Ep. 363 - Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams "The Gilded Age"

Ep. 368 - Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum "Big Mistakes"

Grammy-winning composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum is a Juilliard-trained composer whose work spans film, television, animation, and the concert hall. Nora has built an incredibly diverse career scoring projects including Marvel’s What If...?, Don’t Look Deeper, Prisoner’s Daughter, and Stockholm, Pennsylvania. She’s also collaborated extensively with composer Laura Karpman on acclaimed projects for HBO, Marvel, and Sundance-premiering documentaries. Beyond her composing work, she serves as an advisor at the Sundance Institute and mentors emerging artists through YoungArts. Today, we’re discussing her work on the new Netflix series Big Mistakes which is about two directionless siblings Nicky and Morgan who get blackmailed into the world of organized crime.

Ep. 367 - John Paesano "The Boroughs"

John Paesano is a BAFTA-winning and Emmy- & Grammy-nominated composer whose work spans some of the biggest franchises in film, television, and gaming. His credits include Marvel's Daredevil and The Defenders, Amazon's Invincible, the Maze Runner films, the Planet of the Apes franchise, and PlayStation's acclaimed Spider-Man trilogy, for which he earned a BAFTA Award and a Grammy nomination. He also composed music for Disney's Avengers Campus and most recently created the score for Netflix's new mystery-adventure series The Boroughs from creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews and executive producers the Duffer Brothers. On this episode, we discuss crafting the musical world of The Boroughs, his love of classic orchestral storytelling, and why he approached this score as if it were being written in 1988.

Ep. 366 - Maja Meschede "Lord of the Flies"

BAFTA-winning costume designer Maja Meschede discusses her work on the new series adaptation of one of the most read books in modern literary history - Lord of the Flies, now streaming on Netflix. Some of her past credits include the film Fury, Netflix's Black Mirror, HBO’s Catherine the Great, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Paramount+ series The Burning Girls and Hulu series A Thousand Blows.

Ep. 365 - Alex Bonifer "Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat"

Actor and comedian Alex Bonifer currently stars in the Amazon Freevee series Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat. Alex plays Dougie Jr., the awkward but lovable heir apparent to the Rockin’ Grandma’s hot sauce empire — a character that’s already earned rave reviews from outlets like The AV Club, Collider, and The Daily Beast for balancing absurd comedy with genuine heart. Outside of Jury Duty, Alex is a member of the Main Company at The Groundlings and has appeared in shows including No Good Deed, Superstore, and Kevin Can F**k Himself opposite Annie Murphy.

Ep. 364 - Julie Tucker "The Beast in Me"

Julie Tucker is an acclaimed casting director whose work spans film and television, helping shape performances and ensembles across a wide range of projects. Her previous credits include Law and Order: SVU, The Big C, Damages, Nurse Jackie, The Americans, White Collar, The Affair, Hunters, Dexter: Next Blood and The Equalizer. She discusses her work on her latest project - Netflix miniseries The Beast in Me starring Clare Danes, Matthew Rhys, Natalie Morales and Brittany Snow.