John Debney

Because of John’s crazy scheduled and the amount of coffee (he needs to get stock in StarBucks) , we were able ask a few questions via his PR firm instead of a live on mic conversation.

Here’s what we came up with including an obscure questions about his involving in Disney’s The Strongest Man in The World (1975).

1. What is your inspiration to your compositions in big budget movies like Iron Man 2, Predators? The film and images within inspire my work. I’m very visually oriented so I usually draw my inspiration from the visuals and the actors and storyline.

2. When working on a project do you use traditional gear (piano, guitar, strings, etc), or all virtual instruments? I usually mock-up every piece of music virtually, then I add “live” instruments on top. I’ve played a lot of guitar on the last few projects and I really enjoy the performance aspect of working on these scores.

3. Looking at your resume on IMDB we notice that you worked on animated, children’s programs sci-fi, action, adventure. Is there such a thing as a favorite genre? I really don’t have a favorite genre. Working on a variety of different projects helps me stay fresh and clears my head. I really enjoy wearing different hats and creating different types of scores.

4. We have listened to your Iron man 2 scores and we love the heard edge you gave the movie and drove the story with your score. How were you able to accomplish such seamless music to on screen synergy? Thank you very much for the compliment! A score in a film especially an action film should propel the story. Iron Man is this really amazing cutting edge, playboy, inventor, super hip guy. In addition to the classical music elements that play throughout the score, I also incorporated al ot of guitar. I played some of the guitar and then Tom Morello who also performed on the first Iron Man score came in and added his playing to the score to further give it an edge.

5. When working in the studio with a live orchestra what does it feel like to hear your music come to life? It is the most exciting part of what I do. Hearing the music played for the first time is still one of the single most fulfilling moments on a film. Crafting a performance is wonderful, especially if you’re given the chance to work with such brilliant musicians as those in L.A. and London for example.

6. You acted in the 1975 Disney movie: The Strongest Man in the World , Would you like to be on screen again? How funny! Well yes I did a number of commercials and such in my younger days. It very well might be fun to say a few lines on camera again!

7. Can you share how all the pieces come together, electronic, live, to final cut? I usually start by viewing the film once or twice. Then, themes start to come into my head and I start to write at the keyboard. It’s really trial and error for me. Sometimes it takes a number of attempts before I discover the tone and direction to take with a score.

8. What has been the largest Orchestra you have worked with live? I believe that the largest orchestra I’ve worked with to date has been about 110 players.

9. Predators is just around the corner.  How has that been to develop another awesome score (from the previews thus far we have seen)? I loved the Predator movies and I wanted to create an original score but at the same time pay homage to Alan Silvestri’s brilliant original Predator score. It was a great experience and the first time I got to work with Nimrod Antal who is a brilliant director. The producer Robert Rodriguez and I had worked together in the past and he was the one who referred me to Nimrod. I am also currently working on music for Robert’s newest film Machete.

10. Any upcoming projects that you can talk about? (Sin City 2, Sin City 3, the double)?? I’m helping my friend Robert Rodriguez on “Machete” right now. The film is just so much fun! Robert has a way of getting all the best actors in Hollywood to work with him. This film is a throw back to some of Robert’s earlier films and it is quite the fun ride. After that is a wonderful thriller called “The Double.” It’s one of the better scripts I’ve read in a long time and I’m looking forward to getting started on it.

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I think I frightened Russell Cook as he was being sarcastic until the camera went on.  LOL

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Utah Space Camp

Will the real Klingon lunch lady please stand up, please stand up please stand up?….  Ok enough of that Jaleta Clegg, you have heard of

her in a previous episode on iscifi.tv  Well Jaleta is not only a book author,  a mother and a geek, she works with Space Camp Utah.

She told me that she is called the Klingon lunch lady, for some of the weird names that come up with for lunch.  Mystery meat anyone?  how about Warrigul with Bahgol (ya I looked that up on wikipedia, like I speak kling on).  .  Just EEEW.  Jaleta brings a sense of humor in this segment, and is also a fan of homestar runner yet the staff at Utah space camp tell her to stop playing the music too loud!

Enjoy this latest episode:

Compare the sinister Jaleta photo with my findings of a Klingon female, notice anything similar  with the pictures above?

Utah Space Camp

Jaleta’s home page

originally filmed on 03-May-2010  at Conduit XX: Space pirates of conduit.  Live from the convention floor.

<-  my homey  homestarrunner!  he runs fast, has no arms and has a speech impediment.

