Matt Schrader is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Emmy Award-winning news producer. As a special projects producer for news agencies including CBS and NBC, his investigative journalism has changed lives and laws, and returned millions of dollars to consumers and communities. In 2014, he left his job with CBS to pursue a documentary, SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY, which became one of the most comprehensive collections of interviews with modern maestros ever assembled. Matt is a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
The world's finest film composers uncover the secrets behind film music, from crafting emotions and making it in Hollywood, to the tricks of giving an audience goosebumps.
Composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Inception), Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, The Pawnbroker, In Cold Blood), Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., The Natural), Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Seven), Trent Reznor (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Nine Inch Nails), Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman) and more. Plus, hear rare insight from director James Cameron and the legacy of James Horner, along with one of the final interviews conducted with legendary director Garry Marshall.