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Patrick Warren is someone whose music you will definitely have heard at some stage, given his prolific film and TV composition career. Then there’s his production, touring and session work with a who’s who of artists….
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Full list of Patrick’s credits (warning: it’s a long read)
Working with Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs
Working from the home studio versus face-to-face collaboration
Working with Bruce Springsteen / Brendan O’Brien
Patrick on keys with Springsteen – American Beauty
Patrick’s musical upbringing
Working with Michael Penn
Patrick’s first acting appearance on Michael Penn’s No Myth (with Chamberlin)
A discussion on the Chamberlin
Working on Fiona Appel’s first record – Tidal
‘Auditioning’ for Tom Waits
Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom tour 2008
Patrick’s work on Dig in Deep by Bonnie Raitt
The long-term working relationship with Joe Henry
Playing keys on Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart
Patrick’s string arrangement on Lana Del Ray’s song Honeymoon
Patrick performing with Bob Dylan at the White House
Patrick’s arranging and composing career, starting with Heroes by The Wallflowers
Working on True Detective while touring with Diana Krall
Patrick with Diana Krall at Montreaux 2013
What has and hasn’t changed about arranging, composing and orchestration
Working with Common on the soundtrack to Alice (a very in-depth discussion also to be found here)
Glory – Common and John Legend (arrangement by Patrick Warren)
The relationship with a film’s Director during composition
A ‘normal’ day when composing for serial TV
Patrick’s favourite keyboards and virtual instruments (including LA Scoring Strings and Spitfire Audio)
Patrick’s hilarious (time signature based) train wreck with Tom Waits
Desert Island Discs: Hunky Dory – David Bowie, Nancy & Lee – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Ode to Freedom / Bernstein in Berlin – Leonard Bernstein, Frank’s Wild Years – Tom Waits, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan.
Gaby Moreno – Til Waking Light (arranged by Patrick Warren)
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