diverse slate of exciting movies and shows, including Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Bumper in Berlin, based on the Pitch Perfect film franchise, The Boys: Diabolical, and Die Hart. The in-demand duo are attached to a number of unique new series, including Florida Man, from writer and producer Donald Todd, Twisted Metal, based on the classic popular video game, and the high-octane action-comedy Obliterated, from Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg. The two have a knack for showmanship and have performed several concerts of their Cobra Kai score at historic venues in Los Angeles. They have twice been invited to the MOSMA Film Music Festival in Málaga, Spain to perform alongside composers Marc Shaiman, John Debney, Daniel Pemberton, Harold Faltermeyer, and Roque Baños. Guitar World, Variety, Keraang!, and a number of other publications, have all done extensive features about their work. They have also been recently recognized for their achievements with nominations from the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA), Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs), and the ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award.

Leo and Zach are also talented song producers. In 2020, they collaborated with superstar Carrie Underwood on a cover of the 1980s classic "The Moment of Truth". They produced an EP for the songwriting duo Samsel/Anderson for their new hit Broadway show Between the Lines. Leo and Zach produced all of the music for the series Sing It!, working with the vocal talents of Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young, and Diamond White. They have written original songs for a number of their projects, including the J-Pop bop "Kimokawaii" for The Boys: Diabolical. Most recently, they collaborated with legendary songwriter and singer Paul Anka on a new version of his classic, "My Way".

In addition to working together, Leo and Zach each pursue their own projects. Leo has scored the Emmy-nominated series Pen15, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, and the films Anything’s Possible, Mack & Rita, and Plus One. Zach has scored the series Good Sam, the Norwegian comedy The Oilfund, and the films Run and Gun and Lange Flate Ballær III. He was nominated for an LA Area Emmy for his score to KCET’s Artbound: Light and Space. In addition, Zach’s 1980s-inspired electronic music project D/A/D, is considered one of the most accomplished in the synth-wave genre and has received accolades from Pitchfork and NPR. They were introduced in the studio of Emmy-winning composer Christophe Beck, where they worked as writers, arrangers, and producers and contributed additional music to a number of major films, including Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, Ant-Man, and The Peanuts Movie. Both Leo and Zach currently reside in Los Angeles, CA.

Rickey Minor is an Emmy Award-winning music director who recently earned an Emmy nomination for Music Direction for the 95th Academy Awards®. He won the Emmy in 2020 for The Kennedy Center Honors and in 2017 for Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America. Minor has garnered a total of 15 Emmy nominations. Minor has conducted the Oscars and served as music director for the Grammy Awards, the Super Bowl, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, American Idol, Homeward Bound: A GRAMMY Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon, and more. Minor has worked with the biggest music talent in the world, including Beyonce, Usher, Adele, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Janelle Monae, Demi Lovato, Chance The Rapper, Keith Urban, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Khalid, Katy Perry, Sting, Jennifer Lopez, H.E.R., Arianna Grande, John Legend, Carrie Underwood, Lenny Kravitz, Gladys Knight, Brandi Carlisle, Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Ella Mai, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Elton John, Common, Andra Day, Cynthia Erivo, and Ed Sheeran

Phil McGowan is an Emmy-nominated score mixer and recording engineer/producer who recently received an Emmy nomination for Score Mixing Roku's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Over the years, McGowan hascollaborated with numerous prolific composers including Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans, Stephen Barton & Frederik Wiedmann, Trevor Morris, Jack Wall, Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson, Anthony Willis, Atli Örvarsson, Bobby Tahouri, and more. Notable score mixing credits include Netflix’s Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated series Ozark, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2020 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series; and the martial arts comedy-drama series Cobra Kai, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2021 in the same category; HBO Max’s documentary feature Tina, which earned him an Emmy nomination in 2021 for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program; Paramount+ Star Trek: Picard; Blizzard Entertainment’s video game Diablo IV; Focus Features’ drama feature Blue Bayou; Universal Pictures’ Oscar and Golden Globes-nominated revenge thriller Promising Young Woman; 30 West’s Wild Indian; HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice; History Channel’s Vikings; Treyarch/Activision’s video game Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War; and more.

*** SCREENING + Q&A INFORMATION ***

Check-in begins 6:30PM.

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