Weekly Comet Highlights
“Revenge” composer iZler answers your tweets!
In a bonus post show edition of The Weekly Comet, Tamara and John sit down with iZler to address the twittersphere’s question about the hit show Revenge. iZler is a rock star turned composer whose credits include Humboldt County, Revenge, and Shameless. In this edition, he talks about the differences between scoring films and television,…
Read MoreClip of the Week with Jason Kramer
The Weekly Comet mainstay KCRW DJ Jason Kramer is back with his Pick of the Week: Keaton Henson. During this segment Tamara has a laughing fit and starts to cry. You have to watch to find out why.
Read More“Rock of Ages” Matt Sullivan – Music Supervisor Interview
Grammy nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan talks “Rock of Ages” covering everything from Tom Cruise belting out “Pour Some Sugar” on me, the secret behind the monkey named “Hey Man,” why the strip bar scene was a sound effect challenge, and they the Twister Sister/Jefferson Starship mash-up is one of the biggest songs in the…
Read MoreCongratulations Hawk Koch – President of The Academy
emPOWERme.tv and Jonathan McHugh spend the day at the annual Produced by Conference on the Sony Pictures lot. We caught up with Hawk Koch, the newly named President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Congrats!
Read MoreJason Kramer’s Pick of the Week
Then The Weekly Comet mainstay KCRW DJ Jason Kramer is back with his Pick of the Week: Dirty Porjectors. Tamara and Jason also talk about the new Silversun Pickups album, Chester French and King Charles.
Read More“Spy Hunter” Composer Ryan Shore Interview
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome Grammy-nominated composer Ryan Shore, who talks about his latest project – the score to action-driven combat driving video game “Spy Hunter.” Shore received a 2012 Grammy Award nomination for best soundtrack score for “The Shrine.” He graduated in 1996 from the Berklee College of Music…
Read MoreElectro Pop Rockers Maniac Interview
Electro pop rockers Maniac is in the house! Founding members, Jake Grigg, who hails from Sydney, Australia, and Oakland’s own Shawn Harris, talk about what is was like writing music via Skype. Plus, Shawn reveals how me made the video to “Thank Each Mistake” solely with an Ipad app called Brushes. Jake and Shawn are…
Read MoreInterview with composer iZler
Tamara and John sit down with iZler, fresh off his win at the BMI awards for his work on Revenge. iZler is a rock star turned composer whose credits include Humboldt County, Revenge, and Shameless.
Read MoreInterview with Composer Kevin Manthei
Film, TV and video game composer Kevin Manthei, talks scoring “Ultimate Spider-Man” which airs on Sundays at 11:00 a.m., ET/PT on Marvel Universe on Disney XD. Plus he brings out two very special guests, his daughters Piper, age 12, and Keller, age 10. Piper lent her composing skills to The Cartoon Network’s action show “Generator…
Read MorePick of the Week: The Orwells’ – Mallrats (La La La)
This week, taste-maker Jason Kramer shares his pick, indie rockers The Orwells’ are highlighted. This Chicago based group packs a punch with a sound reminiscent of The Stooges and Velvet Underground.
Read MoreInterview with NARM’s Jim Donio
Jim Donio, president of music business association NARM, sits down with The Weekly Comet. He talks about the 2013 NARM convention to take place in Los Angeles in May; Taylor Swift’s new album “Red,” which is expected to sell over one million copies in its first week; and consumer campaign “Give the Gift of Music,”…
Read MoreInterview with “Dexter” Composer Daniel Licht
Co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh welcome “Dexter” composer Daniel Licht to The Comet Couch. The seventh season of Showtime’s Emmy-winning series “Dexter” premiered to over 2.9 million viewers, making it the network’s number one telecast for the year. And award-winning compoer Daniel Licht provides the thrilling score to our favorite killer, using such odd…
Read MoreJason Kramer’s Pick of the Week: Little Green Cars and Fink
Jason Kramer chooses his Pick of the Week on The Weekly Comet! He talks about the band Little Green Cars whose new album has been released by Glassnote Records. It has been produced by Markus Dravs who has also produced huge bands such as Mumford and Sons, Coldplay, and Arcade Fire. Little Green Cars has…
Read More“Pitch Perfect” Music Supervisors Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan Interview
Music supervisors Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan sit on the Comet Couch to talk about the upcoming film “Pitch Perfect”, which will be released October 5. Julia Michels is an independent music supervisor who has been in the business over 20 years. Her credits include “Alvin & The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”, “Sex & The City (1&2)”,…
Read MoreInterview with Dirty Heads’ Jared Watson
Jared Watson, lead singer of of hip-hop, reggae and alternative rock group the Dirty Heads, tells the Weekly Comet about the making of “Cabin By The Sea” and collaborating with Del the Funky Homosapien, KyMani Marley, Rome, as well as Matisyahu. In fact the band will be on the road with Matisyahu starting July 5.…
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