Season 4 Episode 10 | James Newton Howard says be great at making a demo
- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min read
Kenny and Robert begin the show discussing recent scores they've been checking out including Jordan Peele's take on Candyman by composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and HBO's popular series The White Lotus by composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer.
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Then, 9x Oscar-nominated composer and friend of the show James Newton Howard (News of the World, Jungle Cruise, Raya and the Last Dragon, Fantastic Beasts series, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, King Kong, The Hunger Games series, The Sixth Sense, Signs) joins the show sharing why he dropped out of USC after three months on a music scholarship, revealing a question he once asked that immediately got him fired from an early film scoring gig, discussing how he connected with Metallica to collaborate for Jungle Cruise and why that may not be the last time they work together, and defining the most important skill a film composer should master.
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I love how James Newton Howard emphasizes demo quality - it's something I've been thinking about while working on my own tracks lately. The way he breaks down the creative process really resonates with me, especially when I'm trying to capture that raw energy in pieces like "Idols of Ash" that need to hit hard right from the first draft.
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