Compose Yourself

05/03/21 • 63 min

Composers and musicians Linda Buckley and Emmett Cooke focus on different areas of music; one having pieces played by BBC Symphony Orchestra and the other receiving an award for best original score at LA Film Awards. Both share open and honest insights into what it means to successfully make your living from the creation of music.

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Leading by Best Made Samples

Music by BAFTA and Ivor Novello nominated composer Christian Henson features on a host of TV shows, films and video games, from Poirot to Alien: Isolation. He co-founded the music technology company Spitfire Audio. Such is the success of Spitfire that professionals like Hans Zimmer ring them to ask to collaborate. Christian's practice and approach provides an outstanding example of a diverse, rewarding, ethical and sustainable life in music. In this episode he maps out that approach.

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Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ announced a competition to find new theme music for one of their flagship TV shows. You'd imagine that a state funded organisation would devise a set of terms and conditions that promotes best industry practice for musicians rights, especially in a project involving their concert orchestra. You'd be wrong. Sarah Glenane CEO of the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland details how RTÉ's approach is more than a little tone deaf.