Soundtrack

Atticus Ross

1/28/2010
Justin Key

Atticus Ross has made his name in the music world as a producer, engineer and musician. He scored his first feature-length film, The Book of Eli, with help from his wife and brother. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Justin Key spoke with Atticus about making music for a film, the joy and challenges of working with family, and what it takes it make it in the modern music industry.

Justin Key: The Book of Eli is your first score for a major motion picture. What prompted the move and how would you describe the experience thus far?

Clinton Shorter

1/24/2010
Cristen Kleindienst

Clinton Shorter has been composing film scores for 12 years, beginning with Come Together in 2001. He scored the sci-fi thriller District 9, which has won several film critics awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Cristen Kleindienst spoke with Clinton about coming up with the music for a movie as unique as District 9.

Cristen Kleindienst: How did you get involved with scoring District 9?

Christopher Young

1/23/2010
Allison Manchel

Christopher Young is an award-winning film composer. He is known for his work on horror movies such as Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddie's Revenge, the Hellraiser series and Urban Legend, but his music is also heard in other great films such as The Shipping News (for which he was nominated a Golden Globe in 2001) and Creation (now playing in theaters).

TheCelebrityCafe.com's Allison Manchel spoke with Christopher about his joy of making music, his diverse filmography, and how he helps young composers with a love for movies.

Marvin Hamlisch

1/22/2010
Morgan Ribar

Marvin Hamlisch is the Superman of composing. True to form, Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh asked Hamlisch to write and compose the score for his latest movie, The Informant!, a true story about the company executive whistleblower to the FBI, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon). The original score by Hamlisch is composed of upbeat, jazzy songs that captivate the characters emotions and enhance the movie

John Debney

1/21/2010
Marjorie Quinn
Academy Award-nominated composer does it all!

Academy award nominated John Debney is considered one of the most sought after composers in Hollywood. His unique ability to create memorable work across a variety of genres, as well as his reputation for being remarkably collaborative, have made him the first choice of top level producers and directors.

His work includes the scores for The Passion of the Christ (for which he was nominated an Academy Award), Sin City, Elf, and Old Dogs. He recently did the score for The Stoning of Soraya M and Iron Man 2.

1/21/2010

Mithoff, Bob

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Bob Mithoff, Conductor and Film Score Composer for such films as “New York Cop,” “Dragonfight,” “Dead Giveaway,” “Something for Nothing” and “FenderBender 500,” talks about classical music, composing and writing music at TheCelebrityCafe.com.

DM) Why did you choose to put the five movies, "New York Cop," "Dragonfight," "Dead Giveaway," "Something for Nothing" and "FenderBender 500" on the compilation as opposed to some of your other movies?

BM) These are just some of my favorite scores - because on each of these films I was allowed to be totally original, and I was pretty much given free expression. I always try something completely different for each picture, depending upon what I think it really needs.

Clausen, Alf

12/1/1999
Dominick A. Miserandino
'The Simpsons' have survived the test of time in TV land for many reasons. A significant contributor to that success is the fun and imaginative music behind Homer and the gang. We took the show's music composer Alf Clausen out of the studio for a while to get some fresh air, tell us about a new Simpson's CD, and give us a glimpse at future projects

DM) I know you write the music, but do you also write the lyrics?

AC) The songs' lyrics are written by the writers of the scripts and are always incorporated into the scripts as story points. I receive script pages containing the song lyrics, and I then compose the music to the lyrics.

DM) Since you must work under tight deadlines, are there any songs that you wish you had recorded a different way but couldn't because of the time element?

AC) The time pressures have both positive and negative effects on the creative process.

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