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Jaleta Clegg is a local author from Utah.  Her most recent work Nexus point contains ship, explosion and the feudal age (in laymen terms, the dark ages).

excerpt from her book:

When Captain Dace crash lands on a primitive planet, she finds herself on the run from villagers who are sure she’s a demon and the Patrol, who’s sure she’s a smuggler. Accused of piracy, facing death or worse at the hands of those who should be rescuing her, she must find not only some way to survive but also escape. Unfortunately, the world has other plans….

Jaleta  (jay let ah) is not only candid and a geek, she is a great asset  to the written word.

More information can be found here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jaletac/

http://www.nexuspoint.info/

and just to prove it,  here is a pre-interview pic of Jaleta !

Geek!

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Omega 1

John is also a CEO of a  film production and distribution company that focuses on independent films with well-developed concepts. Currently called http://whirlwindpics.com/ . During our conversation John tell us that his company name will be changing to avoid any legal issue and to better market him as a movie producer.  You know what they say its all in a name (grin).  You can find out more about this movie and John on Facebook

News for tonight Microsoft application in the cloud (via web for the neebies out there) when Office 2010 release today prompts Microsoft to allow you to edit and create documents and spreadsheets without anything to install aside from having a browser.  this feature will be slated some time in June 2010.   Also Iron Man2 is kicking ass in the box office and isnt worried that the release of Robin Hood will do much hard to the money making monster.  Did Thor do something to the economy as we are seeing more movies that we have ever before but complain about the price of gas at the pump!

Episode sponsored by IndieNation.FM, The LumpCast (indiesoup), The Guys Podcast

direct link to media file if you have problems listening: http://www.archive.org/details/Iscifi.tvOmega1JohnKera#iscifi.tv

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Max will be at The Kingsenglish Bookshop in salt lake city, for a book reading, and discussion on Thursday Febuary 4th .

http://www.kingsenglish.com/event/maximilian-werner-and-black-river-dreams.

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Direct links to here :

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Maximilian_Werner_Black_River_Dreams

http://iscifi.tv/podcast/2010/01/maximilian-werner-black-river-dreams/

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We have the chance to talk with Wes about his style, his passion and the willingness to be not only the man behind the camera, but the man with pen in hand, to take queues from the cast members and create a story that should not only entertain, inform but also scare the hell out of you at some point. Wes does not go for the juglar vein but you will find out from our interview there are a few surprises in this movie. I avoid spoilers and we know the public will love to see Nightbeasts when the movie is released hopefully in the near future.

Wes Sullivan links:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1911945/
http://web.me.com/snimh.
NightBeasts on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1513835/
http://twitter.com/nightbeastsmovi
Youtube links: http://www.youtube.com/user/snimh1

http://www.youtube.com/iscifitv

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Zachary Quinto interview from April 2008. you may have heard the audio, now watch the video. Spock 2.0, Star Trek XI, or Star Trek the new launch. Zach Quinto as Spock in this telling of how the enterprise came to be. Star Trek , live long and prosper.

video is presented as a mp4v , playable in itunes, vlc and many other media players for Windows, linux and OSx

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You heard the interview back in April 2008, now you can see it as well as a mp4v.

this video is playable in iTUNES, VLC and many other real players for Windows, Linux and OSx.

http://www.archive.org/download/nichelle-iscifitv/nichelle-iscifitv.mp4

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From director Carlos Atanes http://www.carlosatanes.com/ Proxima http://www.welcometoproxima.com brings us into a world where a science fiction fan can travel through space and time itself! Here’s we have a transcript between iscifitv and Carlos. This transcript is in text only as Carlos being a resident of Madrid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid asked that we exchange ideas via email since American English is not his preferred language.

Carlos is a great guy! He sent us a copy of Proxima on DVD , which is in Spanish, with English subtitles too. You should get this movie now!

iSCIFI. tv:Being a fan of many type of science fiction on television

and in movies, we noticed you reference star wars and star trek, is there favorite

Carlos: Yes, I am a Trekkie. ?PROXIMA? is a SF movie about SF and SF lovers and, tastes aside, I think Star Trek is SF and Star Wars is not (it?s just fantasy). That?s what one of the characters is telling at video store sequence. I respect Star Wars liking, but me and my movie, as a pro-SF activists, tends to favor Star Trek, as you can see.

iSCIFI. tv: Proxima felt like a self discovery of ones orgin or creator. Did your religious beliefs influence you when creating the story.

