Studio Soundtracks takes listeners behind the scenes of how music is crafted for film and television by hearing directly from composers, songwriters and music professionals in the Entertainment Industry. Listen to inspiring conversations about composition and hear works from Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar-winning film scores on the show.
ESTE HAIM:
Este Haim is a GRAMMY nominated musician, composer, actor, and writer. In 2007, Este and her sisters, Danielle and Alana, founded HAIM, their all-female rock band in which Este sings as well as plays the bass. HAIM made history in 2021 as the first all-female rock group to be nominated for GRAMMY Album of The Year with their third album, “Women In Music Pt. III.” Throughout her music career, Este has collaborated with many artists including Kid Cudi, Charli XCX, Thundercat, and Taylor Swift.
In 2021, Este scored the critically acclaimed Netflix limited series, “MAID,” starring Margaret Qualley. She also completed the score for her first feature film, “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” starring Dakota Johnson, alongside her composing partner Christopher Stracey. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Additionally, Este made her feature film debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s, LICORICE PIZZA, which released December 25, 2021.
CHRISTOPHER STRACEY:
Christopher Stracey is a multi-platinum record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer currently based in Los Angeles, California. He scored Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth”, alongside collaborator Este Haim, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. Additionally, in collaboration with Este, Chris scored the Netflix hit TV series “Maid”. He has also scored a feature film for Riley Keough and Gina Gammell of Felix Culpa.
He grew up studying classical violin from an early age, and later moved on to guitar, clarinet, saxophone, and keyboards before discovering the near unlimited possibilities of electronic music production. He has worked with many popular artists as a writer, producer, and composer including Orville Peck, Paloma Faith, Conan Gray, Ellie Goulding, Diplo, Westside Boogie, Morly and Seramic, among others. He has also remixed artists such as Maroon 5, Pnau, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Jungle Giants, and more.
He has also had a long running artist career for over a decade as one half of Australian Synth-pop/Dance music group Bag Raiders, which has earned him platinum and gold records across multiple singles in multiple countries around the world including the USA, Australia, Germany and more.
He has released a solo record entitled “Music for Growing Plants” featuring some ambient and instrumental compositions which reflect his explorations into different sonic worlds through both organic and electronic instrumentation.