Composers in a Jukebox

Follow Composers in a Jukebox
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Calling all music lovers!! Join us (Darren Sng, Luke Mombrea, Levent Altuntas, and Jolene Khor) as we dissect a jukebox from the inside, through conversations about the things we do for a living - writing music for the stage and the screen.

Darren Sng, Luke Mombrea, Levent Altuntas, Jolene Khor


    • Mar 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 30 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Composers in a Jukebox with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Composers in a Jukebox

    Gordy Haab On Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, And Writing Music With Pen And Paper (In Collaboration With London Soundtrack Festival)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 14:54


    Another great episode in collaboration with the London Soundtrack Festival - Today, we are in the company of Gordy Haab, composer of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Jedi: Fallen Order, and Indiana Jones And The Great Circle. Join us as we explore Gordy's unique music and workflow, as well as the art of co-composing on this episode!

    Stephen Barton On Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Gladiator II, And Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Soon To Be Released (In Collaboration With London Soundtrack Festival)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 68:45


    Our London Soundtrack Festival adventure continues in Abbey Road Studios, where we spent an afternoon with composer Stephen Barton in his writing room. In this conversation, we speak to Stephen about his music for Star Wars Jedi; Survivor, Jedi: Fallen Order, Gladiator II, and teasing the new currently unreleased Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra game.

    Stephanie Economou On Composing Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLCs, Collecting Instruments, And Working With Harry Gregson-Williams (In Collaboration With London Soundtrack Festival)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 33:54


    Join us for the first in a series of special episodes in collaboration with the London Soundtrack Festival! Today, we are joined by Grammy-winning composer Stephanie Economou (composer of Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLCs: Dawn Of Ragnarök) whom we spent an evening nerding out about writing music for video games, collecting weird and wonderful instruments, collaborating with Harry Gregson-Williams.

    Gary Yershon On Scoring Mr Turner And The Power Of Independent Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 68:10


    From freeing oneself from traditional harmonic principals, intelligently misleading instrumental combinations, to the most brilliant parallel between melody writing and the art of brewing tea - Gary Yershon (Mr Turner, Another Year, The Great Blueness) joins us in one of our most stimulating conversations on the craft of composing for films, theatre, and concert stages yet!

    Alexandra Harwood On Ballets, Films, And Music Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 81:55


    We are in the studio of BAFTA-Wales winning composer Alexandra Harwood! Come along as we take a deep dive into Alexandra's work on ballets such as 'Geisha', film/television shows including 'All Creatures Great And Small' and Mike Newell's 'The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society', as well as our common experiences in educational institutions such as the Royal College Of Music, UCLA, and the National Film And Television School.For the first time in Composers In A Jukebox history, we are also joined by a gorgeous golden retriever, Brinkley, who makes a lovely cameo in this episode!

    Familiar Instruments, Unfamiliar Sounds - Exploring The Music Of Flemming Nordkrog

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 68:01


    From subtones on a bass clarinet to electronic processing of strings, Flemming Nordkrog's compositional language is packed with colouristic vibrance and charm. Join us as we discover Flemming's work on scores such as 'Everybody Loves Touda', 'Tidsrejsen', and 'Shine Your Eyes', alongside his work in building the Nordic Film Music Days, a shared space for composers in the Nordic countries.

    'Wizardry', 'Assassin's Creed', And 'God Of War' In The Words Of Composer Winifred Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 61:13


    From the original 'God Of War', 'Assassin's Creed III: Liberation', and 'Little Big Planet 2', Winifred Phillips has composed music for some of the largest video game franchises. We are astronomically honoured to have been in the joyful yet insightful presence of Winifred, chatting about her wealth of creative work in the game music industry, including her most recent project 'Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord'.

    assassins composer god of war wizardry little big planet winifred phillips creed iii liberation
    We Messed With Our Theme Tune...And Got This?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 33:13


    We gave ourselves a redesign!! Say goodbye to our original opening theme tune and hello to a brand new re-orchestrated version featuring Jolene on piano, Luke on guitar, Darren on flute, and Levent on violin, recorded at the prestigious LSO St. Luke's. In this episode, we listen our new recording for the first time, and reflect upon the art of recording chamber music.

