Episode 25 - Chatting Movie Scores and more with composer Carl Thiel

Carl Thiel is an award winning composer and producer who splits time between Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.

At age 6, he began taking classical piano lessons under the tutelage of Carlos Alcaráz -from the National Conservatory of Music- and within a couple of years, he was already improvising and composing his own music. He had a natural talent for figuring out how to play music by ear, and by his early teenage years, he had built a vast repertory of pop songs that would amuse his family and friends. At age 14 he landed a summer job as a pianist at an upscale restaurant, where he played Billy Joel and Elton John favorites, as well as Frank Sinatra standards and the like. 

His high school years were spent at Trinity College School in Ontario, Canada, where as a boarding student, he flourished in art and music studies. 

As a self-motivated young man, he used his 4-track recorder to create a demo reel of mock radio commercials, and score them with his own original music. He distributed this reel to the various contacts he had made in the TV production circles and eventually landed his first opportunity with a local agency. The job was a very low budget local :30sec TV ad that paid him a modest $150.00, but it marked the beginning of his professional scoring career. That exposure led to more jobs scoring local ads and corporate videos.

Eventually he was given the opportunity to pitch (competing against many other well-established music houses across Texas) for the official jingle of the Texas Lottery’s inaugural campaign. His winning composition (the vocals for which were recorded in his bedroom closet with a borrowed microphone) earned him the multi-market contract and opened the door to many more regional and then national campaigns for clients such as Coors Light, Subaru, Pepto-Bismol, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and many more. In between projects, he continued to develop his production and engineering skills by producing album projects for regional, national and international artists.

Carl's recent projects include: "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”, the highly acclaimed independent feature “The Teller and the Truth”, Rooster Teeth's sci-fi comedy "Lazer Team 2", the breathtaking documentary "Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy", and "Seis Manos", an exciting new Netflix original Animé series, produced by the same team that brought you "Castlevania".

Besides working with Robert Rodriguez, Carl has had the privilege of collaborating with amazing creative forces such as Sandra Bullock, Willie Nelson, John Debney, Bob Schneider, Billy Gibbons, and many more. He's received multiple accolades, including a Latin GRAMMY® nomination and four ASCAP Film & TV Awards. He has served many years on the Board of Governors of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and frequently volunteers his time to teach and work with high school and college students across the state during educational events such as GRAMMY U Speaker Series and GRAMMY Camp.

Carl’s endless thirst for innovation in so

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