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  • Interview with Aaron May + David Ridley – Scoring Netflix’ Adolescence

    Interview with Aaron May + David Ridley – Scoring Netflix’ Adolescence
    May 21 2025
    This episode of Sync Music Matters is an interview with Aaron May and David Ridley about scoring the Netflix series Adolescence and the power of collaboration Interview with Aaron May + David Ridley Aaron and David are the progressive composer duo responsible for scoring Netflix’ recent psychological crime drama Adolescence Other credits include ITVs Malpractice and the 4x BAFTA nominated feature Boiling Point. Aaron and David met at Bristol Uni, where they were doing a Masters in Composition. They played in bands together before collaboratively scoring their first short in 2017. Since then they’ve gone on to create bold, distinctive soundtracks blending contemporary classical and electronic elements . Their working practice puts an emphasis on experimentation and conversation, both with each other and their co-creatives in order to harness the power of collaboration. Website: Aaron May & David Ridley Instagram: aaron_and_david
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    1 h y 13 m
  • 22 – Interview with Ryan Dickinson – Finding a profession that fills you with joy

    22 – Interview with Ryan Dickinson – Finding a profession that fills you with joy
    May 7 2025
    Interview with Ryan Dickinson - Ryan Dickinson has spent the last 10 years working within the advertising and video game industries as a creative director, music composer and sound designer. He’s worked for world renowned companies such as MassiveMusic, EA Games and Squeak E Clean. He has also worked on sonic branding, helping to craft award winning sound for brands such as Kathmandu, The Australian Open & Canva (winning gold & silver Transform Awards) Ryan is the director of “made by ikigai” which is a full-service music & sound agency. Ikigai is a Japanese term that blends two words: “iki” meaning “to live,” and “gai” meaning “reason”, which translates to “a reason to live.” It's a concept that encourages people to discover what truly matters to them and to live a life filled with purpose and joy. In this interview with Ryan Dickinson We discuss ikigai and finding a profession that fills you with purpose. Ryan talks about being a freelancer, the importance of making yourself stand out and how personal branding can be a key component. Ryan and I both made a major career shifts into music later in life so we also talk about pivoting and how to make it work. Ryan Dickinson website Ryan Dickinson on Instagram Jim Hustwit is the host of Sync Music Matters
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    1 h y 8 m
  • 21 – Interview with Vanbur – Scoring Netflix Series One Day

    21 – Interview with Vanbur – Scoring Netflix Series One Day
    Apr 23 2025
    Interview with Vanbur - In this episode of Sync Music Matters I'm chatting to Vanbur aka Jessica Jones and Tim Morrish. We’ll be chatting about their work on One Day, the Netflix adaptation of the novel by David Nichols which interestingly, seems to resemble their story. We’ll also be digging into their creative process, the power of collaborating and the liberating power of restricting yourself creatively. We also chat Jaffa cakes... again! Vanbur is the artist project of composers Jessica Jones and Tim Morrish. Their sound can best be described as ethereal vocals floating on a bed of contemporary and haunting cinematic score. They recently worked alongside Anne Nikitin on the score for Netflix’s One Day and also had a number of their Vanbur tracks featured as part of the soundtrack. Independently they’ve worked on shows like the long running comedy drama series Brassic, Netflix’s true crime show American Nightmare, Tinder Swindler and Jimmy Saville: A british Horror Story They are also working on a new album due out at the end of 2025. Listen to Vanbur on Spotify
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    1 h y 10 m
  • 20 – Interview with Arn Andersson – How to feed Creativity and Passion

    20 – Interview with Arn Andersson – How to feed Creativity and Passion
    Apr 8 2025
    This episode of Sync Music Matters is an Interview with Arn Andersson Arn Andersson is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, composer and music producer. In pursuing a passion as a profession we are treading the line between art and commerce and sometimes we can focus so much on the commerce that we lose sight of the passion. Arn talks about his journey and not being afraid to try new things but also pivot if necessary. Arn has some deep insights on creativity and shares his daily practice of the Morning Five. Essentially writing a piece of music whilst restricting himself to just five instruments. He developed it as an antidote to overthinking his creative process. Arn has some deep insights on creativity and shares his daily practice of writing a piece of music whilst restricting himself to just five instruments. We also chat about his current documentary project of exploring different musical cultures from around the world. He’s written music for trailers and libraries of which some credits include the Netflix natural history documentary “The Living World”, The Lego Movie (the second part) and The Netflix documentary Beckham. Arn has also dabbled in sound design, has worked with artists and labels and is the co-founder of Evenant which is a platform for providing education and tools for aspiring creatives in Music & Art. Today, Evanant has a community of over 300,000 people across over 100 countries, and an educational library of over 360 hours of content. Interview with Arn Andersson (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:52) What was your path into music? (00:13:09) Five Layers composing technique (00:21:18) Under The Skin - Finding Rhythm (00:35:42) Cofounding Evanant courses (00:45:57) Resources that have helped you in your career\ (00:48:43) Getting a Taste - Music and art that has shaped you creatively (00:54:06) Creativity practice You can listen to Arn's Music here: Website Arn on Instagram
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    1 h y 1 m
  • 19 – Interview with Sam Stockham – AI, Music Branding and Industry Changes – Involved Publishing

