110. Daniel Pemberton: Film, TV & video Composer

Episode 109 has Fender Jackson talking with film composer Daniel Pemberton during a chance encounter when both of them met coincidently in the state51 factory on Brick Lane, London.

Conversation includes: introductions; the Motion music reviews website set up by Dan Hill and Simon Hopkins; Daniel’s early career as a writer; buying his first Korg Wavestation; Daniel’s current situation work-wise; his preferred way of working; choosing projects that allow for personality; ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’; ‘Scarborough’ being a film that should be more popular than it is; working with Danny Boyle, Himesh Patel and Adem Ilhan on ‘Yesterday’; ‘Slow Horses’; ‘Great British Menu’; how composing for TV was an apprenticeship for composing for movies; composing for ‘Steve Jobs’; Aaron Sorkin; how he composes for movies; taking criticism; building a lot of parts early on before you build the plane; composing for TV and movies vs. composing for record companies; the 30th anniversary of ‘Bedroom’; tape hiss; ‘Bedroom 2’; not having been excited by the record industry; performance royalties; ‘The Awakening’; ‘Great British Menu’; artists making money vs. venture capitalists; birthday parties; the state51 factory on Rhoda Street - the north end of Brick Lane; Andy Warhol as well as other topics.

Relevant Links

https://danielpemberton.com/

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Face to face recording in the state51 factory on Brick Lane at 4.50pm on Thursday the 19th September 2024.

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