White Bear PR attended the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival this month in support of Joseph Trapanese and his score to The Raid: Redemption (note: new film title since Sundance).  It was a whirlwind press tour which included a late-night screening at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas, followed by a press junket and a music panel entitled “Artists Scoring Films” moderated by Phil Gallo of Billboard Magazine.

(Above: Trapanese and Shinoda at the SXSW screening of The Raid: Redemption)

(The Raid: Redemption Q&A, moderated by Scott Weinberg of Twitchfilm.com)

Joseph along with his scoring partner, Mike Shinoda gave a number of interviews together including Fangoria, Criterioncast, Lost In Reviews (VIDEO), Film School Rejects, NerdLocker, The Venture, Ain’t It Cool News, Fandango, and more.

On Tuesday, March 13th, Joseph spoke on a panel of professionals discussing new trends in scoring films.  Panelists included Kier Lehman – Director of Music Creative Affairs at Sony, Mark Nishita (aka Money Mark) – member of The Beastie Boys, Todd Bozung – Supervising Music Editor, and Mike Shinoda.  Together they discussed the new trend of artists scoring films and the impact it has within the studio system.