    From 'Baba Yetu' To A New 'Turandot' With Christopher Tin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 64:37


    From games like 'Civilisation VI', films such as 'Crazy Rich Asians', and albums including 'The Lost Birds', Christopher Tin's body of work is as inspiring as it is expansive. Today we are joined by the composer himself, who spoke to us about the creative process behind some of his most iconic pieces of music including 'Baba Yetu', and his new take on completing Puccini's 'Turandot'.

    The Magic Of Nicholas Hooper's Musical World From 'Harry Potter' To 'Dawnings'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 65:00


    A recent Composers In A Jukebox road trip took us to the shed where the scores for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", and "The Half-Blood Prince" were written, as we spent a wonderful afternoon with composer Nicholas Hooper himself! Join us as we dive into the musical world of Harry Potter, and also catch up with Nick's recent musical pursuits including composing an extensive collection of solo piano music and poetry titled "Dawnings".

    The Music Of Baldur's Gate 3 And Divinity Original Sins II With Composer Borislav Slavov

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 53:18


    Music director of Larian Studios Borislav Slavov joins us today, in a chat about his highly acclaimed work on games such as Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sins II.

    A Comprehensive Look At Assisting And Composing For Films With Mike Ladouceur

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 58:41


    From 'Mission Impossible Fallout', 'Black Widow', to 'Cold Brew', and 'Somewhere In Between', Mike Ladouceur has seen from all perspectives as a composer and assistant to others. In this episode, we ask the big questions - Is it necessary to be a composer's assistant to break into the industry? How to pitch yourself as a composer? Are showreels still relevant in this day and age? How to structure music in an original album? Come along and find out!  

    How The Cue Tube Is Shaping Our Film Music Community With Bryan Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 49:42


    A community resource for film composers, The Cue Tube has been making huge waves among the film music industry over the past few years. Today we chat with founder Bryan Waters, reflecting on the good work of The Cue Tube including its annual Score Relief competitions, original rescore practise clips, and more!

    Collaborating With Hans Zimmer Vs Writing Original Music With Matt Dunkley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 38:50


    We are excited to welcome back Matt Dunkley to the podcast, in a conversation about his long term collaboration with Hans Zimmer as an orchestrator and conductor on films such as No Time To Die, Inception, and The Dark Knight. We also hear about Matt's set of album works 'Cycles', taking a peek into his life as a composer of original music.

    Eric Whitacre On Composing For Choirs, Winds, And Orchestras

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 60:18


    From 'The Seal Lullaby', 'Sleep', to 'Ghost Train', Eric Whitacre's music has become a staple in today's choral, wind, and orchestral repertoire. We sat down the with the composer of these modern classics himself, in an electrifying conversation about his approach to composition, transcription, and orchestration. There truly is so much packed within this episode - you have to listen to it all :p

    WTF Are We Composing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 65:59


    There is no Composers In A Jukebox without composers. Join us as we discover what everyone has been spending the past year writing as we sink our ears into the music of...us! 

    Matt Dunkley On Orchestrating 'Barbie', 'Across The Spider-Verse', And More

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 40:52


    Join us on today's episode as we meet with the man whose work spans some of the most celebrated films of the decade including 'Barbie', 'Spiderman: Across The Spider-Verse', 'Andor', 'No Time To Die', and many more. Matt Dunkley is not only a leading orchestrator and conductor of film and media music, but also a wonderful man to have shared the studio with!

    Scoring Video Games, With 'Horizon Call Of The Mountain' Composer Alistair Kerley

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 51:13


    An expert in writing music for video games, Alistair Kerley joins us for a chat about his work on 'Horizon Call Of The Mountain', 'Beyond A Steel Sky', and 'Miasma Chronicles', among other inspiring insights on getting small(er) orchestras to sound large, and the composer's relationship with game design softwares.

