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[b][color=red]Who is "Two Steps From Hell"?[/color][/b]
[i]Two Steps From Hell[/i] is a production music company based in Los Angeles, California. Founded by [b]Nick Phoenix and Thomas J. Bergersen[/b] on 14 February 2006,[b] the company produces music for movie trailers[/b].
In particular, the group's music has been used in trailers for such films as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Star Trek, The Dark Knight, The Fighter, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tron: Legacy, Anna Karenina, No Country for Old Men, 2012, Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Super 8, Inception, Drive Angry, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Hugo, John Carter, The Town, Priest and Prince of Persia, as well as video games such as Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Killzone 3, and Star Wars: The Old Republic and television shows such as Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Revolution, Homeland and Merlin, and during the 2012 London Olympics. They have released three public albums, Invincible and Archangel. Illusions, formerly known as Nemesis II, was released publicly under Bergersen's name.
[b]Film Trailer Music, Part 2: AN Interview with Two Steps From Hell[/b]
[u]by Chris Robley - The DIY Musician Blog - July 26, 2012[/u]
[b]But how do you get into the film trailer game, find licensing opportunities, work with studios, and deliver quality music on a deadline?[/b]
In Part 2, I interview [i]Thomas Bergersen[/i] and [i]Nick Phoenix[/i] from [i]Two Steps from Hell[/i], a duo of composers who united in 2006 to write music for film and film trailers (Brave, Madagascar 3, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, etc.). Their albums have been top-sellers in the iTunes Classical section for over two years, and recently their Google search popularity was on par with famed film-composer Hans Zimmer– no small feat! I thought it’d be interesting to ask the guys in Two Steps from Hell the same questions that I posed to Carol from audiomachine to see how their processes or attitudes might differ. Here’s what they had to say:
[b]An Interview with Two Steps from Hell[/b]
[b]CD Baby:[/b] What IS trailer music? And why do studios use trailer music?
[b]Thomas:[/b] Trailer music is really any music synchronized to a motion picture advertisement campaign, usually divided into full length (around 2 minutes long) “theatrical,” “international,” and tv spots (usually around 30 seconds long specifically for TV). Since trailers follow a certain format, generally starting low key and building over the course of the 2 or so minutes of its duration, the music is produced to support that format. It is often orchestral and choral in nature. However, the music that we have written at Two Steps From Hell does not follow this format, rather the format of a typical pop song, which makes it more interesting to the typical listener outside of a trailer context.
We really try to write music that stands on its own feet, rather than something written to support picture. Very often if you can write orchestral music that is self-sufficient, it tends to be very suitable and functional when married to picture. TSFH has grown from being a music library catering to movie advertisement campaigns, into a full blown artist/band, and CD Baby has been a big part of facilitating this change.
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