Cobra Kai Composing: An Interview with Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson (Part I)

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Film History, Music History, Tv & Film, Music

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We get a chance to sit down with Cobra Kai composers Zach Robinson and Leo Birenberg, as they discuss their music, their process, and their love of film scoring. The various musical styles of the Karate Kid franchise are discussed, as well as their own unique take on this hit TV series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
0:40.0	Our show is about to begin.
0:42.0	In 2018, two composers joined forces to give us a new twist on a nostalgic franchise.
0:50.0	Here is our interview with the musical sensees of Cobra Kai, Leo Burenburg, and
0:56.6	Zach Robinson.
0:58.6	This is the soundtrack show. the Oh, Welcome back to the soundtrack show. I'm your host David W Collins and this is a special interview episode.
1:59.0	Our chance to sit with professionals that create the music behind the entertainment that we love. I'm going to And boy do I love Cobra Kai. You know I haven't told this story but back in 2014 a friend and I attended a 30th anniversary screening of
2:35.8	the Karate Kid, the original, at the New Beverly Cinema here in Los Angeles.
2:39.9	It's owned by Quentin Tarantino.
2:41.8	Anyway, really cool theater. After the screening,
2:45.0	director John Avaldsen got up and spoke, as did members of the original Cobra Kai from the original film.
2:53.8	Alton was such a gentleman, such a kind person who I got to meet in the lobby afterward.
2:58.9	But I have to say, I was really taken by William Zabka, aka Johnny Lawrence, who was so positive, so genuine during the
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