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#103 - Elik Álvarez Interview (TMNT 2003, Yu-Gi-Oh, David Attenborough, 4Kids Entertainment, Composing etc.)
Episode 104
Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late.
#tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough
SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com
FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez
INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer
TWITTER - @elikalvarez
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Working At 4Kids Entertainment
02:44 - Composing For Cartoons Is Like Bootcamp
06:07 - The Process Of Scoring At 4Kids Entertainment
08:39 - Writing Music Using Themes Others Have Written for TMNT 2003
10:00 - Gratification Of Being A Composer/Never Getting Bored
11:09 - Elik Got Allocated A Lot Of Action Cues For TMNT 2003
12:26 - Elik Having To Research Various Genres For Composing TMNT/Collaboration
15:00 - Elik Isn’t An Audio Engineer/Mixes While He Composes/Deadlines
19:07 - Elik Didn’t Take Music References From Japanese Score Of Yu-Gi-Oh
20:09 - Temp Tracks/Referencing Other Composers
22:07 - Applying Degree In Business Administration To Music
23:34 - Freelancing/Negotiating Contracts/PR Agents
25:25 - Soundtrack Releases Of 4Kids Entertainment Shows Could Be On The Horizon
28:58 - Collaboration With Freddy Sheinfield & Joel Douek
31:22 - Friendship With Freddy & Joel/Competitiveness
33:53 - Elik Wants To Meet David Attenborough
35:31 - Composing For Documentaries
39:05 - Direction From Project Director
41:00 - Chasing Projects
43:41 - Royalties Are How Composers Survive Between Projects
45:06 - Kingdom Of Plants Gave Elik Credibility/You Need Validation To Get Work In California
48:00 - You Have To Be Competitive In California
50:00 - Elik Isnt A Networking & Party Guy
51:30 - Elik Hates Composing For Commercials/Concert Music
53:22 - Action Cues In Yu-Gi-Oh Would Make it Easy To Do Superhero Film
55:22 - Where To Follow Elik Alvarez/What Elik Is Working On
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago