In Person
In addition to teaching at USC, I often host film- and TV-music concerts, conduct live-on-stage composer Q&As, and lecture on film music in venues around the world. Click on each headline for more information and commentary.
A podcast award… and now a Webby nom!
April 13, 2023 at 10:51 am
Signing “Music for Prime Time”
March 24, 2023 at 6:48 pm
“Lawrence of Arabia” at Academy
March 22, 2023 at 6:14 pm
Book signing Thursday, March 23!
March 18, 2023 at 9:01 am
With Sally Stevens at Vibrato
March 13, 2023 at 1:11 pm
Discussing Oscar songs on NPR
February 27, 2023 at 2:49 pm
New book signing!
February 27, 2023 at 11:48 am
Music for “Andor”
January 18, 2023 at 7:09 am
A Spielberg-Williams interview for Cinematheque
January 13, 2023 at 11:03 am
Q&As with composers and songwriters
December 20, 2022 at 2:17 pm
“For Scores” Podcasts
December 15, 2022 at 10:16 am
Steiner documentary debuts on TCM
December 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Current issues in film scoring from five composers
November 30, 2022 at 2:09 pm
Recording a new “Peter Gunn” for our time
October 14, 2022 at 1:43 pm
“Sound of 007” documentary debuts!
October 5, 2022 at 9:54 am
Interviewing Laura Karpman at PMC
September 23, 2022 at 11:46 am
At D23 with Toprak, Bates & Karpman
September 9, 2022 at 11:35 amBasil Poledouris Concert
July 22, 2022 at 11:00 pm
New podcasts with the “Frozen” songwriters, composer
December 11, 2019 at 6:15 pm
Howard Shore on “The Song of Names”
November 19, 2019 at 10:22 am
John Lunn’s music for the “Downton Abbey” movie
November 15, 2019 at 8:11 am
Director and composer of “Motherless Brooklyn”
November 12, 2019 at 9:49 am
Danny Elfman’s Masterclass
October 31, 2019 at 10:50 am
Nicholas Britell on “The King”
October 31, 2019 at 10:01 am
Interviewing Hildur Guðnadóttir at Variety music event
October 30, 2019 at 8:01 am
Alan Silvestri on “Avengers: Endgame”
October 25, 2019 at 8:54 am
Randy Newman on “Marriage Story”
October 19, 2019 at 7:20 am
Pinar Toprak at Production Music Association event
September 27, 2019 at 7:53 am
The music of “Fosse / Verdon”
August 20, 2019 at 7:36 pm
Hosting a new film-music podcast!
August 20, 2019 at 11:39 am
Music of “A Million Little Things”
June 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm
“The Bad Seed” with Leanna Primiani
May 21, 2019 at 6:31 pm
Book signing at Maltinfest!
May 12, 2019 at 6:42 pm
Revisiting the U.N.C.L.E. Car, 50 years later
May 4, 2019 at 7:17 pm
Unveiling “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time”
April 30, 2019 at 6:10 pm
“Our Planet” with Steven Price
April 17, 2019 at 5:52 pmRemembering Andre Previn
March 7, 2019 at 8:27 amTalking Oscar songs on “Here and Now”
February 22, 2019 at 3:01 pm
Ludwig Goransson on “Black Panther”
February 15, 2019 at 5:16 pm
Marc Shaiman on “Mary Poppins Returns”
February 14, 2019 at 5:31 pm
Nicholas Britell on “If Beale Street Could Talk”
February 12, 2019 at 5:40 pm
Lorne Balfe’s “Mission: Impossible” score
December 14, 2018 at 7:28 pm
Music in “Black Panther”
December 6, 2018 at 10:31 am
Interviewing Nicholas Britell about “Vice”
November 28, 2018 at 7:34 am
Max Richter and “Mary Queen of Scots”
November 15, 2018 at 7:16 am
Carter Burwell and “Buster Scruggs”
November 9, 2018 at 10:22 amThe legacy of Bernard Herrmann
November 4, 2018 at 10:59 am
Variety’s Music for Screens Summit
October 30, 2018 at 7:12 pm
Interviewing Hurwitz, Chazelle on “First Man”
October 14, 2018 at 7:26 pm
Honoring Lolita Ritmanis
October 8, 2018 at 7:43 pm
Interviewing Tyler Bates
September 27, 2018 at 7:31 pm
Interviewing Randy Newman!
August 20, 2018 at 7:10 pm
Emmy-nominated music in “Once Upon a Time”
August 17, 2018 at 10:10 am
Interviewing Pasek & Paul, Emmy nominees
August 14, 2018 at 10:01 am
Music in “Crisis on Earth-X”
June 13, 2018 at 6:57 pm
Music in “Black Lightning”
June 9, 2018 at 7:13 pm
Interviewing John Williams at BMI
May 10, 2018 at 7:31 pm
Quoted in TV Guide!
