Dylan Price is a composer and pianist in Los Angeles who works as a freelance writer for Bleeding Fingers Music, a collective, co-founded by Hans Zimmer, of composers creating scores for film and television. Dylan has written music for shows including MasterChef on Fox and Foodtastic on Disney+, and regularly contributes to Sony Music Publishing’s Extreme Music library. He also serves as Piano Accompanist and Vocal Coach at the performing arts college AMDA.
Dylan got his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music, but was always interested in the world of film and media. In our interview, Dylan breaks down numerous different aspects of composing music for tv, film and music libraries, and what his current role looks like as a remote writer for Bleeding Fingers.
DYLAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Fav Composer: Hans Zimmer
Fav Piece of Classical Music: Chopin Piano Etudes, with pianist Andrei Gavrilov
Fav Movie Soundtrack: Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King
Book Recs: 1989 by George Orwell; Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Admired Musicians: Hans Zimmer, Jacob Collier and Jeff Beal
Recommended Resource: YouTube Premium
Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf
Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr
CONNECT WITH DYLAN:
Dylan’s Website: https://www.dylanpricemusic.com
Dylan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dprice112/
Extreme Music Library (Dylan's Music): https://www.extrememusic.com/search?isLyricsSearch=false&query=Dylan%20Price
ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer
ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah
Website: https://www.bitesbybekah.com
TIMECODES
00:00 Start of Episode
00:38 Intro to Podcast
01:12 Intro to Episode
2:35 Start of Episode
3:13 Dylan’s Musical Background
6:23 Starting to Write Music
9:33 Majoring in Music Theory at ESM
12:37 Applying for Composition and Music Theory
14:05 Experience at ESM
14:55 Writing a Musical Tune
16:57 Career Aspirations at ESM
19:08 Shifting to Composition
22:58 Why Film Music?
25:09 Balancing Film Music during Classical Studies
26:52 Starting Empire Film Music Ensemble
33:51 Copyright and Performing Movie Scores
37:17 Internships
40:43 Behind the scenes of scoring a movie
45:54 Working for Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control
47:51 Transitioning Into Career
55:45 Working as Christian’s Assistant
1:04:23 Dylan’s Current Career
1:06:12 Remote Writing for Bleeding Fingers
1:11:19 Looking to the Future
1:14:25 “Bleeding Fingers” Vibe Check
1:19:44 My Rapid Fire Q&A
1:27:12 Final Piece of Advice
1:28:22 Connect with Dylan
1:29:19 Episode Outro
1:30:48 Clips of Dylan's Compositions
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM
Compositions from Dylan Price (check out more on his website)
PHOTO CREDIT
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