Behind Prestige Television

Composers
KATE ANDERSON & ELYSSA SAMSEL (Central Park)
ROMAN MOLINO DUNN (Huracán)
DENISE SANTOS (Primates) 
DARIEN SHULMAN (For Heaven’s Sake)
TYLER STRICKLAND (Chef’s Table: BBQ, John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise)

MODERATED BY KAYA SAVAS (Film.Music.Media)

Screening Link available upon Registration

YouTube Live Stream Q&A:
Friday, June 25, 6:00 PM PT

Join us for a conversation with some of today’s top composers as they take us behind their process and approach to scoring prestige television. 

Central Park (Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel)

An animated musical series that tells the story of how a family of caretakers, who live and work in Central Park, end up saving the park, and basically the world. TV-14 | 30min

Huracán (Roman Molino Dunn)

Huracán is a psychological thriller about an aspiring mixed martial arts fighter who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. TV-MA | 103min

Primates (Denise Santos)

Natural history documentary series filmed over two years, revealing the strategies monkeys, apes, and lemurs use to survive in the most unexpected places. NR | 60min

For Heaven’s Sake (Darien Shulman)

The search for Harold Heaven, who mysteriously disappeared from his remote cabin in Ontario, Canada, in the winter of 1934. NR | 30min

Chef’s Table: BBQ (Tyler Strickland)

The critically-acclaimed series returns for its latest iteration, delving into the smoky, juicy world of barbecue. Featured chefs and pitmasters include Tootshie Tomantez, Lennox Hastie, Rodney Scott, and Rosalia Chay Chuc. TV-14 | 60min

John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (Tyler Strickland)

The chilling story of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds, and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day. TV-14 | 60min

Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel are the songwriting team behind Disney Animation’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (Annie Nomination), The upcoming animated Apple Series Central Park, and the Broadway-bound musical Between the Lines. Other musicals include The Book Thief and Camp Wish-No-More. Both are members of the Advanced BMI Workshop.

Roman Molino Dunn is an award-winning film composer, Billboard-charting music producer (A.K.A Electropoint), and co-owner of Mirrortone Studios in New York City. His film work includes Huracán on HBO, Kid Correspondent on YouTube Originals, All Hail Beth on BRIC TV, and the cult classic LGBTQIA feature film Bear City 3. As a film music producer and recording engineer he has most recently worked on The Card Counter (Schrader/Scorsese) and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix). Brands that have used his music include Burger King, Paypal, Marriott, Michael Kors, NBC, The Ad Council, Clinique, Snapple, Globe And Mail, Honeywell, Maserati, Tom Ford, Kopari, and many more. TV networks that have used his work include HBO, E! TV, A&E, MTV, Oxygen, Bet, Bravo, Netflix, Discovery, TLC, NBC, and Nascar. As a music producer, Electropoint, he has worked with major and indie labels and Grammy-winning artists, particularly with reality TV stars (Love & Hip Hop, Dr. Miami, Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Howard Stern, Bad Girls Club), and his productions and soundtracks have climbed both the Billboard and iTunes top 20 charts.

Denise Santos is a film and tv composer at Hans Zimmer and Sony/ATV’s Bleeding Fingers Music. Her deep love for music of all forms has allowed her to become the composer she is today, taking inspiration from classical, rock, pop, folk, electronic, and jazz. Born and raised in the Philippines, Denise started her professional music career in 2012, playing keyboard for alternative-jazz band Hidden Nikki and post-rock band Bones Like Snowflakes, arranging and producing songs for singer-songwriters, and composing original music for ads, tv shows, and award-winning films. Now based in Los Angeles, her most recent projects include Primates (BBC), Making the Cut (Amazon Prime), Apollo: The Forgotten Films (Discovery), and Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (Lifetime). When not in her studio, Denise can be spotted camping, watching tv and movies, listening to music and podcasts, having another snack, or practicing yoga.

Darien Shulman is a composer of music for film and television. He most recently composed the score for the newly released docu-series For Heaven’s Sake, available to stream on Paramount+ and CBC Gem. Darien also frequently collaborates with Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, the creative team behind Woodhead Entertainment, with whom he worked to score the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated Netflix original series, American Vandal. Working closely with Woodhead, Darien has provided the musical voice for the bulk of their digital shorts, many of which have amassed millions of views on YouTube, Vimeo, and Funny Or Die. He teamed up with Netflix again to compose music for the series premiere of Trial By Media, released in 2020. His music is prominently featured in the animated series Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains, as well as in several segments of the show Triptank on Comedy Central. Darien has also scored feature-length films, such as Funeral Kings, directed by the McManus Brothers, which was highlighted at the SXSW and Fantasia film festivals, and also numerous short films, including Lost On A Mountain In Maine and Goodbye Forever, Maybe. Darien has also composed music for a number of high-profile television commercials, including spots for Snickers (which premiered during the 2016 Superbowl), Mercedes-Benz, Verizon, American Express, Kleenex, Comcast, Citi, and others. He has also composed for the PRX podcast Things That Go Boom.

Tyler Strickland is an American composer and award-winning music producer based in Los Angeles, CA. From 2004-2011, he traveled the world with a variety of bands as a multi-instrumentalist, sharpening his skills in different genres. After deciding to leave behind the touring life, he quickly found his dream path of writing music for film and television. In the past decade, Tyler has scored over 50 films that have collectively received a dozen Emmy nominations and have won numerous awards from the most prestigious film festivals around the world such as; Hot Girls Wanted (Netflix), Audrie & Daisy (Netflix), Jackson (Showtime), Ernie & Joe (HBO), The American Meme (Netflix) and Fresh Dressed (CNN) to name a few. Tyler is also no stranger to television, having composed for Netflix’s Chef’s Table universe as well as George Clooney-produced true-crime series, Trial By Media, and Stephen King’s Castle Rock for Hulu. Most recently Tyler has been scoring upcoming 6 part series for Peacock, John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise, about the infamous serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, upcoming FX documentary series, Pride for FX, and Adam McKay-produced, The Oxy Kingpins which premiered at the 2021 SXSW film festival.

Tyler continues to produce and create albums as a songwriter between film scores and won a Dove Award for producing Jon Foreman’s Best Rock Album of The Year, The Wonderlands: Sunlight & Shadows, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts.

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