15: Stephanie Economou on "Jupiter's Legacy" and Building A Score

07/26/21 • 72 min

Stephanie Economou is a composer and violinist from Long Island, New York, and currently based in Los Angeles. Her study in widely varying musical styles including classical, experimental, folk and rock- create her unique hybridized compositional voice. Her work in film scoring extends from drama to action to comedy. In 2015, she was chosen as one of six fellows for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab at Skywalker Ranch. She is the composer of the new Netflix TV series Jupiter’s Legacy, based on the comic series by Mark Millar. She has written the music for the Lionsgate/Starz series Step Up: High Water and the second season of Manhunt: Deadly Games. Stephanie scored two episodes of the Disney+ documentary series Marvel 616 and she is a long-time collaborator of Golden Globe-nominated composer, Harry Gregson-Williams. Together with him, she composed additional music on scores including Disney’s live-action re-make Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, Jon Turtletaub’s The Meg, Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 2, Disney Nature’s Penguins, and Ridley Scott's Oscar-nominated film The Martian. Her music can also be heard in films The Zookeeper’s Wife, Live By Night, Catch-22, and Breath. In this episode, Stephanie and Nadine chat about her navigation through classical music and orchestral training to the film scoring world. They break down the steps of creating a score for a film and talk about contentious temp music, the differences between orchestration for live ensembles and electronic music, and prioritizing personal needs in a busy career. They extensively discuss her score for the new Netflix series Jupiter's Legacy. Finally, Stephanie shares about the Alliance for Women Composers and the need for visibility and inclusivity in the film composition world.

This episode contains music kindly provided by Stephanie Economou and includes excerpts from the following tracks: "Jupiter's Legacy" from Jupiter's Legacy, "Centennial Park" from Manhunt: Deadly Games, and "Illumination" from Jupiter's Legacy.

Stephanie Economou is a composer and violinist from Long Island, New York. You can check out her work on her website www.stephanieeconomou.com and on Spotify & YouTube.

Nadine Reumer is a Dutch actress and podcaster based between Amsterdam and New York City. For further information on her work & to get in contact, visit her website: www.nadinereumer.com

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Stephanie Economou is a composer and violinist from Long Island, New York. You can check out her work on her website www.stephanieeconomou.com and on Spotify & YouTube.

Nadine Reumer is a Dutch actress and podcaster based between Amsterdam and New York City. For further information on her work & to get in contact, visit her website: www.nadinereumer.com

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14: Geneva Peschka on Community & "UNSPOKEN"

Geneva is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker from Canada. Over her career, she’s brought her love for authentic storytelling to the documentary, commercial, and animation world. Her groundbreaking film UNSPOKEN follows the life of 14-year-old Emma Zurcher-Long as she challenges societal judgment surrounding autism. The film is co-directed by Emma- it’s stigma-breaking format is actively transforming the way society views autism. It’s currently available for educational distribution across North America through Video Project as well as KANOPY. Her most recent project, WOMXN, is a 12-part collaborative short documentary series designed to amplify the voices of the extraordinary everyday womxn. Geneva remotely directed the ADOBE | COMPLEX “When I See Myself” Collaborative Series (a 2021 Shorty Award Finalist) and the AUDIBLE | COMPLEX Campaign. In this episode, Geneva and Nadine take a deep dive into talking about the community that built her and the colorful teenage years that shaped her into who she is today. They talk about Geneva's questioning of all systems, and about saying yes to experiences that head your way. Geneva talks about her mission to share and manifest more joy, to uplift, and create real visibility. She talks about the pursuit for self advocacy in all aspects of her work, and shares about the magnificent Emma; how their collaboration created UNSPOKEN . Finally, they talk about her documentary series and podcast series WOMXN and Geneva’s journey to greater self love through it.

Geneva Peschka is a director and visual activist from Canada, based in Brooklyn, New York. You can check out her work on her website www.genevapeschka.com and on Vimeo.

Nadine Reumer is a Dutch actress and podcaster based between Amsterdam and New York City. For further information on her work & to get in contact, visit her website: www.nadinereumer.com

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16: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir on The Choreography of Editing and Choosing No Fear

Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir is a film editor from Iceland. Elisabet is one of today’s most fought after and acclaimed editors. Starting as a cinematographer, Elisabet instead found her footing in the editing room and with her edit of the Icelandic film "Reykjavík Rotterdam" and it's remake "Contraband" made the transition to Hollywood. Her experiences in editing dance films, short documentaries, and TV shaped Elisabet up to today being one of the biggest action cinema editors. She is the editor of the "John Wick" (2014), "Atomic Blonde" (2015), and "Deadpool 2" (2018.) She's also edited comedies like "Playing with Fire" (2019), TV drama’s like the Icelandic “Trapped” (2015-) and independent cinema like the film “Between Heaven and Earth” (2019.) She edited the upcoming Netflix female assassin film “Kate” (2021) and Marvel’s "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (2021.) In this episode, Elisabet and Nadine talk about her Icelandic roots and the WW2-army-barack-turned-movie theatre where she fell in love with cinema. They chat about the importance of people over product and the ultimate trait of pushing through fear. They talk about film editing in three parts- pre production, in production, and post production. Elisabet shares about how she edits big action sequences and the importance of collaboration with stunt teams in connection to her experiences on "John Wick" and "Atomic Blonde." She tells us about her health scare on "Deadpool 2" and about the life rules she carries with her into the editing room and every day life.

Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir is a film editor from Iceland. You can view her work nearly everywhere, like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. You can follow her on Instagram and IMBD.

Nadine Reumer is a Dutch actress and podcaster based between Amsterdam and New York City. For further information on her work & to get in contact, visit her website: www.nadinereumer.com

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