Composing Music for TV ft. Miranda Sachetta (Transformers: Prime Wars/The Voice) (PT94)




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Summary: Alex and Nick invite Miranda Miranda Sachetta, composer for Transformers: Prime Wars and The Voice, to discuss writing music on scripted and unscripted television shows.<br> <br> What is the process of writing a piece of music for a television show? How does the communication between the composer and creatives work? How are motifs and themes used? What can TV writers learn from music composition? How does music for scripted shows differ from unscripted?<br> <br> The Paper Team takes a cue...<br> <br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> Content<br> Starting in TV, process of composing, communication with creatives, addressing notes, temp tracks, motifs and themes, working with an orchestra, what writers can learn from composers, composing for interactive formats, post-processing (00:31)<br> Resources and Next Week On (34:10)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180825214527/https://www.mirandasachetta.com/">Miranda Sachetta</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Prime_Wars_Trilogy">Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_Huntress">The Eagle Huntress</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion">Neon Genesis Evangelion</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Hero_Academia">My Hero Academia</a><br> <br> <br> Special thanks to Chris Anastasi for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>