Carlos: My religious culture more than my religious beliefs. When you see ?PROXIMA? you find a lot of religious references. It?s a premeditated exercise. Anyway the movie is about faith. Not about faith in God, but faith in something else. It is a simple question: is life meaningless or is there some kind of order in the universe? When we face faith is not possible to forget our religious influences, our cultural substrate. Apart from it, there are more matter in ?PROXIMA?, not strictly religious. ?Anthropological? questions are: what is our fate as species? Must we live on Earth for ever? Could this sedentarism be dangerous and anti-evolutionary? If we are not alone, what if ?they? find us before we find ?them??

iSCIFI. tv: You were both writer and director, do you prefer performing duel role in the creation of a film, or just behind the camera?

Carlos: Maybe I am basically a writer who makes movies. In fact I devote much more time writing than filming. But I I can’t get these two roles apart, I always write and direct my movies.

iSCIFI. tv: Manel Sol?s who played Felix, was very strong willed in this film akin to Obi Wan (star wars). How is such energy created ?

Carlos: It?s curious this comparison between ?Felix Cadecq? and ?Obi Wan?. I had not thought in it, but it seems a good simile. Anyway, ?Felix Cadecq? is directly inspired by famous SF writer Philip K. Dick (my favorite one together with Lem). The SF convention sequence is an imitation of the scandalous lecture K. Dick did in Metz in 1977. And his peculiar concept about reality/dream mixture spreads along the whole film.

iSCIFI. tv: Was Tony mad (lossing his mind), being brainwashed by Felix CDs?

Carlos: I think no, but the audience can do their own interpretation. Surely it depends on the realism level of each one. I have seen the most ?pragmatist? people interpret it as a progressive hallucination, because they are no willing to believe it can be real. On the other hand, the most ?dreamer? people (like me) prefer to believe. It is a choice. This film is a mirror: according to your interpretation you?ll find what sort of view of the world you have. But let me say I did this movie as a dreamer and thinking about dreamers and their capacity for realize their dreams. For me Tony was ill just before that ?brainwashing?, not after.

iSCIFI. tv: Natalia was not a very nice woman and wanted to control Tony and his way of life. Was Tony traveling in his mind to escape Natalia?

Carlos: Natalia symbolizes the littleness, the people who does not see beyond the tip of his nose, who has lose the capacity of dream. She represents the world of routine, current conventions, prejudices and prefabricated ideas. That?s real life wich devastates fantasy. That?s reality, but some people (?Tony?) thinks that there must be other realities. For him, ?real life? is death.

iSCIFI. tv: Will we on Earth ever seen Tony return from his Journey (without spoiling what may be next for your production team)

Carlos: It?s a warning: probably we will not. If we don?t take conquest of space seriously maybe our fate will be to die like a plant trapped in a flowerpot too small. Let?s ignore demagogic messages and don?t waste time. Shoulders to the wheel!, infinite Space is our natural destination.

iSCIFI. tv: I loved the musical score! Was the music written while filming or in post?

Carlos: In post, of course. I love the music too. A 75% was made by Xavier Tort, a great musician from Barcelona, and a 25% by TMK (Thee Maldoror Kollective), a stunning band from Turin. TMK has edited their soundtrack pieces recently in a CD, called ?Themes for Proxima?. Xavi and TMK are really different but also complementary, and musical score is one of the best things in the movie.

ISCIFI. tv: How long did it take to film the Proxima?

Carlos: Two months filming and six months editing, mixing and making visual effects. It is an ?indy blockbuster?.

iSCIFI. tv: What project are you working on?

Carlos: I have just finished a short film, ?Scream Queen?. You?ll can see it soon. It is not SciFi, just fantasy. But next year I want fo film an old project, my movie about British magician Aleister Crowley. I have been two years working on the screenplay, and I am finishing it now. It will be a very odd movie starred by Manuel Sol?s (?Felix Cadecq? in ?PROXIMA?).

iSCIFI. tv: Thank you so much for your time and we wish you more success.

Carlos: Thank you, it has been a pleasure. Hope someday see you in ?Proxima?.

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More about Carlos can be found at the following web links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Atanes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Atanes

Myspace

http://www.welcometoproxima.com/ (main)

http://www.welcometoproxima.com/eng_principal.html (ENGLISH)

IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970187/

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This interview took place on Sunday , Sept 21, 2008 at Mountaincon IV in Layton Utah. Consider this a candid look at Scott, there may be a few curse words, but would you expect less from the Ultimate Bad guy!

