Mike MacLennan (Who Do You Think You Are? / The Grand Tour) - Insights into Music for TV & Film (Bonus Episode)

Mike MacLennan is a TV & Film composer. Recent work includes the flagship BBC1 series Who Do You Think You Are, and he is currently co-scoring an upcoming natural history feature for Netflix with Paul-Leonard Morgan. He has written music for The Grand Tour (Amazon), Designated Survivor (Netflix) and the hit TV show, Dynasty. He has also composed additional music for a number of TV & film projects, working most recently with David Arnold on the BBC One drama Inside Man, starring Stanley Tucci & David Tennant. 

In this special bonus episode, we delve into what it means to be a media composer. Mike initially started out learning piano, and he knew from an early age that he wanted to work in the TV and Film industry.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Mike uses the piano to approach writing music for TV shows like Designated Survivor and Dynasty
• How anyone can get started writing orchestral music
• Why Library music is often referred to as a composers pension!
• And much, much more!

 

 

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