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E455: Benjamin Wallfisch: Scoring Welcome to Derry

Headliner Episode 455

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After a musical upbringing that was staunchly classical, Benjamin Wallfisch has married his Bach-influenced skillset with a love of music technology to become one of Hollywood’s go-to composers. After a huge breakthrough working on Blade Runner: 2049 alongside a certain Hans Zimmer, huge jobs kept rolling in, including Shazam!, It and It Chapter Two, Twisters, and Alien: Romulus. The composer discusses scoring Welcome to Derry and Predator Badlands, and pivoting from pursuing orchestral conducting to making music for movies.