    19 – Interview with Sam Stockham – AI, Music Branding and Industry Changes – Involved Publishing
    Mar 25 2025
    This episode of Sync Music Matters is an Interview with Sam Stockham the creative Sync and Licensing manager at Involved Publishing Sam began his career in music at Columbia Records as an A&R assistant whilst studying for a music business degree Post university he then began working in commercial rights and business affairs for the BBC. He later joined Universal Production Music where over 12 years he rose through the company to biome Head of Music Supervision. Whilst at UPM he worked across all forms of media, syncing thousands of hours of music in film, tv and advertising and building relationships with some of the biggest broadcasters, production companies and brands in the UK and around the world. In 2024 he joined independent music publisher Involved Publishing as their Creative Sync & Licensing Manager. As well as the publishing roster he is also responsible for sync across the groups iconic Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep and Anjunachill The roster includes a wide variety of artists, producers and writers such as Above & Beyond, Seven Lions, Dusky, Yotto, CRi (pronounced creee), Durante, Qrion, Jason Ross, Lane 8, Nicky Elisabeth, Cephas Azariah, Caitlin Stubbs, Mark Barrott, Sophia Bel, Joe Brown, Mark Zito, Dylan Matthew, and Sam Burger to name just a few. Interview with Sam Stockham (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:58) What was your route to music? (17:21:12) Under The Skin - how has the sync landscape changed? (27:43:12) How will AI Shape Music? (30:28:00) Royalties - TV vs Online (36:54:00) Is branding important in music? (40:40:19) Getting a Taste - What music and art has shaped you?
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    1 h y 5 m
  • 18 – Interview with NYX – Scoring Dope Girls and Exploring Duality

    18 – Interview with NYX – Scoring Dope Girls and Exploring Duality
    Mar 10 2025
    This episode of Sync Music Matters is an interview with NYX's Sian O'Gorman about the scoring of the BBC series Dope Girls NYX is a collective of experimental vocalists and electronic artists based in London. In Greek mythology, NYX is the primordial goddess of the night, born from chaos giving birth to light and day. And it’s this duality which inspires their creativity.NYX blend traditional vocal techniques with cutting-edge sound design, and in doing so they craft sonic worlds that bridge the ancient and the futuristic In 2020 their collaborative album Deep England with Gazelle Twin was named one of The Guardian’s top ten contemporary albums and in 2021 NYX received Film London’s Breakthrough Talent Award. They have just completed their debut TV score for the BBCs Dope Girls due out in the first half of 2025 and are due to release their debut album NYX in March 2025 Some of Sian's musical influences which aren't mentioned in the show include:Her hero Joe Hisaishi "I listen to my Miyazaki film soundtracks almost daily"The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance OST by Daniel PembertonMica Levi's Zone of Interest score "My mind was completely blown"Colin Stetson forever! Centred around care, connection, and collaboration, the collective creates immersive sonic landscapes that traverse the full spectrum of human emotion – from the depths of grief to ecstatic joy. Their work balances ritualistic intensity with playful exploration, offering audiences a transformative experience to ground themselves in the power of sound and embodiment. Drawing on influences from psychoacoustics, somatic practices, and experimental sound design, NYX operates at the intersection of composition and improvisation. At the heart of NYX’s artistry is a distinct compositional process led by music director Sian O’Gorman. Each piece begins as a deeply personal act of vocal experimentation and layering, evolving into dynamic sonic landscapes shaped collaboratively with performers. This process blends improvisation with precise direction, resulting in music that feels both curated and alive. (00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:00) Interview with NYX - What was your path into music (20:19:06) Under The Skin - Dope Girls and the debut Album NYX (56:16:00) Getting a Taste - What music and art has influenced you? You can find out more and listen to NYX on their website www.nyx-edc.com/ NYX on Instagram Follow me for Podcast updates Jim Hustwit
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    1 h y 14 m
  • 17 – Composing the Music for The End We Start From with Anna Meredith

    17 – Composing the Music for The End We Start From with Anna Meredith
    Jul 29 2024
    Anna Meredith Interview In this weeks episode of Sync Music Matters I'm talking to Anna Meredith MBE Anna was awarded an MBE for Services to Music in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She’s a genre-crossing composer and producer whose work blends the worlds of contemporary classical, art pop, electronica and experimental rock. In terms of her artist work you can check out Varmints for which she won the Scottish Album of the Year award and Mercury Prize nominated album FIBS which Pitchfork lauded as one of the best experimental albums of 2019 Recent Film credits include The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer, Paul Rudd’s dark comedy Living With Yourself for Netflix and A24s Tuesday starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which is due to be released this year. Anna Meredith's Website
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    1 h y 11 m
  • 16 – Working with Composers on Game of Thrones – Last Watch and Your Fat Friend with Jeanie Finlay

    16 – Working with Composers on Game of Thrones – Last Watch and Your Fat Friend with Jeanie Finlay
    Apr 23 2024
    In this episode of Sync Music Matters I’m interviewing Jeanie Finlay Jeanie Finlay is a documentary filmmaker. She has made films for HBO and the BBC including four commissions for the acclaimed BBC Storyville strand such as BIFA nominated The Great Hip Hop Hoax and BIFA winning Orion: The Man Who Would Be King She directed the Emmy Nominated Game of Thrones: Last Watch which was a behind the scenes look at the making of the final series. Her most recent film, Your Fat Friend, is in cinemas now and is a documentary following author and blogger Aubry Gordon who writes about fat acceptance and anti fat bias. During the course of this interview we also delve in to Jeanie's rich musical past and her general love of creating. In Episode 17 of the Sync Music Matters podcast - Interview with Anna Meredith, we discuss her work as a genre-crossing composer and producer, and chat about her MBE for services to Music in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She also won the Scottish Album of the Year award and has a Mercury Prize nominated album FIBS for her own artist project.
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    1 h y 16 m
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