Skip to content
  • Music
    • Reviews
    • Essays
    • Playlists
    • Columns
    • Everything Else
  • Film
    • Reviews
    • Essays
    • Video Essays
    • Columns
    • Everything Else
  • Podcast
  • Contributors
  • About
  • Music
  • Film
  • Network
  • Podcast
  • Artists
  • About
"The moment we accept entertainers into our lives, they cease to be human beings to us."—Adam Schatz
INTRODUCING
ROLE MODELS
PODCAST NETWORK
THREE GREAT THINGS
HEAR FIRST

Tag: composition

Briana Marela and Cole Pulice Feel Floaty

Music
By Briana Marela | June 9, 2025
By Briana Marela | June 9, 2025

Briana Marela and Cole Pulice Feel Floaty

The Oakland-based artists talk translating their work from the stage to their new records, and more.

Quatuor Bozzini and Linda Catlin Smith Talk the Art of Interpretation

Music
By Quatuor Bozzini | April 11, 2025
By Quatuor Bozzini | April 11, 2025

Quatuor Bozzini and Linda Catlin Smith Talk the Art of Interpretation

The collaborators catch up in celebration of the quartet’s 25th anniversary.

Jacob Michael (Foreign Air) on the Genius of Ennio Morricone

Music
By Foreign Air | December 7, 2020
By Foreign Air | December 7, 2020

Jacob Michael (Foreign Air) on the Genius of Ennio Morricone

A tribute to the late Italian film composer.

Alone, Not Lonely: On Making Violinvocations

Music
By Hugh Marsh | February 8, 2019
By Hugh Marsh | February 8, 2019

Alone, Not Lonely: On Making Violinvocations

Violinist Hugh Marsh talks with Western Vinyl labelmates Botany and Joseph Shabason about making his new album while crashing at Jon Hassell’s house.

Tommy Wallach Talks the Immense Difficulty of Writing About Fictional Bands

Music
By Tommy Wallach | November 14, 2015
By Tommy Wallach | November 14, 2015

Tommy Wallach Talks the Immense Difficulty of Writing About Fictional Bands

The only thing that this novelist-musician knows for sure is that writing fiction about music is fucking hard.

Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) Talks Malcolm Goldstein’s Full Circle Sounding

Music
By Dylan Baldi | September 2, 2015
By Dylan Baldi | September 2, 2015

Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) Talks Malcolm Goldstein’s Full Circle Sounding

How the new album by a 73-year-old extended-technique avant-garde violinist inspired a creative breakthrough for a twentysomething rock guitarist.

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet

Music
By David Garland | August 26, 2015
By David Garland | August 26, 2015

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet

Questing and questioning, reevaluating form and proportion, and rethinking the drums, Deradoorian's debut album is the sound of going forward — fast.

Composer Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina) Talks with Composer Clint Mansell (Noah) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Podcast
By Geoff Barrow | August 18, 2015
By Geoff Barrow | August 18, 2015

Composer Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina) Talks with Composer Clint Mansell (Noah) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Two acclaimed film score composers discuss their craft, and movies today.

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

Film
By Daniel Hart | February 9, 2015
By Daniel Hart | February 9, 2015

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

By showing rather than telling, this documentary about a brilliant emerging choreographer reveals the genesis of, and passion behind, a new ballet.

Kevin Devine (the Goddamn Band, Bad Books) Talks David Bazan’s David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet, Volume 1

Music
By Kevin Devine | September 10, 2014
By Kevin Devine | September 10, 2014

Kevin Devine (the Goddamn Band, Bad Books) Talks David Bazan’s David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet, Volume 1

Hard-touring songwriter Kevin Devine finds a kindred spirit on David Bazan’s latest release.

Featured Podcast

In Conversation: CORY HANSON

Popular Talks

Today This Week All Time
  • Laura Jane Grace & Paris Campbell Grace Are Not Staying Sane
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • All One Song :: Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) on “Vampire Blues”
  • Mocky and Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) Are Time Travelers
  • Lou Reed Talks Kanye West’s Yeezus
  • Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the HBO Documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
  • Rose McGowan’s Open Letter to Scott Baio and Those Like Him
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) Talks Drake’s Nothing Was the Same
  • Laura Jane Grace & Paris Campbell Grace Are Not Staying Sane
  • An Actor, a Helmsman, and My Brian: Boldly Going Where No Widow Has Gone Before
  • Mocky and Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) Are Time Travelers
  • Six Steamy Films to Get You in the Mood for The Voyeurs
TALKHOUSE WEEKLY
A Friday digest of the week's best Talks, picked for you by the editors.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
© 2025 Talkhouse, Inc. All Rights Reserved.