“I consider myself, I call it, a ‘full contact composer.’ I’m not a guy that sits behind a piano with a piece of paper…” Now playing in theaters worldwide is the newest awesome George Miller post-apocalyptic action movie – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. The movie kicks ass and so does its score. Just like with Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa features a score composed by Dutch musician Tom Holkenborg. Before getting into composing scores for movies, Holkenborg went under the moniker “Junkie XL” and was a techno DJ and producer crafting electronica remixes and tracks galore. After achieving mega fame as Junkie XL, he moved into composing – one of his first scores is for the video game movie DOA: Dead or Alive (2006). He later composed the scores for the sequels 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), before being hired by George Miller to craft the intense rock n’ roll score for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). It’s one of my all-time favorite scores, I still listen to it all the time. So when I was offered a chance to chat with Holkenborg for an interview, I couldn’t say no. Here is my brief conversation with him about Mad Max. // Continue Reading ›
Interview: Composer Tom Holkenborg on Crafting ‘Mad Max’ Scores
