Hello, fellow Comic-Con Composer Lovers!
One of our most favorite things in life are the musical genius composers who bring life to movie, television and theater programs that virtually everyone I know enjoys. The melodies are so hypnotic and enjoyable to our entertainment experiences that most people simply forget that they are there.
In fact, that is exactly the intent of the composers we all enjoy; To make the music they compose so seamless to the programs that we are often unaware they are even there.
On July 24, 2025 the wonderful team at Costa Communications invited TeamWHR to the “Musical Anatomy Superhero Press Room” where we were honored to interview Brandon Roberts composer for Logan and Andor, Simon Franglen of the Avatar The Way of Water and the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, Mick Giacchino of Skeleton Crew and The Penguin, and Alex Seaver composer for the Arcane series.
Each of these talented individuals were delightful to interview with each sharing their exciting experiences in composing the music for the iconic entertainment programs mentioned above as well as many other series and films we have all enjoyed over the years!
About Brandon Roberts:
Emmy Award-winning composer Brandon Roberts’ music can be heard all over the scoring world today. From the Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo, co-composed with Marco Beltrami, to the pulsing action of World War Z and Logan, to the surreal reimagining of Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone and the horror of Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving. Upon graduating from the USC Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television program, Brandon Roberts began working under Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning composer Marco Beltrami. They later went on to co-compose a wide range of films and television. Projects include such large-scale feature films as A Quiet Place (I and II), Logan, Chaos Walking, and World War Z. Roberts’ other recent scores include Paramount Pictures’ Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and Eli Craig’s summer slasher Clown in a Cornfield. Roberts was most recently Emmy-nominated for his original score for Andor Season 2.
About Simon Franglen:
Simon Franglen is a multi-award-winning composer and producer of film, classical, and contemporary music. Well-known for his long-time collaboration with his friend, James Horner, he was the lead arranger and producer on films including The Amazing Spider-Man, Titanic, and Avatar. For his critically acclaimed score for Avatar: The Way of Water, he was awarded the World Soundtrack Awards’ ‘Discovery of the Year,’ the Hollywood Music in Media Award, the ASCAP Award winner for the top score, and was nominated for the Ivor Novello award. This year, Franglen follows up his 3-hour epic score from Avatar: The Way of Water with Avatar: Fire and Ash, which releases in December 2025. Franglen’s credits also include three of the four top-grossing films of all time and six of the top-selling albums. His accolades include a Golden Globe nomination for his work on ‘Avatar’ and a Grammy as a producer for ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for ‘Record of the Year’. He has collaborated with singers and musicians from across the world, including the South Pacific Islands, Mongolia, Maori, Tunisian Malouf, Rajasthan, and Eritrea. His music credits range from The Weeknd, Celine Dion, and Toni Braxton to producing UK grime acts. Franglen is also known for his cutting-edge work in immersive audio, and is a consultant to several multi-national companies on the intersection of music and immersive audio. He has major art and commercial installations running around the world.
About Mick Giacchino:
Mick Giacchino is a composer for film and television in both live-action and animated mediums. His recent work includes the HBO/DC original series The Penguin, Skeleton Crew from Lucasfilm, Disney’s The Muppets Mayhem and AMC+’s That Dirty Black Bag. Since his debut with Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow in 2015,
Mick has contributed to projects such as Disney’s Zootopia+, Netflix’s animated feature Extinct, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, and additional music for Matt Reeves’ The Batman. In 2021, he released his first instrumental EP, “Perseverance.”
About Alex Seaver:
Singer, songwriter, composer and Executive Music Producer Alex Seaver represents a strikingly new phenomenon in today’s music world. Whether he’s releasing studio albums for his own artist outfit Mako, collaborating with Riot Games, or writing and producing music for some of today’s biggest artists, Juilliard-trained Seaver has made a unique impact across the intersection of music, film, television and video games. Most recently, Seaver served as the Executive Music Producer and composer for the second season of Riot Games’ Emmy-winning Netflix animated series Arcane. Across both seasons, Arcane spent 15 weeks in Netflix’s global top 10 list, where Seaver earned an Emmy nomination for his work on the first season. He took on an expanded role for the second season, which features a 22-song soundtrack including tracks by global artists such as Twenty One Pilots, Linkin Park, Stromae, Stray Kids, Young Miko, Ashnikko and more. In addition to writing and producing songs across the album, he oversaw the creative guidance of its artists through the musical world of Arcane, composed the musical score with Alex Temple, and performed the song “What Have They Done To Us” under his artist moniker, Mako. Since its release, the soundtrack has garnered over 1.6 billion global streams.!
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