Meet film composer Michael Kamen, who wrote the orchestral soundtrack for The Iron Giant. This web exclusive is presented in RealAudio, available for free here.

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What it was about The Iron Giant that got him interested in the project


On the inspirational aspects of Brad Bird's original temp score, Central and Eastern European symphonies versus American symphonies, and how it came to pass that the Iron Giant score was recorded in Prague by the Czech Philharmonic


How he composes; computers vs. pencil and paper


Composing for an animated film, and composing specifically for The Iron Giant


On director Brad Bird


What other projects Michael's working on, and how they relate to his effort on The Iron Giant



Michael Kamen began writing film scores in 1974 and has written the music for more than 80 feature films. His American Symphony from the critically acclaimed "Mr. Holland’s Opus" garnered him a Grammy and inspired him to start the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, which is dedicated to keeping music alive in the schools by donating instruments and providing the same opportunities that he enjoyed as a student. (Click here for a full bio.)