Vienna Calling: Adam Lukas (& Denise Santos)

Описание: In our new Composer Talk “VIENNA CALLING”, we invite today’s most exciting film and media composers from all over the world to share their stories and insights into the industry. Learn about their career paths and experiences, benefit from their learnings and be inspired and entertained by their journeys!

For our second Interview, Composer and Synchron Stage Vienna Session Coordinator Josy Svajda called our fellow countryman Adam Lukas, whose path led him directly from Vienna to Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music in L.A..

He was just awarded a News & Documentary Emmy Award in the category of ’Outstanding Music Composition’ for his work on the nature documentary “Primates”. He shares this award with his colleague Denise Santos, who joins the chat towards the end.

Adam’s other projects include movies like “URI: The Surgical Strike” (recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna) or works for major TV stations like National Geographic, FOX Network or ZDF.

00:00 Intro
01:01 Greetings and Emmy win recap
03:30 From growing up in Carinthia to becoming a film composer
07:00 Learning by doing (and investing in paid courses)
08:07 Hooray to the internet: Landing projects
10:16 Reminiscing recording “URI: The Surgical Strike” at Synchron Stage Vienna
12:42 On working for Bleeding Fingers Music
14:56 How COVID-19 changed everything
17:39 Overcoming writer's block
20:25 Skipping life of an assistant - or not?
21:50 Playing instruments and snapping perfectly
23:32 Emmy win recap with co-composer Denise Santos
24:45 Co-composing for “Primates”: Dividing work and bringing sounds together
29:30 On the fast schedule of “Primates”
30:21 Monkeys & laughter everywhere
31:17 Coming up with the “Primates” theme
32:59 Joke about the Emmy, win the Emmy
35:07 Future projects and goodbye


Learn more about Adam Lukas here: https://www.adam-lukas.com, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9440459
Learn more about Denise Santos here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4568644
Learn more about Josy Svajda here: https://www.josysvajda.com, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9522204

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