April 30, 2018 at 7:37 pm
“Counterpart” Q&A with composer Jeff Russo
April 25, 2018 at 9:17 am
Interviewing composer David Amram
March 15, 2018 at 7:07 pm
On “CBS Sunday Morning”
March 4, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Discussing the song nominees on NPR
February 22, 2018 at 5:18 pm
“Wakefield” with Aaron Zigman, Robin Swicord
January 24, 2018 at 7:38 am
Bruce Broughton Honored
January 22, 2018 at 10:43 am
Pasek & Paul on “Greatest Showman”
December 19, 2017 at 10:46 am
Interviewing Branagh about “Orient Express”
December 9, 2017 at 8:15 am
Interviewing “E.T.” musicians
November 21, 2017 at 8:06 am
Interviewing the music team from “Coco”
November 11, 2017 at 3:05 pm
Alexandre Desplat on “Shape of Water”
November 9, 2017 at 2:50 pm
Interviewing Patrick Doyle for “Orient Express”
November 8, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Paul Williams on movie songwriting
October 14, 2017 at 7:10 pm
With Mychael Danna at PMA Conference
October 7, 2017 at 8:23 am
Zimmer & Wallfisch on “Blade Runner 2049”
October 4, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Talking “Apes” with Michael Giacchino
July 26, 2017 at 5:02 pm
Talking to Sundance Fellows at Skywalker
July 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Stephen Schwartz on “Wicked,” “Prince of Egypt”
June 15, 2017 at 11:13 am
Interviewed in new film-music doc “Score”
June 15, 2017 at 10:49 am
Live-to-picture “Handmaid’s Tale”
June 9, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Women composers at ASCAP Expo!
April 15, 2017 at 7:22 am
Marni Nixon career interview
March 23, 2017 at 7:10 am
On NPR’s “Here and Now”
February 22, 2017 at 7:22 am
Video interviews with Oscar-nominated composers
February 17, 2017 at 7:41 am
Interviewing Michael Giacchino on “Rogue One”
December 19, 2016 at 7:16 am
Interviewing Burt Bacharach for “Po”
December 1, 2016 at 12:51 pm
“Jungle Book” with Debney, Sherman & Favreau
November 22, 2016 at 10:01 am
“Waterfront,” “Casablanca” with the LA Phil
November 21, 2016 at 5:30 am
“Hidden Figures” with Zimmer, Pharrell & Wallfisch
November 20, 2016 at 9:05 am
“Rebel Without a Cause” by the LA Phil
November 18, 2016 at 3:05 pm
Behind the scenes of “Moana” music
November 15, 2016 at 10:40 am
Hosting “Back to the Future” live
November 13, 2016 at 7:02 am
Interviewing Justin Timberlake for “Trolls”
November 6, 2016 at 5:55 am
Intro’ing films at the Autry Museum
October 30, 2016 at 6:37 am
Intro’ing Elmer Bernstein films in Santa Barbara
August 30, 2016 at 9:47 am
Jeff Beal, Tom Selleck and “Jesse Stone”
August 20, 2016 at 10:44 am
With Howard Shore and the Pittsburgh Symphony
June 28, 2016 at 12:00 pm
The editor is also the composer!
May 25, 2016 at 7:09 am
Interviewing composers at the BMI awards
May 13, 2016 at 6:08 pm
Hosting the Elmer Bernstein series in Santa Barbara
May 10, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Career interview with composer John Scott
May 8, 2016 at 10:32 am
Henry Jackman on “Captain America: Civil War”
May 7, 2016 at 4:34 pm
On KCRW with Madeleine Brand
May 2, 2016 at 5:00 pm
An interview with James Newton Howard
April 12, 2016 at 9:14 am
Talking superhero music at WonderCon!
March 25, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Film Music Foundation interviews
February 21, 2016 at 7:25 pm
Discussing Oscar nominees on Classical KUSC
February 5, 2016 at 7:15 am
Q&A with Alexandre Desplat on “Danish Girl”
January 12, 2016 at 11:36 am
On ITV’s James Bond song special
December 18, 2015 at 11:12 am
The Danna brothers and “Good Dinosaur”
November 20, 2015 at 9:56 amCarter Burwell Q&A for “Carol”
November 14, 2015 at 10:29 am“Spectre” songwriters Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes
November 5, 2015 at 8:27 pmDan Romer, “Beasts of No Nation”
October 16, 2015 at 6:18 pmDaniel Pemberton and “Steve Jobs”
October 10, 2015 at 12:42 pmHarry Gregson-Williams on “The Martian”
October 4, 2015 at 7:09 amMichael Giacchino on “Star Trek”
September 28, 2015 at 5:31 pmInterviewing Tom Holkenborg on “Black Mass”
September 20, 2015 at 9:59 amInterviewing Brian Tyler at PMC
September 10, 2015 at 12:55 pmElmer Bernstein film fest in Santa Barbara
September 2, 2015 at 7:24 amA new “Batman” music documentary!
