PANELIST:

Diane Warren

Songwriter

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“They don’t all say yes. The famous one is I had to hold Cher’s leg because she hated ‘If I Could Turn Back Time.’ ” Read More Here

PANELIST:

Laura Karpman

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“There is a rich history of merging jazz with film scoring and concert music... . “It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to bring them together.” Read More Here

PANELISTS:

Mark Ronson

Co-Composer/
Songwriter

Andrew Wyatt

Co-Composer/
Songwriter

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“The Ken character just sunk his dopey hooks into me. It’s so wonderful to write a song from the tragic person who doesn’t get what they want in the film.” Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Joseph Shirley

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“That was one of the scariest moments of me working on the movie was reproducing a Dr. Dre beat, but then the [other] scariest thing was then I had to send it to Dr. Dre." Read More Here

PANELIST:

Diane Warren

Songwriter

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“I am kind of annoying. I’m annoying in the right way. I’m annoying because I care. I really want to be a part of something.” Read More Here

PANELIST:

Gary Clark

Songwriter/
Composer

MODERATOR: Matt Grobar

"John had the idea of calling different people that had influenced him as a kid, but I was only one of the calls. He asked me to write a song ... and he loved it and just said, ‘Will you come on to do the whole movie?’” Read More Here

PANELIST:

Mark Graham

Orchestrator/
Conductor

MODERATOR: Peter White

"I had to talk Robbie into it, make him believe that if Marty wants you to do this, what you do is what he needs.” Read More Here

PANELIST:

Martin Phipps

Composer

MODERATOR: Matt Grobar

"We went with something simple, something almost like a gangsters-type level of tune. We use trumpets and a simple waltz. We got into his head a little bit.” Read More Here

PANELIST:

Anthony Willis

Composer

MODERATOR: Matt Grobar

“She’s such an egalitarian. She has dirty synth. She loves French horns, she likes pompous music, all that wonderful stuff to tell stories with." Read More Here

PANELIST:

Michael Giacchino

Composer

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“I always say it doesn’t matter if it’s a rat cooking in a kitchen, or if it’s Captain Kirk on the Enterprise, they’re all real people to me. This film, they were real people.” Read More Here

PANELISTS:

Damian Kulash

Co-Director/Co-Composer/ Songwriter

Nathan Barr

Co-Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“The job of the score was not to offset that stuff but rather to make it unclear when you’re in a pop song and when you’re not.” Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Lukasz ‘L.U.C’ Rostkowski

Composer

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“I was always too hip-hop for jazz, too jazzy for hip-hop.” Read More Here