Convention - SDCC 2019 – The Character of Music press room

By Mulder, San Diego, Convention Center, 19 july 2019

BMI and White Bear PR brought together a talented group of composers and directors for the “Character of Music” San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 19, at the San Diego Convention Center. The all-star line-up included renowned BMI composer Tyler Bates (John Wick franchise) and the director of Cirque du Soleil’s new live-action thriller, R.U.N., Michael Schwandt; Emmy-winning BMI composer Frederik Wiedmann along with showrunner Aaron Ehasz (The Dragon Prince); and two-time BAFTA-winning composer Austin Wintory (Journey) with video game director Matt Nava (Abzu).

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During the press room we had the opportunity to talk with Austin Wintory, Matt Nava, Frederick Wiedmann and Aaron Ehasz :

Itw Austin Wintory and Matt Nava

Austin Wintory is an American composer who composes scores for films and video games.He is particularly known for composing the scores to the acclaimed video game titles Flow and Journey, the latter of which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (the first for a video game).[2] His film efforts include the scores to the 2009 Sundance hit Grace, as well as the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winner Captain Abu Raed. Wintory has composed 300 scores since 2003.

Matt Nava is the Creative Director at Giant Squid, a small game development studio which I founded. He directed his first game ABZÛ and The Pathless. Previously he was employed at thatgamecompany where he was the Art Director on the games Flower and Journey. he also wrote and designed The Art of Journey, a book about the development process and artwork for the game. He went to Otis College of Art and Design where he studied digital media and graduated in 2008. Outside of game development, he is a natural history enthusiast and enjoy drawing, making music and origami.

Itw Frederick Wiedmann and Aaron Ehasz

Frederik Wiedmann is a German composer. He composed the scores for the 2014 films Sniper: Legacy as well as Field of Lost Shoes. Wiedmann also composed the score for the 2007 film Return to House on Haunted Hill (building on Don Davis' score from the first film for some scenes). As of 2012, he is responsible for composing the score to the television series Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Beware the Batman. Most recently, he composed the score for "Tremors 5: Bloodline" and Shut In.

Aaron Ehasz is an American television writer, director and producer whose body of work primarily consists of animated series, although he did serve as a producer on the live-action series The Mullets and Ed. He's also known for being the head writer and director for the popular Avatar: The Last Airbender, in addition to co-creating The Dragon Prince.

Photos of the press room can be found in our official Flickr page here

(Source : press release)