
Before composer Antonio Sanchez officially joined the studio, new Hollywood satire from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the series are already using his "Birdman" score as temporary music.
So when Sanchez sat down with Rogen and Goldberg it only took about 15 minutes of chat to sell together. One thing that 'Birdman' brings is the impression that I'm kind of like a single pony because it's a four-time Oscar-winning movie. So people think about me, they're just thinking about drums," Sanchez told type.
At the time, working on the “Studio” became a great opportunity for Sanchez to showcase more scope.
Sanchez immediately started the music of the Continental Studios film, extending his soundscape to all ten episodes of corners, strings and percussion. As a jazz musician, his first instinct is always improvised, which is especially important for programs like “wall-to-wall music” in almost every scene.
"I could easily guide things," Sanchez explained. "And then, with those comprehensive photography, I started editing and cleaning and doubled, tripling. The first pass was improvised, but what I had to do afterwards was very planned. It's a truly healthy combination of improvisation and composition. ”
For any given plot, he starts passing the drums and listens to “someone says something really needs to be highlighted.” And, since Sanchez never hired outside of a musician, he played all the instruments himself.
Then, when Sanchez moved the sound to the computer, he focused on how music proceeded through quick conversations. He recalls another pass with the mallet and how to hit them “created a lot of reverb on my toms, which sounded frightening when Bryan Cranston mocked Seth’s character.”
Although Sanchez noticed Rogen and Goldberg were good with the drums, a specific plot (like Episode 4) when Matt and Rogen and Ike Barinholtz compete to find the missing movie reel, making him even more push. The episode originally featured temporary music from composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, drawing inspiration from the classic film Black Results.
Although Sanchez initially used only drums to get the first half of the plot, they asked him to go back and work after Rogen and Goldberg heard a more complicated second half. "Since I've recorded the drums, I've just started adding instruments with bass, trumpets, strings and a lot of percussion instruments," Sanchez said.
Sanchez is also responsible for bringing moments from the film "Real World" into life, including the triumphal mainland film studio theme, inspired by 20th-century studios. And Ron Howard's movie, Matt can't get himself to give honest notes in episode 3.
"Every time I show a movie, I have to do ten seconds of maturity. The styles are completely different," Sanchez said. "So these things are challenging and very time-consuming because suddenly, I have to do 10 seconds of Ron Howard action sequences."
For a chaotic show like "Studio," Sanchez himself found himself in a balanced show - he was already on the tour when he signed on to the project. Unlike other composers who can successfully multitask, Sanchez was unable to focus on other projects while he was around the world.
"Well, when I got home, the work piled up. I've been walking for three weeks - it was three weeks and I couldn't do anything on the show," Sanchez said. "Luckily, the whole team and the production knew very well my tour obligations because the series was everywhere for me. The deal might have been done in a few weeks. Then, when I got home, I did 14 to 15 hours of days and just tried to deal with the deadline.