Building a Film Scoring Career with Zachary Horner

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Episode 53 - Building a Film Scoring Career with Zachary Horner

In this episode of the Faith and Family Filmmakers podcast, Hosts Jaclyn and Geoffrey Whitt interview Zachary Horner, an American film composer known for his work on projects like 'Disciples in the Moonlight' and 'The Thorn'. Horner discusses his musical journey from early childhood, his education, and his work on various projects including promotional videos, short films, documentaries, and feature-length films. He shares insights on starting small, building relationships, and continually learning as a composer. Zachary also discusses the difference between working with live instruments versus samples. The episode provides valuable advice for aspiring composers, emphasizing the significance of perseverance, humility, and collaboration.

• Introduction and Welcome
• Zachary's Musical Journey
• From Choir Boy to Film Composer
• Musicianship
• Live Instruments vs. Samples
• Notable Projects and Experiences
• Advice for Aspiring Composers

Zachary Horner is an American Composer, Orchestrator, and Producer and has been working in the industry for over a decade. His musical education began early in childhood as a choirboy and enrolled in private music lessons. He has a Master of Arts in Orchestration for Film from ThinkSpace Education (University of Chichester).

In addition to avoiding celery at all costs, Zachary has been hard at work over the years creating timeless melodies, alarmingly realistic sampled mock-ups, and rich orchestration for hundreds of projects ranging from promotional to feature films, documentaries to apps, producing artists to short films.

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The Faith & Family Filmmakers podcast helps filmmakers who share a Christian worldview stay in touch, informed, and inspired. Releasing new episodes every week, we interview experts from varying fields of filmmaking; from screenwriters, actors, directors, and producers, to film scorers, talent agents, and distributors.

It is produced and hosted by Geoffrey Whitt and Jaclyn Whitt , and is brought to you by the Faith & Family Filmmakers Association

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