BONUS: Film & TV Composer Chad Fischer Unpacks the Industry
Unpacking The Toolbox
Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Multi-talented composer Chad Fischer joins Katie, Guillermo and Betsy to unpack the career path of a lesser-known but vital role in all productions. Betsy and Chad break down the intricacies of scoring television. And Chad walks everyone through his incredible trajectory from indie drummer to master composer, filled a little bit of luck and a whole heap of hard work in every aspect of music and sound.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Unpacking the toolbox is a production of Shondaland audio in partnership with IHeartRadio. |
| 0:32.3 | It's the Scandal Rewatch podcast show with Giamo Diaz and Katie Lowe's. |
| 0:37.9 | Hi, guys. Hi, everybody. Hi, Betsy Beers. Hi, Guillermo Diaz. Hi, guys. |
| 0:38.9 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:39.8 | Hi, Betsy Beers. |
| 0:41.5 | Hi, Giermo Diaz. |
| 0:42.7 | Hi, Katie Lowe's. Hi, you two little nutty, nutsters, who nut? |
| 0:46.8 | We are just talking about, oh, yeah, well, today is a, today is a very exciting day because I actually, this is why this podcast is the gift that keeps on giving because I don't know a lot about this job at all or how it works. |
| 1:02.5 | Same. |
| 1:03.0 | How you, I honestly think it might be the coolest job in all of Hollywood. |
| 1:08.2 | I mean, it is the most amazing, interesting, effective, important job. |
| 1:14.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.7 | It's a huge part of when you watch something, why you feel the way you feel. |
| 1:21.6 | And what this gentleman does, I think, is adds this incredible element to shows that if it didn't exist as an occupation, things would not be as wonderful as they are. |
| 1:37.4 | Can anybody guess? |
| 1:39.2 | This is like we're in fourth grade. |
| 1:40.9 | Can anybody guess what this job is? |
| 1:43.7 | Is it an astronaut? No. Is it a fireman? |
| 1:48.2 | Is it speaker of the house? No. It's a bumper-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da- |
| 1:55.6 | See, did you like that? It's a composer. And it's not just any composer. This is an amazing composer who |
| 2:04.1 | has worked with Shandaland over the years, several times, does amazing work. It comes multiple |
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