Music Editor Chad Birmingham on Temp Tracks, AI, and Working with Composers

In this episode we welcome our first guest, Chad Birmingham, a two-time Golden Reel award-winning Music Editor! (Song Sung Blue, Materialists, The Penguin, Past Lives, Emily in Paris)

Chad joins us to break down what a music editor actually does, his journey into the music industry, and what composers need to know when working with music editors. We dig into the love-hate relationships with temp tracks, and where AI might (or might not!) fit into the future of film scoring.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:53 What does a Music Editor do?

3:21 Chad’s musical background 

8:45 How much influence does a Music Editor have? 

11:05 What makes a difficult track to work with?

13:41 How do you edit down a song? 

16:48 Advice to composers

23:13 Love-hate relationship with temp music 

29:58 AI in the world of film

32:25 Upcoming projects

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