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Composer Conversations - Episode 5: Catching Up With Christopher Willis
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In this episode, David Coscina catches up with Christopher Willis on his recent work, which includes the incredible music for the episode DEMON 79 from the TV series BLACK MIRROR as well as his lyrical score for the feature animated film LAMYA'S POEM.
Willis is an Emmy Award-winning composer, arranger, songwriter, and pianist whose diverse career spans film and television soundtracks, interactive media, popular music, and concert works. He trained as a concert pianist at the Royal Academy of Music in London and later as a musicologist, earning a PhD in eighteenth-century music from Cambridge University.
His film work includes THE DEATH OF STALIN and THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, while his work in television spans projects such as VEEP, MICKY MOUSE CARTOON SHORTS, and SCHMIGADOON! He has also recently worked as an orchestral arranger on Eva Cassidy's I Can Only Be Me, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Enjoy the show!
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Composer Conversations - Episode 5: Catching Up With Christopher Willis
Cinematic Sound Radio - Soundtracks From Films, TV and Video Games
Manage episode 382388448 series 116485
In this episode, David Coscina catches up with Christopher Willis on his recent work, which includes the incredible music for the episode DEMON 79 from the TV series BLACK MIRROR as well as his lyrical score for the feature animated film LAMYA'S POEM.
Willis is an Emmy Award-winning composer, arranger, songwriter, and pianist whose diverse career spans film and television soundtracks, interactive media, popular music, and concert works. He trained as a concert pianist at the Royal Academy of Music in London and later as a musicologist, earning a PhD in eighteenth-century music from Cambridge University.
His film work includes THE DEATH OF STALIN and THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, while his work in television spans projects such as VEEP, MICKY MOUSE CARTOON SHORTS, and SCHMIGADOON! He has also recently worked as an orchestral arranger on Eva Cassidy's I Can Only Be Me, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Enjoy the show!
——
Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt DeWater, David Ballantyne, Joe Wiles, Maxime, William Welch, Tim Burden, Alan Rogers, Dave Williams, Max Hamulyák, Jeffrey Graebner, Douglas Lacey, Don Mase, Victor Field, Jochen Stolz, Emily Mason, Eric Skroch, Alexander Schiebel, Alphonse Brown, John Link, Andreas Wennmyr, Matt Berretta, Eldaly Morningstar, Jim Wilson, Glenn McDorman, Chris Malone, Steve Karpicz, Deniz Çağlar, Brent Osterberg, Jérôme Flick, Sarah Brouns, Aaron Collins, Randall Derchan, Angela Rabatin, Michael Poteet, Larry Reese, Thomas Tinneny, William Burke, Rudy Amaya, Eric Marvin, Stacy Livitsanis, Rick Laird, Carl Wonders, Michael Poteet, Nathan Blumenfeld, Daniel Herrin, Mike Kohutich, Scott Bordelon
——
Cinematic Sound Radio is fully licensed to play music by SOCAN.
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/cinematicsoundradio
Check out our NEW Cinematic Sound Radio TeePublic Store!
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cinematic-sound-radio
Cinematic Sound Radio
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Cinematic Sound Radio Fanfare and Theme by David Coscina
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Bumper voice artist: Tim Burden
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