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Jim Johnston was the main composer for over 30 years at WWE and is responsible for some of the iconic themes from Ultimate Warrior & Undertaker to Stone Cold & The Rock.   WEBSITE jimjohnston.com   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Jim Johnston Wants To Come To New Zealand/Lord Of The Rings 01:19 - Yellowstone Park 02:46 - How Jim Composed At WWE & Post WWE/Having To Many Ideas 05:33 - Jim Realises In Hindsight He Needed WWE’s Strict Deadlines 06:17 - Jim Doesn’t Get Writers Block 07:27 - Vince McMahon/Information Jim Got About WWE Superstars 09:00 - WWE Superstars Would Try To Pitch Music To Jim 10:33 - Jim Wasn’t Approachable 11:38 - Deadlines To Compose/Jim Liked The Pressure 14:10 - Jim Didn’t Just Compose The WWE Entrance Music 14:52 - Jim Johnston Would Love To Compose For Hollywood Films 16:40 - Jim Always Wants To Convey Emotion Through Music 18:08 - Politics Of Hollywood/ Jim Is Confident He Could Score Well For Hollywood 20:22 - Stigma Of Composing For WWE 21:32 - Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson 24:29 - How Jim Johnston Is Able To Easily Write Different Styles 27:50 - Every Instrument Jim Can Play 29:06 - Jim Johnston Rarely Collaborates/Jim’s Stage Fright 32:10 - Stage Fright Hasn’t Improved Over The Years 34:38 - Jim Would Be Less Nervous Performing Virtually/Jim Is Anti Lip Singing 36:06 - Jim Does Want To Perform LIVE 36:43 - Jim Hasn’t Been Asked To Be In WWE Hall Of Fame 37:31 - Jim Doesn’t Understand Why He Hasn’t Been Asked In WWE Hall Of Fame 38:39 - Jim Was A Contractor/Workforce System Between NZ & America 40:57 - Jim Composed To Cope After Being Fired From WWE 43:31 - Jim’s Daily Schedule 45:02 - Ultimate Warriors Theme 48:10 - Simple Ideas Are The Most Effective 48:50 - Undertakers Theme 51:50 - Undertaker Walkout Wouldn’t Work Without The Theme 53:41 - Wrestling Isn’t Fake/The Ring Is Hard 57:18 - Social Media/Being Stopped In The Street 59:00 - Jim Still Loves Composing 59:40 - Jim Is Doing An EP Of Themes 1:01:48 - Jim Open To Composing For Video Games 1:03:58 - Melody Isn’t Heard As Much In Film These Days/Jaws 1:06:06 - Jim Likes Normal Conversations 1:07:30 - Cliche Interviews

The Armageddon Expo is NZ's biggest Multi-Genre Entertainment/Comic Book Convention and has been running for over 20 years. Bill Geradts is the founder of the expo. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.armageddonexpo.com/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Armageddonexpo TWITTER - @Armageddonexpo INSTAGRAM - @Armageddonexpo   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:25 - How Armageddon Expo Was Created 01:50 - Bill Is Surprised By How Big Armageddon Became/Contemplating Retirement 04:34 - Why There Aren’t More Conventions/Armageddon Isn’t A Corporate Company 07:29 - Regional Shows Vs Auckland Shows/Negative Comments 09:07 - How Bill Decides Guest List 10:20 - How Covid Changed How Armageddon Was Planned/Positives From Covid 13:45 - Things To Consider For Guests At Armageddon 2021 14:44 - Accomodation For Celebrities Guests 15:33 - Corporate Companies Prevented Proper Showings This Year 16:34 - Cons Of Singular Events/Armageddons Expo Advantage Of Diversity 20:01 - Armageddon Foot Traffic Annually 20:55 - How Long It Takes To Organise Auckland Armageddon Expo 22:20 - Bill’s Daily Schedule/Holidays 24:02 - Bill Is Inspired By Other Conventions Overseas/Comic Con 25:25 - Bill Cuts Off Trolls On Social Media/Fans Don’t Appreciate Jeopardising Business 27:02 - Dunedin Armageddon Expo Didn’t Make Money/Bad Press In Dunedin 28:34 - Armageddon Expo Wouldn’t Have Survived Without Wage Subsidy 29:35 - Armageddon Barely Breaks Even 30:29 - Balancing Business Vs Accomodating Fans 30:58 - Guests Bill Hasn’t Managed To Get Yet For The Expo 31:36 - Getting NZ Based Guests Is Difficult/Peter Jackson/Agents Are Difficult 33:40 - Cost Of Bringing Guests Over 35:07 - Certain Agents Are Difficult 36:51 - NZ Is Not Unique For Actors 37:28 - Armageddon Expo Is Limited By Small Venues In NZ 39:35 - Bill Could Get More Celebrities If Venues Were Bigger/Exploring VR 41:20 - Corporates Entirely Revolve Around America 42:04 - On Investors Buying Armageddon 42:40 - 2020 Has Been A Stressful Year For Bill 44:01 - No One Else Could Start A Convention Like Armageddon 44:56 - Armageddon Expo Usually Runs Very Well/Last Minute Problems 46:49 - Sponsors 47:53 - Bill Delegates A Lot Of Work 49:53 - How Bill Stays Up With Whats Going On 53:50 - Blocking Out Negativity/2021 55:08 - Where To Follow Armageddon Expo On Social Media

Jed Brophy is a great Kiwi actor who is most well known for working on a majority of Peter Jacksons films, most prominently multiple orcs in Lord Of The Rings and the Dwarf Nori in The Hobbit Trilogy. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - https://www.jedbrophy.nz Twitter - @BrophyJed Instagram - @jedibrophy   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:24 - How Jed Got The Jedi Name 00:57 - Jed Is Open To Being In Star Wars 01:36 - Agent In America/How The American System Works 02:46 - Jed Doesn’t Like L.A./Jed Believes NZ Is Amazing 04:10 - Jed’s Mental Health Takes A Downturn From Big Cities 05:09 - Jed Contemplated Living In Vancouver 05:35 - How Jed Became Peter Jackson’s Go To Actor/Peter Jackson’s Direction 08:10 - Playing Orc’s In LOTR 08:40 - Prosthetic Work/Jed Tells LOTR Prosthetic Work Story 11:27 - Different Voices For The Orcs/Fangorn Forest Story 13:40 - Shooting Differences Between LOTR & The Hobbit/Green Screen 15:41 - Sketches & Miniatures To Help Actors/Rohan Set/VFX 17:06 - Jed Interviewed Peter Jackson About Post Production 18:23 - Motion Capture 19:18 - Steven Spielberg Directing Tin Tin Via Satellite 20:08 - NZ Needs To Invest More In Technology/Film Industry Works Together In NZ 21:20 - Avatar 2/James Cameron/James & Peter Are Geniuses 22:13 - Jed’s Work On District 9 24:15 - Adlibbing On The Hobbit/Martin Freeman Loved Adlibbing 25:44 - Effort To Make Cast & Crew Bond During LOTR & The Hobbit 27:09 - iFit Job/Graham McTavish/New Zealands Beauty 29:25 - NZ Becoming Polluted/Underfunded Infrastructure 31:20 - NZ Should Fine People For Littering/Educating People 32:30 - Kiwis Not Appreciating New Zealand 33:01 - Film Crews On LOTR Made Conscious Effort To Protect Environment 33:58 - Jed’s Favourite Place To Visit In NZ 34:47 - Jed’s Fitness/Jed Lost Roles For Being To Fit/Competition 37:17 - Voice Acting Work/Mimicking Getting Jed Into Trouble 39:47 - Jed Doesn’t Rate Himself/What Jed Did During Lockdown 41:08 - Stand Up Comedy 42:00 - Positive Effects Of Covid-19/This Generation Suffering 43:30 - Problems Within NZ/Problems With Solving Housing 47:00 - Educating With Film 48:31 - Shooting Films Now On A Phone 49:44 - Staying Up Technology/Younger People Knowing Tech 50:39 - NZ Doesn’t Have A Mobile Film Festival/Film Commission Behind The Times 53:10 - Making The Film Commission Understand Shooting On Mobile Phones/Mobile Phone Films 57:19 - Warner Bros Interfered With The Hobbit 1:00:05 - Horse Gallop Scenes In LOTR 1:01:00 - LOTR Is Synonymous With NZ/Tourism From LOTR 1:02:30 - NZ’s Landscapes 1:03:44 - Martin Freeman Was Annoyed By NZ’s Beauty 1:04:19 - The Beauty Of NZ Is Unparalleled/Glenorchy 1:05:05 - NZ Offers Amazing Beauty In Close Proximity 1:06:41 - Where To Follow Jed Brophy On Social Media

