#103 - Elik Álvarez Interview (TMNT 2003, Yu-Gi-Oh, David Attenborough, 4Kids Entertainment, Composing etc.)

Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry
composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh,
Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David
Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of
late.


#tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough


SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com


FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez


INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer


TWITTER - @elikalvarez


 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


00:51 - Working At 4Kids Entertainment


02:44 - Composing For Cartoons Is Like Bootcamp


06:07 - The Process Of Scoring At 4Kids Entertainment


08:39 - Writing Music Using Themes Others Have Written for TMNT
2003


10:00 - Gratification Of Being A Composer/Never Getting Bored


11:09 - Elik Got Allocated A Lot Of Action Cues For TMNT 2003


12:26 - Elik Having To Research Various Genres For Composing
TMNT/Collaboration


15:00 - Elik Isn’t An Audio Engineer/Mixes While He
Composes/Deadlines


19:07 - Elik Didn’t Take Music References From Japanese Score Of
Yu-Gi-Oh


20:09 - Temp Tracks/Referencing Other Composers


22:07 - Applying Degree In Business Administration To Music


23:34 - Freelancing/Negotiating Contracts/PR Agents


25:25 - Soundtrack Releases Of 4Kids Entertainment Shows Could Be
On The Horizon


28:58 - Collaboration With Freddy Sheinfield & Joel Douek


31:22 - Friendship With Freddy & Joel/Competitiveness


33:53 - Elik Wants To Meet David Attenborough


35:31 - Composing For Documentaries


39:05 - Direction From Project Director


41:00 - Chasing Projects


43:41 - Royalties Are How Composers Survive Between Projects


45:06 - Kingdom Of Plants Gave Elik Credibility/You Need
Validation To Get Work In California


48:00 - You Have To Be Competitive In California


50:00 - Elik Isnt A Networking & Party Guy   


51:30 - Elik Hates Composing For Commercials/Concert Music


53:22 - Action Cues In Yu-Gi-Oh Would Make it Easy To Do
Superhero Film


55:22 - Where To Follow Elik Alvarez/What Elik Is Working On