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Simone Benyacar
Simone Benyacar
Anna Mészöly
Anna Mészöly
Lauren Ash
Lauren Ash
Andrew Levin
Andrew Levin
Simone Benyacar, composer featured in Between the Notes
Opening conversation

Featured interview

Award-winning composer

Simone has provided music supervision services and written original compositions for a wide variety of campaigns including Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Transformers, The Wolf of Wall Street, Mission Impossible, Joy, Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, and has written custom mnemonics for companies like Amazon Studios, Pepsi and many others.

“One of the biggest challenges on a big film campaign was the trailer for Mission Impossible: Fallout. The task was to create a custom mash-up of Imagine Dragons’ song “Friction” to the well-known Mission Impossible theme and evolve into a hybrid intense re-orchestration of the theme.”

Simone Benyacar, April 2026
LocationCulver City, Los Angeles
FormatInterview transcript
Full transcript coming soon

Recent conversations

8 conversations
Anna Mészöly

Interview · Coming soon · Photography by Alexander Bay

A conversation with Anna Mészöly

Actress · Budapest, Hungary

Anna Mészöly won the Best Performance (Best Actress) award in the Cineasti del Presente section at the 77th Locarno Film Festival for her deeply human portrayal in Fekete pont. Anna spoke about her experience working alongside Adrien Brody in A24’s The Brutalist, a collaboration that tested her limits and reaffirmed her belief in the precision and presence that true acting demands.

“I was very pleased that he (Adrien Brody) took me seriously as a colleague from the very first moment.”
Lauren Ash

Interview · Coming soon

Rock & Role: Lauren Ash Unleashed

Actress · Musician · Los Angeles, California

Lauren Ash received a Hollywood Independent Music Award nomination for her standout pop-punk track “Whiplash” from her critically acclaimed debut concept album Call Me When You Get This. Lauren spoke about pivoting from her six-season run as Dina Fox on NBC’s hit comedy Superstore to the raw catharsis of rock music, a creative evolution that tested her limits and reaffirmed her belief in the unfiltered authenticity, sharp timing, and sheer presence that true artistic performance demands.

“I’ve released 10 songs, 7 of which are originals and started playing live shows at places like The Viper Room and Whisky A Go Go in LA as well as the Phoenix in Toronto.”
Andrew Levin

Written portrait · Coming soon

Andrew Levin

Songwriter · Artist · Oakland, California

Bay Area born, Oakland dwelling guitarist, songwriter, and producer Andrew Levin, after graduating from USC’s Studio/Jazz Guitar program with full scholarship, became a first-call session guitarist in the Bay Area, playing with GRAMMY® Award-winning Fantastic Negrito, the San Francisco Symphony, hip hop project Zion I, rapper Lyrics Born, and music director Rickey Minor (American Idol, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Alicia Keys). Levin has opened for notable artists such as Sting, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, Third Eye Blind, and Lauryn Hill. Levin is also a Professor of Sound Design at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

“I think a lot of people have unrealistically lofty expectations for where their music will take them, and when they don’t reach those one-in-a-million goals, they beat themselves up and aren’t able to enjoy their lives to the fullest.”
Condenser microphone in a recording studio

Interview · Coming soon

Noam Peri

Singer · Songwriter · Los Angeles, California

Noam talks about identity, queer visibility, and what it means to write songs that make people feel they are not alone.

“I want someone to hear my music and know they don't have to pretend anymore.”
Microphone and headphones on a stand in a dimly lit recording studio

Interview · January 2026

Markoe

Singer · Songwriter

Started singing at 3, songwriting at 7, and releasing postpartum after realising you don't need a label. Markoe on motherhood, “Birthday Song,” and what success actually looks like when you define it yourself.

“Success for me is releasing music on my own terms and having it matter to someone.”
Music producer in headphones at a mixing console

Interview · Coming soon

Adik Angel

Composer · Electronic artist · Switzerland

Working from the mountains near the Swiss Alps, Adik Angel composes, produces, mixes and masters everything himself, and films the landscapes that become his videos. On solo practice and music with a breath of life that AI cannot replicate.

“The landscape doesn't just inspire the music. The landscape is the music.”
Black microphone beside a laptop, set up for a podcast

Podcast · Episode 02

Introducing: Danny

Big Eleanor Records

Danny from Big Eleanor Records on what independent music actually looks like from the inside: the struggle, the strategy, and the love of it. An honest conversation about running something real.

“Running an indie label is equal parts faith and stubbornness.”
Podcast studio with recording equipment

Podcast · Episode 01

Introducing: Jakko

Mantaray

Jakko from Mantaray explains why he is following his dreams: a conversation about ambition, band life, and what it costs to keep going when the world hasn't noticed yet.

“Ambition without community is just noise. You need people who believe in it too.”

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All episodes

3 episodes · Series ongoing
03

Between the Notes · Introducing

A conversation with Raidat

Words drift between music and memory in one of the most intimate episodes in the series, a late-night conversation that asks what it means to make art that outlasts the moment it was made in.

Available now

02

Between the Notes · Introducing

A conversation with Danny from Big Eleanor Records

Danny from Big Eleanor Records on what independent music actually looks like from the inside: the struggle, the strategy, and the love of it. An honest conversation about running something real.

Available now

01

Between the Notes · Introducing

A conversation with Jakko from Mantaray

The episode that started it all. Jakko is following his dreams, and this conversation sets the tone for everything after: honest, meandering, and quietly necessary.

Available now

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