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Anne Dudley

Oscar-winning British composer Anne Dudley talks about her career from student at Royal College of Music, through arranger for ABC and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, creative centre of Art of Noise, to major film composer for The Crying Game, The Full Monty, American History X, Bright Young Things, Black Book. Anne also previews her new panto, Cinderella, written with Stephen Fry.

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David Arnold

David Arnold is one of the most versatile and successful film composers working today. Best known for being James Bond's 'house composer' (World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day, Casino Royale) Arnold has also written music for movies such as Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, Hot Fuzz, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Amazing Grace, Zoolander, Changing Lanes. In perhaps his most comprehensive interview ever, David Arnold talks about his career to date.

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Michael Feinstein

One of the premiere interpreters of American popular song, Michael Feinstein, talks to Edward Seckerson about his extraordinary career. Feinstein describes his time as a 20 year old archivist for Ira Gershwin, how he developed his love of American song, launching his performing career thanks to his friend Liza Minelli, setting up Feinstein at The Shaw in London, and working with George Shearing on his latest album. A truly charming 40 minutes in the company of a great musician. WIN SIGNED CDs BY MICHAEL FEINSTEIN!

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Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre is one of the great legends of cinema, having created some of the most memorable themes in film music and winning 3 Oscars, all for David Lean films - Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India. In this fascinating interview, Maurice talks to The Hollywood Reporter's Ray Bennett about some of the other directors Jarre has worked with, including Peter Weir (Witness, Mosquito Coast), John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix) and Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder).

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Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of the busiest and most successful composers working in Hollywood today. In conversation with Tommy Pearson, Harry talks about working with directors Tony and Ridley Scott on Spy Game, Man on Fire, Deja Vu, Domino and Kingdom of Heaven, as well as creating the scores for Shrek and the Chronicles of Narnia. And he looks forward to performing his own music in Ghent at the World Soundtrack Awards. [Length : 40 mins]

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Gustavo Santaolalla

2-time Academy Award winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla talks to Tommy Pearson in Ghent, Belgium about growing up in Argentina, being jailed for subversion in his music, his move to LA, creating his unique musical language and finding huge success on soundtracks like The Insider, Amores Perros, 21 Grams and the Oscar winning movies Brokeback Mountain and Babel. Gustavo also talks about the controversy that surrounded his Oscar wins and being shunned by the Academy. [Length : 40 mins]

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Michael Ball

One of the UK's most popular singers, Michael Ball, gives an entertaining and brutally honest interview especially for Stage and Screen Online ahead of his appearance in a frock for Hairspray. Michael talks about the fun he's having with his new role, about the controversial Kismet at ENO, about his new album of Burt Bacharach songs and how he's desperate to play Sweeney Todd.

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Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman is one of the UK's foremost composers and performers. In Part One, Nyman outlines his celebrated collaborations with director Peter Greenaway on films such as Draughtsman's Contract, Drowning by Numbers and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Nyman also talks about how he creates his unique soundworld, and how he first entered the film business. In Part Two he talks about his most popular film score, the Piano, and how he really should have been nominated for an Oscar. (Length : 26 mins)

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Christian Henson

Composer Christian Henson is emerging as a major talent across many musical disciplines. He has worked extensively in television (Top Gear, 3 Pints of Lager & a Packet of Crisps) films (Severence, It's a Boy Girl Thing) commercials (BodyForm, AskJeeves) and library music. From a showbiz family (parents are actors Una Stubbs and Nicky Henson) Christian has a refreshing and honest take on the world of film music. (Length : Part One 28 mins; Part Two 23 mins)

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David Newman

Film composer David Newman is hugely in demand in Hollywood. Born into the business, Newman is son of 9-times Academy Award winner Alfred Newman and in this revealing interview, David talks about his father's legacy as much as his own music and his strong views on the state of film music and the business today.
(Length : Part One 38 mins; Part Two 22 mins / Recorded July 2005, Malibu)

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Laura Michelle Kelly

West End and Broadway star, Laura Michelle Kelly talks to Edward Seckerson about her glittering career so far; winning Cardiff Voice of Musical Theatre, the challenges of lead roles in My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins, working on the spectacular stage show of Lord of the Rings, being in Tim Burton's movie version of Sweeney Todd, and working on her solo album.

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Patrick Doyle

Film composer Patrick Doyle burst onto the scene with one of the finest ever debuts, Henry V in 1989. Already a seasoned Kenneth Branagh collaborator, Patrick has scored all Branagh's films since and acted in many of them. In this entertaining conversation with Tommy Pearson, Doyle talks about working with Branagh, as well as Brian de Palma (Carlito's Way), Robert Altman (Gosford Park) and Mike Newell (Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire). Full of anecdote and insight, Doyle is great company.
(Length : Part One 39 mins. Part Two 21 mins / Recorded Sept 2007)

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Debbie Wiseman

Probably the busiest composer in British television, Debbie Wiseman now has a growing list of big-screen credits - including Wilde, Arsene Lupin, Tom and Viv, The Truth About Love and her latest, Flood. In conversation with Tommy Pearson, Debbie talks about how she got into the business; writing for TV and all its different genres; moving into movies; and being a successful woman in such a male-dominated business.
(Length : Part One 26 mins; Part Two 22'30'' / Recorded Sept 2007, London)

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Gareth Valentine

Musical theatre MD and supervisor, composer, arranger and judge on C4's Musicality, Gareth Valentine gives a fascinating and candid interview to Edward Seckerson - exclusively for Stage and Screen Online. Valentine reflects on life as a MD and supervisor, the stresses of working on American imports, adapting Porgy and Bess, working with Kander and Ebb, the state of musical theatre today and his forthright views on reality TV stars and celebrities on the West End stage. A great insight from one of Britain's most flamboyant musical stars. (Length : 35 mins / Recorded in July 2007)
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Daniel Evans & Maria Friedman

Olivier-winning West End and Broadway stars Daniel Evans and Maria Friedman, in conversation with Edward Seckerson at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Daniel and Maria talk in detail about their careers, their approaches to performance, about working with Stephen Sondheim, the challenges and joys of performing his musicals, and the strange case of Sondheim's woolly jumper!

(Length : Part One 35 mins, Part Two 25 mins. Recorded in front of an audience, Sept 2007)
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David Shire

Oscar-winning film, TV and musical theatre composer David Shire takes time out from rehearsing his latest stage show, Take Flight, in London to talk to Tommy Pearson about his career; from sketching musicals at Yale, through playing piano for Streisand, cutting his teeth in TV, marrying into the Coppola family, scoring The Conversation, Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Saturday Night Fever, All The President's Men, winning a Best Song Oscar, turning down Rocky, getting back to musicals and being 'back in the game' with David Fincher's movie Zodiac.
(Length : 40 mins / Recorded in July 2007)

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