FFM the Soundtrack Podcast with George Strezov and Forest Christenson, S3 E5

Four for Music the Soundtrack Podcast is a podcast for film and game scores that George Strezov from Four for Music is hosting.

The guest of this episode of S3 is Forest Christenson - a composer and a scoring mixer, known for his work as an additional music composer with credits including The Last Of Us, Aquaman and Catherine the Great. As a scoring mixer, famous for projects such as Wonder Woman, The Crown, Back To The Outback and many more.

One of the main themes of focus on this podcast is the score mixing. Technical skills needed, top plugins for orchestral mixing that Forest and George are using, challenges and creative ideas are some of the topics discussed.

Forest also talks a bit about his work with Alan Meyerson and Rupert Gregson-Williams and shares some thoughts on the relationships between the composers and their assistants and mixing engineers.  

The specific characteristics of the recording rooms and spaces and the impact that they have on the musical outcome and its effect are mentioned as well. Forest is speaking of his experience and observations in that regard.

Our 3 blitz questions, concerning Forest’s favorite soundtracks, his dream project and his advice to a younger version of himself - are answered at the end of the podcast. You’ll also listen to a track from ”Sisyphus” a popular South Korean drama series on Netflix, so don’t miss hearing it out!