Score: The Podcast - #3 | Rachel Portman is releasing her first solo album

#3 | Rachel Portman is releasing her first solo album

05/06/20 • 79 min

Robert and Kenny begin the show discussing Taika Watiti being chosen as the next Star Wars director, breaking down the rules changes for the Oscars, updating the flub announcement of Daft Punk scoring a new film and checking Score: The Mailbox.

Then, Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman joins to talk about her first solo album "Ask The River" releasing on 5/8, her trailblazing career that started with learning piano from a teacher in her small village and her hope to one day score a western.

This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio. Follow us on Twitter @ScoreThePodcast, or send Kenny and Robert your questions for the mailbox at [email protected].

Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes
Executive Producer: Matt Schrader
Coordinator: Carol Kuswanto

This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio. Follow us on Twitter @ScoreThePodcast, or send Kenny and Robert your questions for the mailbox at [email protected].

Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes
Executive Producer: Matt Schrader
Coordinator: Carol Kuswanto

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#2 | Jung Jae Il wrote the Parasite theme hungover

Robert and Kenny start off the show discussing the news of Daft Punk returning to film scoring, sharing shows they have been watching and check Score: The Mailbox for the first time.

Then, legendary film critic Leonard Maltin and his daughter Jessie, hosts of Maltin on Movies, join the show to discuss the future of film and cinema after the COVID-19 pandemic and Leonard explains why he believes movie theaters will survive.

Later, composer musician and music producer Jung Jae Il shares stories of his early years performing in a funk band, how he first connected with Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho on Haemoo, traveling to Macedonia to find the right sound for his Okja score and why a hangover may be the reason his Parasite score fit so perfectly in the 2020 Best Picture.

This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio. Follow us on Twitter @ScoreThePodcast, or send Kenny and Robert your questions for the mailbox at [email protected].

Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes
Executive Producer: Matt Schrader
Coordinator: Carol Kuswanto

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#4 | David Arnold has unfinished business with 007

Robert and Kenny begin the show discussing the HBO film Bad Education, which includes the latest score by Michael Abels. Over the weekend, Kenny also re-watched Avatar, a film Robert worked on with James Cameron and James Horner. Robert reveals that Beyoncé was the original choice for the end credits song, but she was too expensive.

Then, Emmy and Grammy-winning composer David Arnold (James Bond franchise, Independence Day, Stargate, Good Omens, Sherlock) joins the show to talk about the benefits of having his studio inside AIR Studios in London, why a record store clerk might be the reason he got his first James Bond film, how he wrote the theme from Independence Day in a dream and the pressure of being music director for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio.

Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes
Executive Producer: Matt Schrader
Coordinator: Carol Kuswanto