Daniel Lopatin (Marty Supreme) aka Oneohtrix Point Never

About this episode

Daniel Lopatin discusses his new score for MARTY SUPREME and his influence on the Vaporwave genre.

Electronic music pioneer Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) joins SCORE to discuss his explosive new score to A24’s MARTY SUPREME, directed by Josh Safdie, as well as his background as a godfather of the late-2000s “Vaporwave” music genre and his ongoing record producing with singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd).Daniel dives into his early life and discovery on early electronic musical instruments, and how a meaningless corporate job helped inspire some of the hallmarks of Vaporwave music, as heard in his 2010 release Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1. Daniel dives into vaporware’s inspirations and it’s ongoing influence on his albums, work with the Safdie brothers (GOOD TIME, UNCUT GEMS, Showtime’s THE CURSE and A24’s MARTY SUPREME), and music producing career with The Weeknd.Plus, Timothee Chalamet’s visit to his studio drinking a Red Stripe — and we ask Daniel if he can confirm or deny that Chalamet may have a secret music career as Liverpool rap artist EsDeeKid. Interview by Kenny Holmes and Matt Schrader at A24 in West Hollywood. Production coordination by Kyle Bales. Special thanks to Rachel Kwon and the A24 team and Ryan Mazie.Score: The Podcast is presented by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kenny Holmes, Matt Schrader

Guest: Daniel Lopatin

Topics covered

• electronic music
• film scoring
• Vaporwave
• music production
• interviews
• A24 films

Keywords

• Daniel Lopatin
• Oneohtrix Point Never
• MARTY SUPREME
• Vaporwave
• A24
• music production
• Josh Safdie
• The Weeknd
• Timothee Chalamet

Sponsors

Vienna Symphonic Library

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A24

Products: Red Stripe

Books & works: MARTY SUPREME, Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1, GOOD TIME, UNCUT GEMS, Showtime’s THE CURSE

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