Bleeding Fingers Composers Use Custom Fossil Instruments for 'Prehistoric Planet' and 'Treehouse of Horror' Scores
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Jazz Tangcay
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Summary
Bleeding Fingers Music composers Anže Rozman, Kara Talve, and co-founder Russell Emanuel discuss their use of custom-made instruments for scoring Apple TV's "Prehistoric Planet" and "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror." For "Prehistoric Planet," they created instruments from fossils, bones, and dinosaur skull replicas blended with a standard orchestra to craft an otherworldly soundscape. The article highlights their innovative approach to scoring, particularly for the third season "Ice Age."
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· 3 pulledCustom-made instruments are the key to scoring for composers Anže Rozman, Kara Talve and musician Russell Emanuel.
In the show's prior season, they created custom instruments made from fossils, bones and dinosaur skull replicas and married them to a standard orchestra to create an otherworldly soundscape.
Emanuel is a co-founder of the composer collective Bleeding Fingers Music along with Hans Zimmer and Steven Kofsky.
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