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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interviews With "Avengers: Endgame" Composer Alan Silvestri & VFX Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

One of the year's biggest technical marvels, is the year's biggest film made by Marvel. "Avengers: Endgame" is the highest grossing film of all time and a culmination not just for the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also for everyone behind the scenes who have worked tirelessly to bring this chapter to its stunning conclusion. Two people heavily involved with the making of the film were kind enough to lend their time to talk about their involvement in "Avengers: Endgame." First up we have Daniel Howat interviewing composer Alan Silvestri, followed by Will Mavity's interview with Visual Effects Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw. Tune in to hear from both of them what their experience was like making the year's biggest film, the lasting impact of their work on the MCU and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with the composer for Avengers Endgame, Alan Silvestri.

0:09.5

Followed by Will Mavity's interview with the visual effects supervisor for Avengers Endgame, Dan DeLeo.

0:15.7

Hey, Ms. Putz.

0:17.3

If you find this recording, don't feel better about this.

0:22.0

Part of the journey is the end.

0:25.5

Just for the record, being a drift in space with zero promise of rescue is more fun than it sounds.

0:33.0

Food and water ran out four days ago.

0:37.6

Oxygen will run out tomorrow morning.

0:41.0

I'll be it.

0:43.3

When I drift off, I will dream about you.

0:48.1

It's always you.

0:49.3

Hey, everyone, this is Daniel Howitt, and I'm here with Alan Silvestri,

0:52.5

Oscar-nominated composer of Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, and of course this year's modest little hit Avengers Endgame. Thanks for joining with us today.

1:01.5

Pleasure to be here.

1:02.9

So the Marvel movies are notoriously secretive. Actors have talked about not even knowing the full plot of the movie as they're filming it. So I'm curious, was it the same for you as you started your process scoring Avengers Endgame?

1:15.8

You know, in a sense, they have to let me in on the secret.

1:22.6

Sure.

1:23.6

Because the score has to have a sense of overview,

1:29.1

and I'm actually getting the film

1:32.6

because I have to work to the actual film.

1:36.6

So it's a very high-level security event,

1:42.8

but I do have to see the film as it's being made in real time

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