Discuter:Teen Titans - Témoignage des compositeurs

Creating music for Teen Titans was a truly rewarding experience. Producer Glen Murakami had a wonderfully-stylized vision for the show - his "anything goes" philosophy for the series created fertile ground for an intense collaboration. Our spotting sessions (to discuss where music would start and stop in the show and what the general feeling of that music would be) would regularly last two to three hours for a 22-minute episode. We delved deeply into the characters and story, talking about motivation and plot in great detail. This gave me a very focused understanding of my musical mission for each episode. As we were having our meeting I'd often have an idea about the score, and it was often an unconventional idea, which for Teen Titans, fit right in! Glen was always on board with an unusual approach or a different featured instrument (we had the budget to hire one musician per episode for this series).

In the episode "Masks," I remember feeling during the spotting session that the entire story had a lot of weight and intensity—it was pretty heavy subject matter, what with Robin on track for apprenticing with Slade and all. The story just felt really raw. So I asked Glen if he would be OK with me having only an electric bass player for the episode, which meant no electric guitar (the natural go-to for edgy angst). He said "sure, if you think it will work—" his ability to trust all of us was terrific. So, although many people think they hear the texture of an electric guitar, it's really just a slammin' electric bass providing all of the pump and edgy darkness driving the music for that episode.

Here's some fun trivia for the fans of your site—more evidence of Glen's trust in us with the music: In the episode "Revved Up" there is a main theme playing on the radio in the car where you'll hear hands clapping a repeating groove, and above that there is a melody being whistled. You probably already know what I'm going to say—yes, I'm the one who was doing the clapping and whistling. Also, in "Every Dog Has His Day" I decided to use a theremin sound prominently throughout the episode. My engineer Mark Mattson had an orb sensor controller that he brought over to my studio, and I was able to "play" the theremin parts using the orb in the same way a theremin is played, by manipulating my hands in the air, creating an extra level of expression within the sound.

Its always fun to re-live the music-making process for this series—so many great memories. Thanks to all the fans who are still enjoying Teen Titans and especially still enjoying our music—we had a blast creating it!