Listen "Composer for Marvel, DC and Star Wars"
Episode Synopsis
David Glen Russell is a composer and orchestrator for film, TV and video games. He spent a few years in Richmond before moving to LA to work on such projects as Spiderman 3, Dr. Strange, Wednesday and numerous Star Wars series. We discuss:
– What classic guitar solo changed his life
– The movie that got him interested in composing
– The difference between a composer and an orchestrator
– What is a sequence programmer does
– Working with John Williams and Danny Elfman
– Telling the difference between an electronic and live orchestra
– Composing for the horror genre
– The difference in writing for video games
– His experience on Star Wars series, including The Clone Wars and Bad Batch
– Going to Europe to record orchestras
LINKS:
David’s website
David’s IMDB page
My review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
– What classic guitar solo changed his life
– The movie that got him interested in composing
– The difference between a composer and an orchestrator
– What is a sequence programmer does
– Working with John Williams and Danny Elfman
– Telling the difference between an electronic and live orchestra
– Composing for the horror genre
– The difference in writing for video games
– His experience on Star Wars series, including The Clone Wars and Bad Batch
– Going to Europe to record orchestras
LINKS:
David’s website
David’s IMDB page
My review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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