ZAP is a hip-hop artist hailing from Tauranga who is a master of rapping double time. Rap Beat Produced by Dr.Hayden   SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Zap Instagram - @zap_nz   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Zap Asks Reece Questions 01:50 - How Zap Got Into Hip-Hop 03:22 - American Culture/Gang Culture 05:17 - Who ZAP Is Inspired By/Scribe 06:21 - How ZAP Writes 07:18 - How ZAP Wrote Pieces/J.Dot & Hooligang 08:32 - Bad Mixing 09:20 - Who ZAP Would Love To Collaborate With/David Dallas 10:05 - Assholes In Hip-Hop 11:42 - Martial Arts 12:00 - One Main Source Income With Side Hustles/Unmotivated People 13:15 - People Not Understanding How Long It Takes To Write One Song 14:07 - People With Fake Lifestyles/Social Media 16:00 - How the ZAP Name Came About 17:07 - Being A Good Or Bad Judge Of Character 19:07 - Multicultralism Of Auckland 20:00 - ZAP Is A Fan Of Kiwi Talkz 20:32 - ZAP Interacting With Different Walks Of Life 21:51 - Pasifika & Maori The Main Demographic Of Hip-Hop 22:48 - Which Ethnic Group Has The Most Weirdos 23:52 - Reece’s Views On Religion 26:22 - Being Accepted As A White Hip-Hop Artist 27:42 - Reece’s Top Artists/Kendrick Lamar 28:29 - New School Hip-Hop 29:40 - What Impresses Reece/Club & Gangsta Songs 30:57 - Bone Thugs & Twista 31:40 - How ZAP Constructs His Bars 33:06- How Reece Writes/Chronicles Of Cancer/Sexy Doctor 35:52 - Songs Of Substance 35:30 - Battle Rap 37:52 - Skolar Vs Diz/Humiliation In Battle Rap 38:45 - Dlar 40:15 - Difference Between Studio & Zoom With Kiwi Talkz 41:20 - Reece Doesn’t Want To Just Do Hip-Hop Episodes 41:50 - Tyson Tyler 43:08 - Lockdown 44:20 - Wellington 45:05 - Feeling Old Clubbing/Clubs In Hamilton 46:23 - Living In Auckland/Immigrants In Auckland 47:22 - Traffic In Mumbai/Reece Tells A Story About India 48:40 - Meth/Why People Drink/ZAPs Drinking 50:40 - Chloe Swarbrick 51:21 - Reece’s Views On The Cannabis Reform 52:35 - Pesticides On Cannabis/Cannabis Legislation 53:38 - Frog In The Boiling Water Analogy 54:45 - ZAP Thinks Reece Eats Frogs 55:37 - Battling Chloe Swarbrick 55:25 - People Turning On Jacinda Ardern/ Reddit NZ Being Left Leaning 57:30 - Conspiracy Theories 58:45 - The Future For ZAP/Mai FM 59:33 - White People Being Disadvantaged In Hip-Hop In NZ/White Privilege 1:01:53 - Hip Hop Summit 1:02:25 - Where To Follow ZAP 1:03:28 - ZAP Praises Reece/Fake Personalities 1:04:23 - How Reece Gets On The Same Level As His Guests 1:05:44 - What Podcasts Reece Listens Too 1:06:21 - Reece’s Communicating 1:08:10 - ZAP Spits A Verse

Graeme Norgate was a former composer at video game company Rare. He is most well known for composing for a majority of Rare games such as Goldeneye, Killer Instinct & Blast Corps. He is also the main composer of Timesplitters. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Graeme Norgate TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Graeme Norgate’s Setup 01:11 - Evolution Of How Graemes Composing 03:20 - How Graeme Ended Up At Rare 07:00 - How Composers At Rare Were Picked To Compose Games 10:25 - Graemes Way Of Working At Rare 12:29 - Goldeneye’s Music/Bond Theme 13:37 - Egyptian Temple Theme 14:56 - How Graeme Composers 16:02 - Goldeneye Pipe Sound 18:43 - Composing For Killer Instinct 25:45 - Mick Gordons Killer Instinct Soundtrack 26:52 - Relationship With Robin Beanland 28:06 - Good Camaraderie With All The Other Rare Composers/Robin Helping Graeme 30:32 - Composing Timesplitters/Perfect Dark 35:26 - Audio Director At Crytek/What Is An Audio Director 38:39 - Graeme Is Currently Working On Mobile Games 40:56 - Graeme Doesn’t Work To A Routine & Doesn’t Know His Method Of Composing 43:44 - Writers Block 45:28 - Rare Staff Not Knowing How Well They Were Regarded 47:50 - Graeme Wasn’t Approached For Killer Instinct (2013)/ 49:25 - Music Becoming Dated 50:16 - Mick Gordon 51:22 - Travelling To Research Music Not Possible In The Olden Days 52:55 - Graeme Doesn’t Want To Work On Film 55:35 - Game Music Is Diverse/Game Music Has Faster Turnaround 58:03 - TV & Film Industry Is Cut Throat/Differences Between Game & TV Music 1:00:15 - Gaming Is Only Increasing/Older Generation Don’t Understand Gaming 1:01:41 - Grant Kirkhope/Its Who You Know Not What You Know 1:05:03 - Where To Follow Graeme Norgate

