{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 303 "Keys To Halloween" with Alan Howarth","description":"For this episode of Necronomicast, I am thrilled to bring you a conversation with a legend in the motion picture industry...Alan Howarth! Alan Howarth\u2019s award\u2013winning film work started on Star Trek\u2013The Motion Picture, launching him as a sound designer for the following 6 Star Trek feature films. Next was \u201cEscape From New York\u201d, collaborating on music with director and composer, John Carpenter, and scoring for \u201cHalloween sequels 2\u20136\u2033, \u201cChristine\u201d, \u201cBig Trouble in Little China\u201d, \u201cPrince of Darkness\u201d and \u201cThey Live\u201d. He has since composed music for over 50 films.  His sound design work placed him on the Oscar\u2013winning sound effects teams for \u201cThe Hunt for Red October\u201d and \u201cDracula\u201d directed by Francis Ford Coppola, as well as receiving awards and nominations for sound design on The Little Mermaid, Back to the Future II and III, Stargate, Die Hard II, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Alan\u2019s audio expertise in music and sound has been utilized for cutting edge projects in virtual and augmented reality projects and supervised immersive, interactive game audio. He has been a creator of music and sound effects libraries and 3D audio system production and installations. He is recognized as an expert in analog synthesizers, authored several patents for Natural Frequency Spectrum Music Conversion, and has served as musicologist for Academy of Future Science doing field research into ancient structure acoustical properties. Alan is also performing music live at conventions, special events and seminars in USA, Europe, and Asia. Alan Howarth's official website! Sponsor an episode, buy me a coffee! Thank you! "Ghost Dance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/ ","author_name":"Necronomicast","author_url":"https:\/\/necronomicast.com","html":"