Episode Details

“You should write down what you would like your future to look like, because otherwise you will be on autopilot.” – Rolfe Kent

In Episode 3 of Deviate, Rolf discusses music and the creative process with accomplished Hollywood film composer Rolfe Kent (@rolfekent), whose recent project, The Zen Effect, is available on iTunes.

To download a free track from The Zen Effect, visit Rolfe’s website.

Links:

Tools:

• FS Binaural Microphone
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield
• The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal, by Julia Cameron
• Ketogenic diet
• Oblique Strategies, created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt
• Pomodoro Technique (time management)
• Melodica (instrument)
• Mixtapes as a Lost Language: A Brief Cultural Primer

Rolfe’s film and TV scores discussed in the interview:

• Dexter theme (television series)
• Sideways (film)
• Up in the Air (film)
• The Hunting Party (film)
• Mexico City (film)
• Reign Over Me (film)
• Mean Girls (film)
• Wedding Crashers (film)
• Legally Blonde (film)

Notable film music discussed:

• James Bond theme (by Monty Norman)
• Star Wars theme (by John Williams)
• Mission Impossible theme (by Lalo Schifrin)
• Blade Runner theme (by Vangelis)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly main theme (by Ennio Morricone)
• Lawrence of Arabia main theme (by Maurice Jarre)
• Paris, Texas theme (by Ry Cooder)
• Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ remix (which uses music from The Social Network)

Notable people mentioned:

• Alexander Payne (director)
• Richard Shepard (director)
• Jason Reitman (director)
• Brian Eno (music producer)