Kimberley Crossman is a well known actress, author, presenter, producer, writer, director, dancer, stand-up comedian (Basically ridiculously talented). She also hosts a podcast called Pretty Depressed.   SOCIAL MEDIA Website - kimberleycrossman.com Instagram - @kimcrossman Facebook - Kimberley Crossman   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:12 - What Kim Has Been Doing During Covid-19 02:56 - L.A. Humbled Kim/Realities Of L.A. 04:43 - Dealing With Rejection/What Takes A Toll On Kim 06:32 - Kim Believes She Is An Intense Person 07:47 - Kim’s Depression 09:40 - Chloe Swarbrick 11:50 - Interviewing Celebrities 13:13 - Celebrities Kim Gets Nervous Around 14:04 - Kim Prefers To Audition Rather Than Trying To Get Favours 14:43 - Taika Waititi/NZ On The Map Now In L.A. 15:35 - Kiwi Accent 16:55 - Kim’s Time In Syria & India And How It Shaped Her 23:05 - Clean Air In L.A. During Lockdown 24:24 - How Kimberley Ended Up On The Project 25:22 - John Campbell 26:03 - Kim’s Swearing/Brownyn Directing Kim’s Career 27:35 - How Kim Became An Actress 29:15 - Reece Tells His Shortland Street Audition Story 30:31 - More Opportunities For Men In Acting 31:07 - What Roles Kim Gets 31:51 - LL Cool J & The Rock Aren’t As Big As Kim Thought 33:00 - How Kim Sees Herself On Screen 33:30 - Sometimes A Director Cant Convey What They Want 35:08 - Things Kim Hasn’t Done But What She Would Love To Do/Hollywood Hierarchy 37:24 - Hollywood Vs NZ People 38:34 - Kim Has Been Offered Roles But Auditions If She Doesn’t Feel Right For The Role 40:05 - Kim Improvises Without Permission 41:54 - Kim Wants To Be In Amazons Lord Of The Rings 42:38 - Learning The American Accent 44:05 - Fake It Till You Make It 45:05 - Boundaries/Kim’s Bad Eating Habits 48:25 - Dealing With Fame/Politics 50:12 - Kim Was Disappointed By Kiwis Giving Her Shit About BLM 51:20 - Social Media/Kim Tries To Understand A Different Perspective 53:04 - What Reece & Kim Learned During Covid/Lockdown 54:57 - Where To Follow Kim Crossman

Stephanie Nadolny is a well known voice actor who is widely praised for her role as Young Gohan In Dragonball Z and Young Goku In Dragonball. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @StephVox Instagram - @stephanienadolny Facebook - Stephanie Nadolny   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:47 - How Stephanie Got Into Voice Acting & Got Cast In Dragonball Z 04:22 - Stephanie Was Always Singing, Playing Music & Mimicking Voices 06:10 - The Audition Process For Gohan/Working On The Early Episodes 08:36 - Playing Young Goku In Dragonball 09:40 - Syncing Vocals With Mouth Flaps 12:13 - Stephanies Directing Opportunities/Singing For Funimation 13:14 - Funimation Expanding Over Time 14:42 - Stephanie Is Not Very Tech Savvy  15:59 - Difficulty Of Doing Gohan Yelling  18:26 - Stephanie Was Notified Of Story In Advance/How Director Would Guide Stephanie 20:18 - Stephanie’s Favourite DBZ Moments To Voice 23:33 - Stephanie Tried To Lobby To Be Adult Gohan As Well 24:15 - Voicing East Kai 25:22 - Background Voices 26:48 - Why Stephanie Was Replaced On DBZ Kai Going Forward 29:58 - Going To Anime Conventions/Cameo 32:23 - Stephanie’s Time In New Zealand & Australia For Conventions 37:18 - Stephanie Loves New Zealand 39:20 - Perth  40:58 - L.A. Based Industries Moving To Texas 42:22 - Stephanie Originally Wanted To Move To L.A. Before Dragonball Z 44:40 - Covid-19’s Effect On Stephanie’s Work 47:35 - Stephanie Loves Fans And Talking  48:29 - The Hardships Stephanie Had Growing Up 51:04 - Anti Bullying Campaign 53:22 - Stephanie Tells A Personal Story 55:21 - Reece Tells His Story On How DBZ Helped Him 56:32 - Stephanie Working Through Hardships And Coming Out The Otherside 58:38 - Where To Follow Stephanie Nadolny

