In modern Hollywood, it seems like everyone wants to automate components of production as much as possible, or get it fast, but not get it made well. Unfortunately, it's not just movies and TV that are treated like that, but also the artisans composing the music for those projects. Meet composer David Bertok. He's worked on award-winning feature films like Peace by Chocolate, Daughter of the Sun, and Botero.We had the pleasure of sitting down with David to discuss his process as well as why the human element of live music is so beautiful. Let's dive in. NFS: Congratulations on being nominated for the Hollywood Independent Music Awards! How does that feel?David Bertok: It feels wonderful, exciting and surprising. I didn’t expect to be nominated at all, especially not with a more cerebral music piece like Fontana dell’Anima.NFS: What was the inspiration behind your neo-classical album One? Bertok: It was mainly two things: one, I received a grant from the German Performing Rights Organization (GEMA) to record an album of my neoclassical work. Two, for many years as a film composer, I have amassed a collection of pieces that I've always wanted to record but never found the right moment to do so. When these two occurrences aligned, I already had about half of the music composed and now had the freedom to be very creative with the other half.NFS: Could you share the story behind the creation of the particularly challenging piece, "Fontana dell'Anima," and the process of working...
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