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Behind the Score: Composing for Film and TV with Sean Segal
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My guest is Sean Segal, a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He shares his journey from picking up guitar as a kid to composing scores for film and television, revealing how he blends technical skill with creative innovation.
In this episode, we discuss:
• How Sean discovered music and the story behind building his own guitar
• His education and journey into film and TV scoring
• His creative process and approach to scoring for different stories
• How he develops unique sounds and brings his own voice to each project
• Behind-the-scenes of composing for My Spy: The Eternal City and what it was like recording at the legendary Abbey Road Studios
• Practical tips for improving as a musician
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For more information, visit the podcast episode webpage.
Chapters
1. Behind the Score: Composing for Film and TV with Sean Segal (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to Sean Segal (00:00:09)
3. Early guitar days (00:00:53)
4. Building his own guitar (00:02:33)
5. Pursuing music in college (00:04:10)
6. Journey to scoring for film and tv (00:06:03)
7. Approach to early projects (00:07:43)
8. The process of composing for film/tv (00:10:08)
9. Working with Martin Scorsese (00:14:19)
10. Scoring for My Spy: Eternal City (00:20:55)
11. Learning to play piano and other instruments (00:26:39)
12. Composing vs orchestrating (00:28:35)
13. Creating music outside of work (00:32:20)
14. Does someone need to know music theory to be good at guitar? (00:37:17)
15. Playing in bands (00:39:36)
16. Coping with nerves before performing (00:40:41)
17. Guitar advice and performance tips (00:41:33)
18. What does success look like? (00:47:51)
19. Upcoming projects (00:49:55)
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