Mark Hadlow is an NZ Actor & Comedian and is well known for his work with Peter Jackson particularly for his role as Dori the Dwarf in The Hobbit Films.   SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @therealmarkhadlow Twitter - @mark_markhadlow   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Having A Good Work Ethic/Peter Jackson & His Effect On NZ Economy 02:52 - Hobbiton Being A Huge Tourism Attraction 04:02 - WETA/Richard Taylor/NZ Keeping Up With Overseas 05:20 - Bringing Back The Live Theatre Experience/Hamilton Film Vs Live 08:05 - Reece Speaks On His Brother Doing Live Theatre 09:13 - Film & Television Vs Theatre 12:15 - NZ Are As Good At Theatre As Everyone Else/Theatre Not Funded Enough In NZ 13:06 - NZ’s Handling Of Covid/How Film & Theatre Can Prosper Here 14:13 - Climate Change 16:32 - Travelling Expands Your Horizons/Tackling Poverty 18:24 - NZ’s Reliance On Farming 19:35 - Politics Being Tribal/Personal Attacks In Politics 21:29 - How Covid-19 Affected Mark & His Business/Wage Subsidy 23:25 - Preparations Mark Made After Lockdown 26:03 - Billy T James/What Mark Learned From Billy T James 29:03 - Working On The Hobbit 31:00 - Bonding with Jed Brophy & Adam Brown 33:22 - Martin Freeman As Bilbo 34:47 - The Dori Prosthetics & Make Up 36:47 - Dwarf Bootcamp 38:20 - Green Screen & The Burt Troll Motion Capture 41:25 - The Barrel Chase 43:40 - The Hobbit Shoot Was A Year 44:37 - Watching The Amazing Actors Work 46:24 - Staying Grounded Despite The Fame Of The Hobbit 49:13 - People Stopping Mark In The Streets 50:49 - Working On Mortal Engines 54:15 - Mark Got Autograph From Les Dawson 54:50 - Accents 57:31 - Voice Acting/Radio Ads 1:00:53 - Mark Loves An Acting Challenge/Preventing Tunnel Vision/Emails 1:02:33 - Emotional Communication Is Being Lost Due To Social Media 1:06:17 - The Older & Younger Generations Can Learn From Each Other/Hand Signal For Being Grumpy Old Men 1:07:28 - Yes People 1:08:12 - Mark Gets Anxiety About Auditions/Theatre Auditions 1:09:50 - Mistakes That Actors Make At Auditions/Musicals 1:11:50 - Jesus Christ Superstar Story/Mark Cant Do Rhyme 1:14:40 - Where To Follow Mark Hadlow 1:16:08 - MAMIL

Linda Young is a voice actor for Funimation who is well known for playing the villainous Frieza from Dragonball Z during its original English Dub. Twitter - @LindaYoungVA Instagram - @lindasorta   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Covid-19 Has Affected Linda’s Work 02:03 - Working With An Agent/Comic-Con 05:00 - Singing In A Band 06:04 - Linda Always Wanted To Be An Actor & Singer/Linda Didn’t Know What Anime Was 07:10 - How Linda Got The Role Of Frieza 08:14 - First Day Of Work As Frieza/The Direction Frieza Got For The Character 11:02 - Process Of Recording Voice/Vocals Recorded One Line At A Time 13:15 - Yelling And Not Hurting Vocal Chords 15:10 - Losing Your Voice Well Your Recording/How To Keep Your Vocal Chords Clear 16:52 - Avoiding Foods That Affect The Voice/Linda’s Allergies 18:58 - Linda Tells Story Of Losing Her Voice And Getting A Steroid Shot 20:15 - Recording With The Script 21:13 - Repeating Lines Over And Over 22:02 - Different Variations Of Frieza’s Voice From Transformations 23:08 - Funimation Are Great At Directing Voice Actors 26:00 - Enunciating With Voice Acting 27:02 - Alternating Between Baba & Frieza/Set Times At Work 29:05 - Particular Scenes Linda Remembers From DBZ/Lines Linda Would Mess Up All The Time 31:09 - Linda Never Believed Frieza Was Dead After Goku Killed Him/Baba Voice 32:10 - Why Linda Stopped Doing Frieza’s Voice From DBZ KAI Going Forward/Linda Was Sad When This Happened 33:25 - Comic Con Came Up After Stopping Frieza Role/Reece Wants To Try Get Linda To NZ 34:50 - Signings/Strange Fans 39:18 - A Lot