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Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast 59: ‘Action Pack’ & ‘Bear Grylls Young Adventurer’ Composer Mike Barnett

12/14/21 • 23 min

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I'm away again this week (normal service will be resumed next week), so I'm releasing another behind the scenes podcast in place of the normal Geektown Radio podcast. The interview this week (recorded in-person for a nice change!) features composer Mike Barnett, who chats about a couple of his upcoming projects - 'Action Pack', which is a preschool animated superhero series coming to Netflix in January, and animated film 'Bear Grylls Young Adventurer: Endangered'.

Mike is a musician and composer of film, television and video games who, over the years, has garnered a reputation as a musical powerhouse working with some of the biggest companies in the entertainment industry.

Mike scores 'Action Pack', an animated series scheduled to premiere on 4th January 2022 on Netflix. With hearts, smarts and superpowers, the heroic kids of the Action Academy work together to battle the baddies — and even bring out the good in them!

In addition to that series, Mike most recently recorded with the Vienna Scoring Orchestra for the first in a series of animated feature films from BRON Creative/YBG Films’, titled 'Bear Grylls Young Adventurer', based around the famed survivalist. Set in a Hogwarts-like school in Castleton, UK, the young Grylls deals with the challenges of childhood, learn early life lessons, and embark on globetrotting escapades with a group of friends known as the Secret Ops Squad.

In 2016, Mike was nominated for an Annie Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production” for his score of Disney Juniors’ animated series 'Sheriff Callie's Wild West'. Mike's music can also be heard on Disney Juniors 'Mickey Mouse and the Roadster Racers', as well as the sequel 'Mickey Mouse Mixed Up Adventures'. His other work includes Scholastic Entertainment’s 'Clifford the Big Red Dog', Nickelodeon’s 'Adventures in Wonder Park' and 'Butterbean’s Café'; The Jim Henson Company/PBS Kids’ series 'Splash and Bubbles', and more.

Prior to setting out on his own, Mike worked at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control for Emmy-nominated composer James Levine on shows such as 'Glee', 'The Blacklist', 'American Horror Story', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Major Crimes', 'The Closer' and 'Damages'.

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Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast 58: ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ & 'Muppets Now' Editor Alexandra Amick

I'm away for a couple of weeks, so I'm releasing a few behind the scenes podcasts in place of the normal Geektown Radio podcast. I know we're heading towards Christmas, but on this episode of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast, I want to take you back a few weeks to Halloween, where I had the chance to chat with Alexandra Amick, editor of the wonderful Disney+ special, 'Muppets Haunted Mansion', along with the brilliantly fun 'Muppets Now'.

'Muppets Haunted Mansion' is, of course, set on Halloween night, where Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in The Haunted Mansion, inspired by all of the Disney Haunted Mansion attractions around the world. As a long-time collaborator and fan of the Muppets, Alexandra talks about the unique and creative challenge of editing these beloved characters.

The Muppets are known and loved for their humour, which is often a product of many ad-libbed and off-the-script moments while filming. It was Alexandra and her team’s job to select the best takes while keeping the overall narrative in mind. Additionally, the Muppets are obviously puppeted characters, so they have an inherent limitation on certain movements and angles they can be shot from, leading to a unique challenge for Alexandra and her team.

If you haven't been to watch the special yet, I really urge you to check it out, as it really is your favourite Muppet characters back on top form. I would also suggest checking out the wonderful 'Muppets Now', which is an unscripted sketch series featuring Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, Scooter, and the Swedish Chef, alongside many other Muppets and guest stars in something which has come the closest to the original and beloved variety show those older listeners amongst you grew up watching.

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Geektown Radio 324: ‘The Witcher’, ‘Free Guy’ Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!

We are back with our last regular Geektown Radio podcast of 2021, and to celebrate we have the return of a long-lost co-host, Twitch Streamer extraordinaire, Bex from TristaBytes, who joins me to chat through the last few weeks (or months in Bex's case!) on UK TV, along with the usual news and UK TV air dates!

We begin by reviewing the last few weeks in tv, film and gaming as I have been away. Bex chats about falling off things, both in real life and on classic 'Tomb Raider', which she has been playing on her stream. We also talk about the return of 'The Expanse', the film 'Free Guy' starring the ever watchable Ryan Reynolds, and discuss the mistreatment of 'Hawkeye' in the MCU, and how the new series is helping resolve that. Meanwhile, I chat through 'Superman & Lois', and the 'The Flash: Armageddon', which I managed to catch whilst on my travels (spoiler-free). I also give my thoughts on 'The Witcher' Season 2, and Season of the BBC comedy 'Ghosts'.

Over in the TV news, we run through the renewals, along with some cancellations and pickups. We also chat about The CW developing another Batman-adjacent series, run through some of the new geekier dramas coming to Sky in 2022, and discuss the new animated spin-off from 'The Boys'.

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