David Hirschfelder Interview Pt 2 | Composer | John Farnham | LRB - Keyboard Chronicles Episode 181

In Part 2 of our chat with the brilliant David Hirschfelder, we dive deeper into his time with John Farnham, talk on his numerous other collaborations and his incredible career as a film and TV composer. 01:34 John Farnham's incredible vocal power and mic technique 02:27 Rehearsing and touring with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 05:13 The "Age of Reason" album and evolving keyboard technology 07:09 The realities of touring and transitioning to film composition 08:21 Touring Jesus Christ Superstar with a computer rig 12:04 Keeping in touch with the band and handing the keys to Chong Lim 14:37 Solo Album: "Welcome to the Nightclub of My Mind" 17:59 Collaborative Album: "Inside This Room" with David Hobson 21:20 Future projects and David's acoustic pianos 22:58 The film scoring learning curve on "Strictly Ballroom" 26:39 The unique musical challenges of scoring "Shine" 29:03 How film scoring technology and mock-ups have evolved 33:26 Go-to DAWs, soft synths, and the Arturia PolyBrute 36:04 Memorable film projects: The Dressmaker, Railway Man, and more 38:28 Managing industry deadlines and collaborating with his son 40:57 On-stage trainwrecks: Sequencer disasters and crashed interfaces 44:20 David's top five Desert Island Discs Discussion topics covered during the show: Rehearsing for tours with John Farnham Recording the Age of Reason album -    • Age Of Reason   The Fairlight Series 3 -    • The Fairlight Series III with Rob Puricelli   and the song Two Strong Hearts -    • John Farnham - Two Strong Hearts || Offici...   The decision to stop touring David in action with John Farnham in touring version of Jesus Christ Superstar -    • Video   David's keyboard rig for Jesus Christ Superstar The brilliant Farnham documentary - Finding The Voice -    • JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE - Official...   Handing over the baton to the brilliant Chong Lim -    • John Farnham: The Last Time Live 2003 - Fu...   David's solo album: Welcome To The Nighclub Of My Mind -    • david hirshfelder welcome to the nightclub...   David'performing one of his solo creations: Cool School Rules -    • David Hirschfelder - Cool School Rules   David Hirschfelder and David Hobson - Inside This Room -    • Goin' Home   Joesph Campbell - The Hero With A Thousand Faces -    • The Hero with a Thousand Faces   The move to film and TV composition David's work on Strictly Ballroom -    • Strictly Ballroom - David Hirschfelder  & ...   Working on the movie Shine -    • David Hirschfelder - With the Help of God,...   David's full roster of compositions for film and TV - https://www.davidhirschfelder.com/music A potted history of the Yamaha Disklavier series of pianos -    • Yamaha Disklavier historical overview   David's work on the film Elizabeth -    • Hirschfelder: Elizabeth - Original Motion ...   A chat on DAWs, plugins and David's love for the Arturia Polybrute -    • PolyBrute | Morphing Analog PolySynth | AR...   David's work on The Dressmaker -    • The Dressmaker Opening Titles   David's work on Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole -    • Flight Home (The Guardian Theme)   David's work on The Railway Man -    • David Hirschfelder: THE RAILWAY MAN (2013)   David's work on The Water Diviner -    • David Hirschfelder - Arriving The Village   David's work on Sleeping Dogs -    • David Hirschfelder - Sleeping Dogs (Origin...   Sam Hirschfelder - musician and composer - https://www.samhirschfelder.com/ Desert Island Discs: The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky (Conducted by Stravinsky), V.S.O.P. (Live) - Herbie Hancock, Heavy Weather - Weather Report, The Planets - Holst, The Mission - Ennio Morricone Patreon -   / keyboardchronicles   Substack - https://thekeyboardchronicles.substac... Facebook -   / keyboardchronicles   Threads - https://www.threads.net/@thekeyboardc... BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/keyboardchro... Instagram:   / thekeyboardchronicles   Our mission is to interview the best and brightest keyboard players from around the world.