David Glen Russell is a composer and orchestrator for film, TV and video games. He spent a few years in Richmond before moving to LA to work on such projects as Spiderman 3, Dr. Strange, Wednesday and numerous Star Wars series. We discuss:

– What classic guitar solo changed his life

– The movie that got him interested in composing

– The difference between a composer and an orchestrator

– What is a sequence programmer does

– Working with John Williams and Danny Elfman

– Telling the difference between an electronic and live orchestra

– Composing for the horror genre

– The difference in writing for video games

– His experience on Star Wars series, including The Clone Wars and Bad Batch

– Going to Europe to record orchestras

LINKS:
David’s website
David’s IMDB page
My review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny