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'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters'

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows (True Blood, Dexter, House and Six Feet Under) on choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Gareth Edwards on working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects to make his sci-fi thriller Monsters on the cheap.

By Kim Masters • Oct 25, 2010 • 28m Listen

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows like

True Blood, Dexter, House and

Six Feet Under, gives us the art and business of choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Then British filmmaker Gareth Edwards, the director-writer-cinematographer-visual effects creator of the new low-budget movie,

Monsters. By working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects he made this sci-fi thriller on the cheap.

Today's Banter Topics:

Disney buys the rights to distribute Iron Man and Avengers
Netflix stock sores as streaming takes off
Former HBO head, Chris Albrecht's stunning GQ interview

Six Feet Under (music supervision by Gary Calamar and Thomas Golubic)

Monsters, opens October 29

Banner image of Gary Calamar: Lisa Vidoli

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'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters'

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows (True Blood, Dexter, House and Six Feet Under) on choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Gareth Edwards on working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects to make his sci-fi thriller Monsters on the cheap.

By Kim Masters • Oct 25, 2010 • 28m Listen

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows like

True Blood, Dexter, House and

Monsters. By working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects he made this sci-fi thriller on the cheap.

Today's Banter Topics:

Disney buys the rights to distribute Iron Man and Avengers
Netflix stock sores as streaming takes off
Former HBO head, Chris Albrecht's stunning GQ interview

Six Feet Under (music supervision by Gary Calamar and Thomas Golubic)

Monsters, opens October 29

Banner image of Gary Calamar: Lisa Vidoli

Culture

Entertainment

Arts

The Business

'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters'

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows (True Blood, Dexter, House and Six Feet Under) on choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Gareth Edwards on working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects to make his sci-fi thriller Monsters on the cheap.

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'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters'

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows (True Blood, Dexter, House and Six Feet Under) on choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Gareth Edwards on working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects to make his sci-fi thriller Monsters on the cheap.

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