Today’s guest is the Emmy nominated, Grammy-winning uber music supervisor Steven Gizicki. He talks about what working closely with the likes of David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, and Smashing Pumpkins was like.
He also speaks to learning musical storytelling through his work at Disney and Lucasfilm, his incredible experience working with Marius De Vries, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone on La La Land as well as his recent projects with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Before we start, we’d like to take a minute to pay our respects to the genius Ennio Morricone: Once Upon A Time In The West, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, and Oscar winner for The Hateful Eight.
Key Takeaways
[2:10] Nick welcomes uber film music supervisor Steven Gizicki and asks him to give his take on the current state of the industry and how restarting has affected him and his ongoing projects.
[6:24] Detroit-raised San Diego and L.A. resident Steven touches on his childhood and youth musical influences, from his uncles’ bedroom: Iggy Pop to British New Wave.
[13:40] While he did work with Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Steven shares the special/surreal/insane story of working closely with David Bowie.
[20:00] Steven talks about what drove him from working with superstars to wanting to reach for more, creatively and personally, and how living like an artist eventually led to the path he is on today.
[28:06] Lucasfilm came about at the most opportune time. Steven shares his experience on Strange Magic as well as the wonderful mentorship he received from George Lucas.
[35:15] Steven shares his experience working with Marius de Vries, Damian Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and the entire crew of La La Land.
[46:50] So, while we’re on the subject of La La Land: what’s it like being on stage at the Oscars for such a weird moment?
[49:29] Steven talks about being nominated for an Emmy and working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Tick, Tick… Boom.
[1:01:08] Nick thanks his guest for sharing so much of his story and experience and signs off until next week.
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