Of Linda’s Friends Didn’t Know She Did The Voice Of Frieza/Linda Doesn’t Really Talk About Herself 43:21 - Linda’s Hobbies 44:52 - Mass Exodus From California To Texas/Funimation Primarily Based In Texas 46:40 - Evolution Of Funimation 48:04 - You Always Voice Record By Yourself 50:05 - Difference Between Original Dub And DVD Dub In Terms Of Linda Redubbing 52:13 - Memory/Same Process From Show To Show 54:00 - Linda Doesn’t Audition Much These Days/Fanmail 57:14 - Linda Would Like To Do Some Voice Work For Disney/Lobbying For Acting Roles In L.A. 59:05 - Linda Speaks About Her Kids 1:00:27 - Normality Has Returned To NZ As Covid Isn’t In The Community 1:01:30 - Where To Follow Linda Young On Social Media/Twitter 1:03:33 - Linda Does The Frieza Accent Thanking Kiwi Talkz  1:04:11 - Fans Putting DB Super Scenes With Lindas Voice/Dedication Of Fans 1:06:00 - Reece Plans To Visit Dallas At Some Point

Grant Kirkhope is widely regarded as one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on such games as Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. He recently became the first western composer to work with Nintendo on Super Smash Bros Ultimate & Mario + Rabbids SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @grantkirkhope Instagram - @grantkirkhopecomposer Facebook - GrantKirkhopeComposer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirk... Goldeneye OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL7V... Perfect Dark OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jID... Banjo Kazooie OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNAV... Donkey Kong 64 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hUx... Kingdoms Of Amalur Reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VE8... Mario + Rabbids OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGgI...   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro About Technical Issues 01:05 - Crazy Times/American Elections 01:32 - Green Card/How Long Grant Has Been In America 02:17 - Indie Films Grant Has Been Working 03:10 - Agents/Struggles Of Breaking Into The Film Industry 04:55 - Game Composers Looked Down Upon Compared To Film Composers 05:33 - Only Way To Get Film Composing Roles Is Through The Director/Fierce Competition For Film Composers 07:00 - Younger Directors Have Played Video Games So More Of A Chance Of Them Knowing Grant 08:26 - Films Not Having Memorable Tunes These Days/Games Now Having Music Cinematic Sequences 10:24 - Grant’s Process Of Composing 11:52 - Grant’s Work On Goldeneye 007/How He Composed For Goldeneye 007 14:41 - Grant Only Got Small Notes About Levels He Was Composing For 15:10 - Grant Got A Few Visuals For Banjo, Donkey Kong & Perfect Dark/Approach To Composing For Them 17:07 - Spiral Mountain/ Treasure Trove Cove/Mumbo’s Mountain 18:50 - Grant Didn’t Get Told Much To Rewrite Tunes At Rare 20:22 - Working With Nintendo For Smash Bros Banjo Arrangement/Banjo Kazooie Smash Bros Trailer 23:50 - Grant Is The First Western Composer To Work On Mario & Smash Bros 24:35 - Grant Has Better Communication With Nintendo Now 24:43 - Reece Thinks Grant Could Compose For Metroid Based On Perfect Dark OST 25:22 - To Be Employable You Have To Diversify As A Musician 26:09 - Working For A Company Vs Freelancing/Living In L.A. 28:05 - Grant Is Good With Money 28:55 - Grant Works Well Under Pressure/Grant Doesn’t Get Writers Block 31:05 - Grant Doesn’t Toss Away Work/Learning To Do What Your Told By Your Boss On Rewriting Tunes 33:30 - Employment Laws In UK Vs America 34:25 - Grants Friends Losing Jobs For Arguing With A Creative Director/Creative People Are Sensitive 35:45 - Genres Grant Is Not Good At Composing/How He Researches New Genres 37:10 - Instruments Grant Can Play/Working With Midi & Live Orchestras 40:05 - Donkey Kong 64 Rap 44:17 - Competitiveness With Dav