August 24, 2015 at 8:01 amAt “U.N.C.L.E.,” D23 weekend events
August 18, 2015 at 4:39 pmTalking “Mission: Impossible” with Joe Kraemer
August 7, 2015 at 9:01 amInterviewing “Terminator” composer Lorne Balfe
July 3, 2015 at 12:19 pmTalking about James H.
June 25, 2015 at 6:49 pmInterviewing Alexandre Desplat
May 14, 2015 at 2:24 pm
At the Newport Beach Film Fest
April 25, 2015 at 8:15 amTalking music for Disney animation
March 16, 2015 at 12:00 pmASCAP Film & TV Awards
March 10, 2015 at 8:30 pmInterviewing Mike Post
February 19, 2015 at 8:18 amThe music of “Theory of Everything”
February 3, 2015 at 8:11 pmTalking Elmer Bernstein with Paul Williams
January 27, 2015 at 10:37 amInside the Music: On the Waterfront
December 13, 2014 at 2:55 pmHosting AYS’s Elfman finale
November 23, 2014 at 11:00 pmMarco Beltrami and “The Homesman”
November 17, 2014 at 7:25 amMaster class with John Powell
October 24, 2014 at 9:00 amCelebrating John Williams on KUSC
September 29, 2014 at 2:00 pmProducing and hosting a concert of “U.N.C.L.E.” music
September 29, 2014 at 6:00 amOn the 50th anniversary of “Goldfinger”
September 17, 2014 at 11:00 amInterviewed by MI6
August 7, 2014 at 12:00 pmInterview on “Q Score”
August 4, 2014 at 2:45 pmTalking TV themes on CNN
May 28, 2014 at 5:00 pmTelevision Academy Concert at Royce Hall
May 23, 2014 at 10:00 amHonored by BMI
May 15, 2014 at 12:00 pmInterviewing John Powell at ASCAP Expo
April 24, 2014 at 3:00 pmInterviewing Carl Davis at TCM Classic Film Festival
April 12, 2014 at 5:00 pmTalking Oscar music on KUSC
March 1, 2014 at 3:00 pmHosting the San Francisco Symphony
February 16, 2014 at 12:00 amInterviewing Bruce Broughton
January 18, 2014 at 7:00 pmHosting Elfman concert at Royce Hall
November 24, 2013 at 11:00 pmInterviewing Randy Newman
October 27, 2013 at 11:00 pmInterviewing Bill Conti
September 30, 2013 at 11:00 pmQ&A: Blake Neely and “Mission of Hope”
June 12, 2013 at 11:00 pmWith John Williams at RMA Live
October 21, 2012 at 8:00 pmWith Arnold and Newman on Classic FM
October 19, 2012 at 8:00 pmHosting the Bond event at the Academy
October 6, 2012 at 9:00 amInterviewing Danny Elfman at AYS
May 9, 2012 at 5:00 pmDoing “Upbeat Live” for the L.A. Phil
December 9, 2011 at 11:00 pmInterviewing Marilyn & Alan Bergman
September 1, 2011 at 11:00 pmInterviewing Dave Grusin
March 22, 2011 at 11:00 pmHosting the final AYS Goldsmith event
March 16, 2011 at 6:00 amA Centennial Salute to Alex North
September 25, 2010 at 10:00 amHosting AYS’s second Goldsmith concert
May 4, 2010 at 7:00 amInterviewing Laurence Rosenthal
May 12, 2009 at 11:00 pmHosting AYS’s Goldsmith concert
December 11, 2008 at 7:00 amLecturing before L.A. Opera’s “The Fly”
September 2, 2008 at 12:00 pmCelebrating TV themes at the Television Academy
October 11, 2007 at 11:00 pmMiklos Rozsa Centennial at the Academy
August 18, 2007 at 10:00 am“James Bond’s Greatest Hits”
November 18, 2006 at 11:00 pmFranz Waxman Centennial at the Academy
October 20, 2006 at 10:00 amWorking with Phil Ramone on “The Score”
March 30, 2003 at 5:00 amDiscussing film music at the Kennedy Center
February 1, 2003 at 8:00 amOn “Inside TV Land”
November 10, 2002 at 11:00 pmHollywood Bowl Museum exhibit on film music
July 18, 1993 at 10:00 am