APM Launches Second Year of Music Industry Podcast Series

Features Exclusive Interviews with Prominent Hollywood Composers and Music Executives from Latest Hollywood Reporter / Billboard Conference

APM Music has again sponsored and produced the second year of its APM Film & TV Music Podcast series for film and television music professionals. The series consists of exclusive interviews with leaders in the music for film and TV industry discussing significant business, technical, and creative trends. The interviews were conducted at the The Hollywood Reporter & Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, held in Beverly Hills in November 2007 and can be downloaded from www.apmmusic.com/podcast.

The first episodes are available now and new episodes from the conference will be released regularly throughout the Spring. They feature one-on-one interviews with composers Sondre Lerche (“Dan In Real Life”), Harry Gergson-Williams (“Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” “Kingdom of Heaven”), multiple Academy Award-winner Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast”), Glen Ballard (“Beowulf,” “The Polar Express”) Jan Kaczmarek (“Evening,” “War and Peace”), Andrew Hollander (“Waitress,” “Anything But Love”), and the composing team of Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian, whose collaborative credits include the Oscar-winning “Tsotsi” and “Into The Light.” Also featured in one-on-one interviews are executives Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing, Electronic Arts, and Jay Faires, President of Music & Publishing, Lionsgate.

The APM Film & TV Music Podcast series explores the business of film and television music production and licensing through discussions with music supervisors and film, television and video game composers, as well as entertainment executives. It has become the leading podcast series on the subject with tens of thousands of listeners since its inception.

The interviews were conducted by Billboard’s executive editor, Tamara Conniff; Music Connection Magazine’s music columnist Dan Kimpel; The Hollywood Reporter’s features editor, Kevin Cassidy; Billboard’s director of charts and senior analyst, Geoff Mayfield; and The Hollywood Reporter’s editor; Andrew Wallenstein.

“Last year’s podcast series from the event illuminated important issues facing our industry and profiled some of the fascinating people who make up this very special industry,” said Adam Taylor, president of APM Music. “This year we return with the perspectives and ideas of some of the most respected names in the film, television and video game music industry, once again providing a true insider’s perspective.”

The podcasts can also be found through iTunes, Yahoo! Podcasts, Odeo, Podcast Alley, and other podcast syndicates.

About APM Music

APM Music, a joint venture of EMI Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing, the largest and most diverse collection of original music available to entertainment and media producers, provides North American-based production clients with exclusive access to over 250,000 recordings of music produced specifically for use in film, television, radio, and new media productions. For more information, please go to www.apmmusic.com.

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