In this episode, composer DANIEL PEMBERTON shares 5 tracks from his KING ARTHUR SCORE and talks about researching medieval instruments long before starting any of his writing and how he visiting renaissance fairs resulted in finding several unique instruments to employ in his score. Lastly, he talks about the challenge of writing a Medieval yet contemporary score and how KING ARTHUR brought him to the point of heavy breathing and whiskey enabled vocalizations.

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Daniel Pemberton - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Ep. 1)

What if I gave a composer the opportunity to comment on his or her work, unfettered, unguided, and undistracted by the potentially repetitive and shallow questions of an interviewer?  What if they could tell some of the most entertaining, insightful, and humanizing stories about their music, if only given the chance?