COMIC-CON’S ORIGINAL MUSIC PANEL SCORES BIG FOR 5TH YEAR IN A ROW WITH SPECIAL PANEL FOR FANS

SURPRISE GUEST DEBORAH ANN WOLL JOINED FELLOW TV STARS MATT LANTER AND JANINA GAVANKAR IN A CONVERSATION WITH TV AND FILM’S TOP MUSICIANS 

San Diego, CA (July 22, 2013) – Fans at Comic-Con were brought closer than ever before to the musicians behind their favorite films, TV shows, and video games at CW3PR’s fifth annual “Behind the Music” panel in San Diego on July 18. This year, three of television’s hottest acting stars participated in the panel to give fans a unique perspective on how music plays a big part for their characters.

Geoff Zanelli (“The Lone Ranger” and “The Odd Life of Timothy Green”), Robert Duncan (“Castle” and “Last Resort”), iZLER (“Revenge” and “Shameless”), FM Le Sieur (“Being Human”), Chris Tilton (“Fringe” and “Almost Human”), Kevin Kiner (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Hell on Wheels”), and Michael Suby (“The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals”) hit the stage on Thursday evening at the San Diego Convention Center, as they took turns talking about what it’s like creating music for each of their projects.

As one of the moderators for the evening, Matt Lanter (“90210” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”) kicked off the panel by addressing the composers, “I’m excited to be here, because honestly, I’m anxious to hear all your answers. Some of you, we actually have projects in common, others we don’t, so I’m excited to hear [what you have to say].”

“True Blood” fans were elated when Janina Gavankar (“True Blood” and “Arrow”) shared her musical talents with the room by sending in a pre-recorded video to address both the fans and panelists as a big fan of musical score, and to give a special announcement for surprise guest moderator and fellow “True Blood” cast member, Deborah Ann Woll. [Janina’s video is available for viewing here: http://vimeo.com/70517580]

Deborah Ann praised the panelists by saying, “As actors, we know very well that every scene, every character, is enhanced by the music that accompanies it, so hopefully we have some inside tips we can get out of you guys.”

Throughout the event, the composers each discussed what it was like working on their respective projects and how aspiring musicians can find themselves writing songs, lyrics, and score for a film, television show, or video game. Multiple panelists shared a common thread of collaboration on some level, with the same producing teams, directors, and musicians.

Kevin Kiner talked to fans about his involvement in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and what it was like to reinvent John Williams’ iconic “Star Wars” sound each week for the show, where he touched upon his meetings with George Lucas before his start on the series to find his own sound for the show.

Michael Suby spoke about working with Executive Producer, Julie Plec throughout his career on projects such as “Kyle XY,” “The Vampire Diaries,” and the upcoming spinoff series, “The Originals,” and the great rapport they now have with each other after working together for so long.

Geoff Zanelli, who has worked with Hans Zimmer on multiple movies, spoke about their collaborative relationship and the hard work that went into re-imagining the William Tell Overture theme song for the recently released, “The Lone Ranger” film.

After watching an exclusive clip of iZLER visiting the set of “Revenge” with series star, Emily VanCamp, fans listened as he talked about working with the same 50-piece orchestra each week to create the iconic sound for the show.

Robert Duncan spoke about his use of unusual instruments, including an actual submarine that he utilized to score the television series “Last Resort.” Fans got a behind the scenes look in a video of Robert using various mallets and tools on a submarine docked in San Diego: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4R3TrLK0Zw

FM Le Sieur made a special trip all the way from Montreal, Canada to talk to “Being Human” fans about his work on the Syfy show. He spoke about the various themes he has created for the characters on the show, and finding a different sound for a vampire, werewolf, and ghost.

The number one question asked at the CW3PR panels throughout the years from fans to the composers is “How do I get your job?”, and this year was no exception. Chris Tilton educated attendees about how he got his start working with well-known composer, Michael Giacchino, and how important it is to get internships and learn as much as you can from your musical idols.

The panelists concluded by talking about what projects were coming up next for them, followed by a Q&A session, where fans made it clear they would need at least three hours to get every question they had answered.

The panel was co-sponsored by ASCAP, a wonderful organization owned and run by its members, and the leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing over 460,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers.

ABOUT BEHIND THE MUSIC

“Behind the Music with CW3PR” is an annual music panel at WonderCon and Comic-Con that focuses each year on a different aspect celebrating the art of music composition. In past years, the panel has played host to composers and singers behind fan-favorite projects such as “Scream,” “Game of Thrones,” “Spider-Man,” “True Blood,” “Glee,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Arrow,” “Once Upon a Time,” “The Tudors,” “Smash,” and many more.

ABOUT CW3PR

CW3PR is a mold-breaking company founded in response to the growing and constantly evolving needs for Public Relations in our modern, connected world.  Embracing a wide variety of creative and corporate individuals and companies, the firm specializes in achieving positive results for their clients in places, events and demographics that expand well beyond their industry’s automatic focus.  The firm was founded in 2007 and recently named by Daily Variety as one of the top emerging PR firms in Los Angeles.  For more info please visit www.cw3pr.com

ABOUT ASCAP

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 460,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.