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John Martellaro · · Add Comment

John Lunn is a classically trained music composer in London. He’s probably best known for scoring the TV drama Downton Abbey — for which he received two Primetime Emmy awards. His recent work includes the scoring of the feature film Electricity and the hit TV shows: The Grantchester Mysteries, Shetland, and The White Queen—for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination. John and I chatted about how he always wanted to be a music composer and the journey that made his dream a reality. I asked him about the various mechanics of scoring a TV show, his tools (Mac, Logic Pro), the production process, and how the music is keyed to the scene to produce desired emotions. I played sound snippets and he explained the instruments. If you love his music and the TV shows he’s scored, this is show is essential listening.

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Robots, Emotions, Empathy & Lies

John Martellaro ·

Should our modern robots have emotions? If not, should they at least be able to detect and respond to human emotions?  If they do, how can/will we, in turn, treat them? What happens when a Boston Dynamics Atlas inherits the abilities of Google’s Duplex? Should robots on the phone divulge who they are? Should we permit them to lie? More questions than answers, but the awesome Particle Debris readers are, as always, up to the challenge.

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Deadpool Apologizes to David Beckham

Jeff Gamet ·

Turns out Deadpool felt pretty bad about slamming David Beckham’s voice in the original Deadpool movie. He’s doing his best to make it up to David before Deadpool 2 comes out this weekend, which also makes for a great marketing opportunity. That, and we get to learn what Deadpool really needs to apologize for.