SDCC 2019 - The Character of Music - Itw Frederick Wiedmann and Aaron Ehasz

Описание: San Diego, Convention Center, Room 32AB, July 19 2019

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BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) and White Bear PR return to Comic-Con to present the ninth edition of the “The Character of Music” panel, which highlights the importance of music in film, television and video games. This year’s panelists include renowned BMI composer Tyler Bates (John Wick franchise); Emmy-winning BMI composer Frederik Wiedmann along with showrunner Aaron Ehasz (The Dragon Prince); and two-time BAFTA-winning composer Austin Wintory (Journey) with video game director Matt Nava (Abzu), with an additional guest to be confirmed. BMI’s Senior Director of Creative – Film, TV & Visual Media Anne Cecere and President of White Bear PR Chandler Poling will moderate.

Austin Wintory is an American composer who composes scores for films and video games.He is particularly known for composing the scores to the acclaimed video game titles Flow and Journey, the latter of which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (the first for a video game).[2] His film efforts include the scores to the 2009 Sundance hit Grace, as well as the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winner Captain Abu Raed. Wintory has composed 300 scores since 2003.

Matt Nava is the Creative Director at Giant Squid, a small game development studio which I founded. He directed his first game ABZÛ and The Pathless. Previously he was employed at thatgamecompany where he was the Art Director on the games Flower and Journey. he also wrote and designed The Art of Journey, a book about the development process and artwork for the game. He went to Otis College of Art and Design where he studied digital media and graduated in 2008. Outside of game development, he is a natural history enthusiast and enjoy drawing, making music and origami.

Frederik Wiedmann is a German composer. He composed the scores for the 2014 films Sniper: Legacy as well as Field of Lost Shoes. Wiedmann also composed the score for the 2007 film Return to House on Haunted Hill (building on Don Davis' score from the first film for some scenes). As of 2012, he is responsible for composing the score to the television series Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Beware the Batman. Most recently, he composed the score for "Tremors 5: Bloodline" and Shut In.

Aaron Ehasz is an American television writer, director and producer whose body of work primarily consists of animated series, although he did serve as a producer on the live-action series The Mullets and Ed. He's also known for being the head writer and director for the popular Avatar: The Last Airbender, in addition to co-creating The Dragon Prince.

(Source : Wikipedia)