PANELIST:

Kevin Kiner

Composer

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“He would always say ‘impending doom.’ It was the most common phrase out of George Lucas. I’m like, ‘Okay, let’s go.’ " Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Sherri Chung

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“Our discovering the tone and the vibe was really those controlled moments of tension and controlled moments of comedy." Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Jeff Russo

Music by

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

"It could’ve been a really dark score, but that felt too much. That felt too on the nose. So then we tried to do something a lot more fun.” Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Carlos Rafael Rivera

Composer

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“Solving the problem of finding the tone, finding the characters, finding the themes and getting the approvals is what I love about this.”Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Blake Neely

Composer/Conductor

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“The hardest thing for me was figuring out how to make it, every pun intended, fly. That was my inspiration, flight.” Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Leopold Ross

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“He [sent] me the first footage and I’m watching the show like, f*cking hell, that’s Godzilla. It gave me a burst of adrenaline and I went on a tear of writing." Read Story Here

PANELIST:

David Fleming

Music by

MODERATOR: Peter White

"With the score, they didn’t want to do obvious versions of the big spy stuff. Francesca, really early on, was like, what’s the art school version of this?" Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Benj Pasek

Songwriter

Justin Paul

Songwriter

MODERATOR: Anthony D'Alessandro

“As songwriters and musical theater people, I just feel very grateful that in 2024 we have an audience at home rooting for a musical theater patter performance. I find that insane and incredible." Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Atticus Ross

Composer

Nick Chuba

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

"I think just getting at the emotional core of these characters and trying to think of it in sort of what just resonates when you’re watching it on screen.” Read Story Here

PANELIST:

Atli Örvarsson

Composer

MODERATOR: Peter White

“I tried to imagine possibly living in these conditions. It must be incredibly lonely, incredibly isolating. I go to more traditional solo instruments like piano and solo violin.” Read Story Here