1. My name is...
Answer: Tim Count, I so need to do a vampire series!
2. I've been composing for screen for
Answer: 20 years
3. I studied music at.... and qualified with a....
Answer: WAAPA (West Australian Academy Performing Arts) Jazz piano and arranging
4. My musical journey involved....
Answer: Father’s love of classical music. He couldn’t play a note but knew just about every composition from that era and who composed it.
5. The instrument I'm best at is...
Answer: Piano. I also play drums, and rolling banjo (on a keyboard!) Goes with a stint in a country band.
6. If I wasn't me, the composer I'd love to be is..... because....
Answer: I thought about super innovative composers however kept coming back to the tried and tested Thomas Newman.
7. My composing style is....
Answer: All over the place
8. My favorite sample libraries are....
Answer: My own, supplemented with smatterings of NI, Spitfire etc
9. My must have plugin is......
Answer: a nice compressor and reverb.
10. All my scores seem to include... (instrument, or harmonic style, or....)
Answer: a flat 6th…I can’t help it!
11. My workflow is typically....
Answer: Excitement followed by terror, wake at 2AM with an idea, terror, construct a theme around idea, less terror, eventually share with director, and breathe.
12. I compose using...
Answer: acoustic piano and sometimes an inspiring sound patch
13. My screen composing income is supplemented by....
Answer: Some post sound work and the odd lecture in music production. (secret, I actually learn heaps from the students!)
14. If I wasn't a screen composer I'd probably be a.... because....
Answer: A struggling artist. I love it and maybe in the future.
15. The things I love about my job is.....
Answer: The flexibility and uncertainty of what a new day brings.
16. The things I dislike about my job is....
Answer: Same answer as question above. (Has someone already said that?)
17. My favorite piece of technology is.... because....
Answer: The sustain pedal, because it’s the original reverb
18. My favorite piece of non filmscore music is.... because....
Answer: Oscar Peterson. Because he’s a master of combining jazz, blues, gospel and country with such fluid technique.
19. My favorite film is.... because...
Answer: No Country for Old Men because I was so immersed, I wasn’t even aware of the score. I don’t even think there’s much at all. A great example of restraint.
20. When I’m not composing, I like to....
Answer: paint
21. A book that resonated with me was.... because ...
Answer: Anything by Bill Bryson, especially Short History of Nearly Everything but also The Body: A Guide for Occupants