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Interview Joseph Trapanese

October 20, 2026 · 31 min

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Composer Joseph Trapanese is known for building distinct musical worlds through intentional design, bridging organic instrumentation and modern electronics across film, television, and interactive media. His work includes landmark collaborations with Daft Punk (Tron: Legacy), Anthony Gonzalez of M83 (Oblivion), and Mike Shinoda (The Raid), alongside co-writing the score and producing songs for The Greatest Showman and crafting a thoughtful dramatic counterpoint to N.W.A. in Straight Outta Compton. He wrote music for television shows such as Netflix’s The Witcher, Shadow and Bones, Tron: Uprising and NBC’s Brilliant Minds. For films he scored Finding ‘Ohana, Insurgent, Allegiant, Robin Hood, David, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice… One of his recent projects is the film Whalefall.


In this new episode of Composer Talk Joseph Trapanese dives with us in the world of Whalefall. How did he compose the music for this epic film. Next to that we talk about Tron: Legacy and David.


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