Kenny Wood on arranging for Brian Tyler, composing for a Disney movie

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On the Soundiron Podcast Craig and Nathan hang out and interview great minds in film composing, mixing, mastering, and all things music tech. You’ll get recommendations, inspiration and insights from each weekly episode.

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Kenny Wood on arranging for Brian Tyler, composing for a Disney movie

Soundiron Podcast

44 minutes 23 seconds

2 years ago

Kenny Wood on arranging for Brian Tyler, composing for a Disney movie

In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Kenny Wood - a composer, arranger, and author from Los Angeles, CA. We chat about working with Brian Tyler, scoring a new holiday movie, balancing work and family, arranging on the Super Mario Bros movie, Kenny's writing process, the Teammates community, and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:39) How did you start working on Brian Tyler's team?

* (04:19) Disney's The Naughty Nine movie

* (06:11) Genre-twisting music

* (10:28) Typical day in the life?

* (12:40) Did having a child change how you write?

* (14:04) Are you from a musical family?

* (15:29) Primary instrument

* (17:34) Super Mario Bros movie

* (19:26) How much project juggling?

* (20:20) Using Mario motifs

* (22:58) Prefer movie or TV schedule?

* (24:33) What's your process at the very beginning of a project?

* (25:41) DAW of choice?

* (28:03) Origins of the Teammates FB group & Discord

* (33:09) Advice for new composers?

* (36:46) How important is a good sizzle reel?

* (40:58) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (42:13) Video game you're enjoying?

* (43:10) What's next for Kenny?

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