Episode #125: Composer Chase Horseman

I'd like to apologize for the delay on this episode. As we went to record, the trusty Nady six-channel mixer we've been using for the last decade died a quick and horrible death. This necessitated a trip to downtown Lawrence to track down a new mic input for the computer. Big thanks to Guitarma for having the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 in stock (and affordable), letting us get right back on our feet. We're still figuring it out, so apologies for any audio weirdness in this episode.

Chase the Horseman is a band, film composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, and producer. They also grew up in Lansing, Kansas, and attended the same high school as I did. Chase currently makes music as both a composer and as Chase the Horseman, and it's all intricate and beautiful. We talk about growing up in Lansing, making music, working with director Gigi Saul Guerrero, and scoring not one, but two installments of Hulu's Into the Dark series.

Tracklist

Chase Horseman, "La Quinceañera Theme" (La Quinceañera OST)

Chase Horseman, "Uncanny Annie" (Uncanny Annie OST)

Chase Horseman, "This Will Only Take A Minute" (Culture Shock OST)

Chase the Horseman, "Midnight, The Stars And You" (single)

Episode #102: Delivered with composer Ben Lovett

In the May Mother's Day installment of Blumhouse Television and Hulu's anthology event series, Into the Dark, Delivered, a pregnant woman’s life is upended when she realizes someone close to her has darker plans for her and the baby.

Directed by Emma Tammi, who did The Wind, and starring Tina Majorino, Natalie Paul, Michael Cassidy, and Micah Parker, the episode is creepy as hell, thanks to a really dark turn from Majorino, but also thanks to the score by composer Ben Lovett. Lovett had previously worked with director Tammi on The Wind, but has also done a slew of work with director David Bruckner, such The Ritual and The Signal. We talk about Delivered and Lovett's work with Bruckner, as well the recently-released The Dark Red, out now from Dark Sky Films. There may also be AJ Bowen content.

Tracklist:

Ben Lovett, "Four Tents" (The Ritual OST)

Ben Lovett, "The Wind" (The Wind OST)

Episode #95: My Valentine with Dresage

Writer/director Maggie Levin’s My Valentine is the latest installment in the Blumhouse Into the Dark series for streaming service, Hulu. Influenced by some of the biggest pop scandals over the past decade, My Valentine follows Valentine, whose songs and artistic identity have been stolen by her ex-boyfriend/manager - and shamelessly pasted onto his new girlfriend/protégé, Trezzure.

Pop songs play a huge part in the film, and they were all composed and performed by Dresage, also known as Keeley Bumford, who -- along with her musical partner, Mark Hadley -- additionally performed the score for Levin's movie. We spoke with Bumford the day My Valentine dropped on Hulu about the film, as well as her work for other programs such as Ever After High and Riverdale.

Tracklist (all songs by Dresage):

“The Knife”

“Parts of Me”

“Treasure Me”

”Back In Focus”