"THE PRODUCTION, ARRANGEMENTS, SCORING & FILM SCORES OF GEORGE MARTIN" w/ Brian Kehew & Kevin Ryan

THE PRODUCTION, ARRANGEMENTS, SCORING & FILM SCORES OF GEORGE MARTIN w/ Brian Kehew & Kevin Ryan

This week I am joined by the authors of two of the greatest books on music ever (George Martin: The Scores & Recording The Beatles, which received a 5-star review in MOJO): Brian Kehew & Kevin Ryan! They are also two incredible musicians, producers & engineers who have worked with The Who, Beck, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Fiona Apple & Air, to name just a few. In this episode, we focus on George Martin's incredible scoring & arrangements for The Beatles as well as his long journey in film scoring.

We discuss what drew them to work together after they initially found out they were writing competing books on The Beatles, gaining access to and the trust of The Beatles as well as Abbey Road & all of the people who had worked there, the feeling (and smell) of walking into Abbey Road studios, basketball court-shaped recording studios, why the Beatles were at one point running away from the "stodgy" atmosphere of Abbey Road, the legend of Magic Alex, what it was like to work with George Martin on a book about his scores, how many of his scores for The Beatles were written overnight, recreating the orchestral recording sessions at Abbey Road and telling the musicians they were playing it too well, playing the scores as if you've never heard these songs before, how it should be Martin-esque instead of Beatles-esque when it comes to emulating their sound, how researching Martin's orchestral score for Cheap Trick was a comedy of errors, what it's like performing their lectures at Abbey Road & around the world, the incredible tale of Martin's original full length score for Yellow Submarine that was not used & how Brian and Kevin were able to sync it up to the movie during their research, Martin's strange path through film scoring, the film he scored with Paul McCartney, his scores for George Harrison's Indian influenced songs, why Martin hid his real Cockney accent from the public, and more!!!

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Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-the