Striking A Chord with Music Creatives

Composers

JEFF RUSSO
SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA

Music Director
RICKEY MINOR

Music Supervisor
SARAH BRIDGE

MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety)

Screening Link available upon Registration

YouTube Live Stream Q&A:
Wednesday, August 18, 11:30 AM PT

Fargo: In 1950 Kansas City, two crime syndicates jockey to control an alternate economy of exploitation, graft, and drugs while fighting for a piece of the American dream. As tensions rise, the crime heads trade their youngest sons in an attempt to strike an uneasy peace. TV-MA | 60min

 Oslo:Adapted from the Tony Award®-winning play of the same name, the film is based on a true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. TV-MA | 118min

This Is Us: Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. This Is Us chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their kids (the big three), Kevin (Justin Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz), and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day along with Toby (Chris Sullivan) and Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson). This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance, and even death. From the writer and directors of “Crazy, Stupid, Love” comes a smart, modern show that will welcome you into a family you feel you’ve known for years. TV-14 | 45min

Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special: Celebrating America, the Presidential Inauguration show hosted by Tom Hanks at the Lincoln Memorial, showcased Americans’ resilience and heroism in coming together and overcoming crises. It included 15 performances, from Springsteen to Demi Lovato, 3 former presidents, President Biden, VP Harris, everyday American heroes, and a fireworks extravaganza over Washington. Not Rated

The Crown: As the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War, generating conflict within the Commonwealth. While Charles’ romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal family is becoming increasingly divided. TV-MA | 60min

Jeff Russo is an Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated composer who is creating some of the most varied and compelling music for television, film, and video games. Russo just received two Emmy nominations this year. One for his score of FX Networks’ Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning series Fargo, for which he won an Emmy in 2016 and earned two additional nominations. The second, for HBO Max’s Oslo, which he co-composed with Zoë Keating. His music can also be heard on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard; Star Trek: Discovery; Clarice; Netflix’s Cursed; The Umbrella Academy; Apple TV+’s For All Mankind and Starz’s Power. Russo also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Music for Annapurna Interactive’s video game, What Remains of Edith Finch.

Siddhartha Khosla is a three-time Emmy-nominated film and television composer, singer/songwriter, and producer of the critically acclaimed band, Goldspot. Khosla received Emmy nominations in 2021 and 2019 for Outstanding Music Composition For a Series and in 2020 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his original song “Memorized” (shared with Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith) for his work on NBC’s Golden Globe and Emmy-winning drama series, This Is Us. Khosla has the distinction of being the first South Asian person to be nominated in the Primetime Emmy score and song categories. Khosla’s upcoming projects include Hulu’s comedy/crime series Only Murders in the Building; Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly’s comedy film Queenpins; and more.

Emmy Award-winning music director Rickey Minor recently earned an Emmy nomination for his Music Direction of Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special. He won the Emmy in 2020 for The Kennedy Center Honors and in 2017 for Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America. Minor has garnered a total of 12 Emmy nominations. Minor has conducted the Oscars and served as music director for the Grammy Awards, the Super Bowl, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and American Idol. Upcoming for Minor is We Love New York City: The Homecoming Concert in Central Park on August 21st, and The Philly Pops, where Minor will conduct Sinatra: A Man and His Music, featuring Michael Andrew, September 24th-26th.

Sarah Bridge recently earned her first Emmy nomination for her work on Netflix’s Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated period drama series The Crown. Bridge is also the music supervisor on BritBox/AMC+’s crime series The Beast Must Die; and the on-camera music supervisor for Bridgerton. Bridge’s upcoming projects include Will Sharpe/HBO’s mini-series Landscapers; Will Sharpe/ Amazon Studios’ The Electrical Life of Louis Wain; and Apple TV+’s Anglo-French Original series Liaison.

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Attendees will be emailed a Screening Link upon Registration and a Q&A YouTube Live Stream link on Wednesday, August 18, 10 minutes before Q&A start.

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