Today we chat to Ian Hultquist and Sofia Hultquist, two composers and musicians based in Los Angeles, who have recently scored the documentary The First Monday in May, which opened the Tribeca Film Festival. They’ve also worked together on the scores for the documentary Silicon Cowboys and the comedy/drama My Blind Brother (starring Jenny Slate,

If a score in the last few years had Brian Tyler‘s name on it, then Matthew Llewellyn definitely played a part in it. He has been involved with several of Brian‘s video game and film projects, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Thor 2: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, and Assassin’s Creed:

Jeremy Nathan Tisser has been in the music game in many ways over the last few years, serving in various capacities on shows like Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Beware the Batman, as well as films like Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, The Damned, and most recently, the box office smash

After a few years of providing additional music to major blockbusters such as X-Men: Days of Future Past and Non-Stop, as well as working on TV series such as Sleeper Cell and Fear Factor, Edwin Wendler is continually forging his own path of music exploits. This past Ocotober saw the simultaneous release of three Halloween

Dominic Lewis has left his fingerprints on several blockbuster scores in the last few years, having composed additional music for action romps such as X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Kingsman: The Secret Service, not to mention fun animations like Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Wreck-It Ralph, and Big

Tom Salta is particularly unique among modern composers in that he had a full career of performing, songwriting, and producing pop and dance hits with many top label artists before eventually moving to the world of writing music for video games and media. After making his mark on the Tom Clancy’s franchise with

Austin Wintory is the man behind the beautiful music of video games such as the critically acclaimed Journey and The Banner Saga, as well as film festival hits such as Captain Abu Raed and Grace. His work on Journey has been nominated for a Grammy, and he’s won multiple awards

Benson Taylor is a composer who splits his time between the UK and the USA. His music can be heard in many TV shows, including Orange Is The New Black, Two and a Half Men, 90210, The Big Bang Theory, Ray Donovan, and the NFL Super Bowl, and has scored shows such as The Discovery Channel’s Unusual