    What It Really Takes To Write Orchestral Film Music With Matthew Slater

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 59:53


    We are joined today by Matthew Slater, composer and conductor of the series "Endeavour", and managing director of Charts of London. In this episode, we explore the ins and outs of writing for the orchestra and discover the best ways to learn this craft.

    Trailer - The "Composers In a Jukebox" Journey So Far

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 0:37


    We all love listening to music don't we? What about listening to the people who create the music we love? Join Darren, Levent, Luke, and Jolene from 'Composers In A Jukebox' as they take you into the depths of their world in film and media music!

    On Fusion Music With Christina Liang

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 51:18


    The fusion of Eastern and Western musical elements to form a cohesive whole is no easy task. Today we chat with Christina Liang, a highly sought after Taiwanese composer who enlightened us about her career, family, and how she mastered the art of writing fusion music.

    Chats About Charts! (music preparation, orchestration, and recording)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 57:35


    Our adventures as music podcasters take us to Charts of London, a leading company in music preparation, orchestration, and conducting services. It was a pleasure to be joined by the team from Charts including Matthew Slater, James Jarvis and Natalie Brown, talking about their work on film and TV such as Black Panther II: Wakanda Forever, Emancipation, Frozen Planet II, Endeavour, and more!

    Morgan Kibby On Film Scoring, And Her New Album!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 48:48


    Composer and producer Morgan Kibby joins us for an inspiring chat about her work on film and TV such as Amazon's recent series 'The Power', 'Tales Of The Walking Dead', and 'Mothering Sunday'. We also took a peek at her new album 'Rookie' as a singer/songwriter, which she released this month under the name Sue Clayton.

    We Messed With Some Instruments...And Got This!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 39:18


    A studio packed with instruments is a dangerous place for composers. Watch as we ignite our spontaneous creative inspiration, while we sit together an engage in a never-before-seen improvisation session as a 'Jukebox Quartet'. We hope you enjoy one of our most unique episodes to date (and some might say out of all of podcast history)!

    Interview With Tony Nominated Composer Lindsay Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 59:24


    We are privileged to have sat with the ever so charismatic composer Lindsay Jones, speaking about his double Tony nominations for "Slave Play" (best original score and best sound design), as well as his process of scoring "Marvel Wastelanders", amidst other work for film, television, theatre, video games, and podcasts.

    Composers (on CONDUCTING!) in a Recording Studio - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 36:41


    As composers, we sometimes engage in other activities on top of writing. Conducting and recording our music (or other people's music) is part and parcel of our work, which we're excited to sit around for the second time this morning and geek out about in today's episode!

    Composers (on CONDUCTING!) in a Recording Studio - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 34:58


    As composers, we sometimes engage in other activities on top of writing. Conducting and recording our music (or other people's music) is part and parcel of our work, which we're excited to sit around and geek out about in today's episode!

    Four Questions About Film Scoring

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 42:58


    Today, we scratch our heads over four questions about our profession - scoring music for films. Join us (Jolene, Darren, and Luke) as we dive into raw and honest conversations about collaborating with directors, managing deadlines, taking advantage of temp music, and the effectiveness of musical "themes" in this day and age.

    "Soaring Dragon Leaping Tiger" - Album Launch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 60:07


    In this episode, we celebrate the launch of Jolene Khor's new album "Soaring Dragon Leaping Tiger". Today's jukebox tracklist includes music that combines Chinese instrumental traditions with epic, lush, and cinematic orchestral backdrops, alongside other experimental electronic and orchestral music by Darren Sng and Luke Mombrea.

    Trailer - "Composers in a Jukebox"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 0:38


    A tiny bit of audio simply to draw you into our podcast :p Enjoy!

    Claim Composers in a Jukebox

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel