Composer Natalie Holt - Loki & Obi-Wan Kenobi

In this episode we chat with Composer Natalie Holt who recently was nominated with two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for the Disney+ series Loki.
We discuss her process working on the highly acclaimed Star War series Obi-Wan Kenobi, balancing work and family, collaborating with her creative team and planning for the future!
ABOUT NATALIE HOLT:
Natalie Holt is a multi-award winning British composer who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the National Film & Television School. She is the first woman to score a live action Star Wars project.
Her numerous film and television credits include the Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) with John Williams, the Marvel television series Loki (starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson), the Netflix film Fever Dream (Dir: Claudia Llosa) the BBC’s Wallander (starring Kenneth Branagh), Knightfall (starring Mark Hamill), Paddington (starring Hugh Bonneville), Deadwater Fell (starring David Tennant) and the award-winning BBC drama Three Girls.
She co-scored the WW1 film Journey’s End with Oscar winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), The Honourable Woman and Victoria with Martin Phipps (The Crown) and composed additional music for Hans Zimmer and Martin Phipps on the film Woman in Gold.
An accomplished violinist and violist, she has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. She is known for her experimental string-based scores, on which she plays violin, piano and vintage synthesizer, as well as for her large orchestral music which she records at London’s Abbey Road Studios.
She won the prestigious Ivor Novello award in 2015, was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2017, was nominated for an Emmy award and won the Best International Score at the Beijing International Film Festival in 2018 for her score on Journey’s End with Hildur Guðnadóttir. Natalie is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
NATALIE HOLT:
www.natalieholt.com
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[@G-0]

Awesome! She's been on a roll this year! Sucks we won't get to hear her music for Batgirl :/

[@TheZaphod87]

Natalie has had such a brilliant past year! Looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next, the music in Loki was so refreshing and unique.

[@premnallanti7218]

And she did it 🔥

[@Nicolas.Lattanzi]

I would like to get a release for Knifgtfall series, it has such a great music composed by her.

[@fartloudYT]

I liked the music in Loki that is for sure. It really felt weird at times and showed that composer got a higher creative freedom while working on it. Main theme is great. I would totally love somewhat similar direction for something like Doctor Who.
However... Obi it was quite a forgettable score except one theme for inquisitor. I have no idea why such a fan service/flagship title could not allow the original imperial march/vader themes or some renditions of them for when they were truly needed. I do not know who's idea that was and at which level or stage of production, but that really did miss the mark. Then again it did not have Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for such an important title so i would imagine it was at higher production level who did not understand what they were doing. Obi needed either a homage style soundtrack or something totally wild. It was neither. Sounds to me like the producers got Natalie on board, but did not allow for proper freedom.

[@VVeeVVeeV]

While I loved her work on Loki (it was seriously amazing), I personally felt her work on Obi-Wan was a let down. It felt very 'generic sci-fi' and didn't feel like Star Wars.

[@allilve]

liked and subscribed

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