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Right on Cue

Film and TV critic Clint Worthington (The Spool) talks to a new composer every week about the origins, challenges, and joys of their latest musical scores.

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Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil)

Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil)

You'll hardly meet a more ebullient man than Phil Rosenthal. He's got good reason to be happy: he's a multiple Emmy winn... Read more

29 May 2020

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Rosalind Chao (Thousand Pieces of Gold)

Rosalind Chao (Thousand Pieces of Gold)

Since we've been stuck inside for so long, I've longed for the open plains of the Western. Luckily, Kino Lorber's got ou... Read more

15 May 2020

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Michael Abels (Bad Education)

Michael Abels (Bad Education)

While composer Michael Abels was awarded "Discovery of the Year" at the 2019 World Soundtrack Awards for his eerie, mini... Read more

25 Apr 2020

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Mark Isham and Isabella Summers (Little Fires Everywhere)

Mark Isham and Isabella Summers (Little Fires Everywhere)

Hulu's intense, melodramatic miniseries Little Fires Everywhere aired its finale earlier this week, capping off the inte... Read more

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Tzi Ma (Tigertail)

Tzi Ma (Tigertail)

Just last month, in the early stages of America's encounter with the coronavirus, Chinese-American actor Tzi Ma had a ha... Read more

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Paul Leonard-Morgan (Tales from the Loop)

Paul Leonard-Morgan (Tales from the Loop)

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3 Apr 2020

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Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Picard)

Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Picard)

It's hard to find a more prolific genre TV composer than Jeff Russo. The guitarist-turned-composer has made quite a spla... Read more

27 Mar 2020

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Emily Ting (Go Back to China)

Emily Ting (Go Back to China)

When Emily Ting was in her twenties, she returned to her father's toy factory in China to help out with the family busin... Read more

6 Mar 2020

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Milan Ray (Troop Zero)

Milan Ray (Troop Zero)

Child stars can often have a rough road in their early roles, especially if they're 'the kid' of the film, surrounded by... Read more

8 Feb 2020

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Eli Bolin (John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, Co-Op)

The holidays are (at their best) a time of wholesomeness, gift-giving, and the nervous interactions between adults and c... Read more

27 Dec 2019

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Tom Harper (The Aeronauts)

Tom Harper (The Aeronauts)

In an age where film discourse gets divided between wholly original films and derivative spectacle based on existing pro... Read more

20 Dec 2019

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Naren Shankar (The Expanse)

Naren Shankar (The Expanse)

Science-fiction space opera on television is experiencing a real renaissance in the last few years, and at the tip of th... Read more

12 Dec 2019

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CIFF: Minhal Baig (Hala)

Apple's new streaming service Apple TV+ has leveraged its brand on a slate all-original content; while the last month ha... Read more

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