Direct link to media (mp4 video) :

More about Scott :

http://www.ultimatebadguy.com/

In memorium of Beth (his sister).

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Home Planet: Earth.

Location :Utah, USA

Description: Male, 32. Very large. Very bald.

Occupation: Gun Dealer. Writer. Firearms Instructor. Accountant.

Larry is a big guy, bald and an accountant but owns some bad ass guns and is pretty cool. We will be looking out for more of Larry in the near future. Pick up a copy of his book right now on Amazon.com.

Direct Link to media:

About Larry: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com

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Theresa Mather has been a professional artist since 1989. She sat down with iSCIFI.tv and talked about how one creates and collects art and what influenced her to start and continue to create some very cool artwork.

You can read more about Theresa on her web sites at http://www.rockfeatherscissors.com/

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From Sylar to Spock , and “24″ Zachary Quinto is a man of many talents. His style today reminds me of a young Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent. Zach asked that no photo were taken, but we do have this segment on video as well for later publication. I asked him about his discipline of a stage actor to a big screen and television actor and how it all meshes together.

Zachary Won Gene Kelly Award in High School for his part as General in Pirates of Penzance, and now has quite a following in the science fiction fan base.

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Adam Baldwin, has been on the big screen since the age of 17 where he first played Linderman in My Bodyguard.

He has always been someone I wanted to meet, he has played great charaters like Jayne Cobb (“Firefly”), John Casey (“Chuck”), Capt. Wilkins in The Patriot with Mel Gibson. Meeting Adam was great, I was bit nervous and muddled my way through this segment. When adam walked into the room, his 6 foot 4 frame filled the doorway!, he stated with his sarcastic whit he has ‘ damn, is it hot enough in here..’ , we were crammed into a hotel suite in the corner and in the middle of the day it was a bit warm. My co-host Christine, was so jazzed to meet Adam it was like being in high school all over again, she has 100s of questions to ask but when Adam walked in she turned white like a ghost.

Enjoy this segment recorded while at StarFest in Denver Colorado.

[ Segment is available as audio only. ]

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Anne’s work has had a big impact on myself, as a fan of Battle Star Galactia (1978), and the numerous movies and television programs she has worked on. She is such a sweet lady to sit down with us while at StarFest and share with us her amazing career.

Official Anne Lockhart web site Information on Anne from IMDB

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with us while at Starfest 2008 in Denver Colorado. This is a video on our youtube channel as well http://www.youtube.com/iscifitv

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Nichelle is not only a classy lady, she has a great sense of humor. During the opening of our segment, she jokes about how old mr hnack is compared to the number of years in here career.

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Visit her personal website NanaVision.com

You can also hear another interview with Screen Geeks

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author of ‘Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians’, ‘Mistborn 2 : The Well of Ascension’, ‘Mistborn 3 :The Hero Of Ages’

Brandon is a very talented author and knows his work material quite well also.

For more information on Brandon visit his website at

Brandonsanderson.com
On air talent : Digital Thom and mr hnack of iscifi.tv

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Matthew Mullenweg of WordPress , ME and
Joseph Scott of wordpress.

Today , 02/Feb/2008 I met with several Utah bloggers, software developers, and the MATT himself! Don’t believe me?, just check out this GOOGLE LINK . The event was really cool, geeks out there like myself, which love the fact that WordPress exists and its much easier to develop on and blog from.

The Chicken Vindaloo was pretty HOT and tasty. India food and curry’s , I wouldn’t eat it every day it was still good.

We were having a pretty good time and someone snapped the following photo: Matt looks pretty intense here:

~ tilde

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This episode includes some un released tracks from Tooth and Nail and The Deaths of Ian stone soundtracks. A special thanks to Costa Communications for providing the promotional material and getting us in contact with Mr Cmiral.

On the web

http://www.eliacmiral.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elia_Cmiral

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http://www.sfwa.org/members/Rand/

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Special Guest(s):

David Prowse (Darth Vader; Star Wars IV, V, VI).

Felix Silla : Star Wars Ewok, Twiki (Buck Rogers).

We sit down and had a great time with Dave and Felix.

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We sat down with Drama the ‘Front Woman’ of the kittens and chatted about all their cool stuff. This Lady has a brain!, she is a singer, writer and SCI-FI fan too!

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Their latest album ‘The Weird Sisters’ buy now!

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Alan Dean Foster on WikiPedia

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Kate Vernon played Ellen Tigh on “Battlestar Galactica”
IMDB page for Kate Vernon

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