Blake Neely Talks Working On ’Portals’ w/Kirk, ’S&M’, Michael Kamen + More!

Tom is joined by Emmy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and orchestrator, Blake Neely, for an enlightening chat about his storied history with Metallica which began during S&M and continues today via his contribution to 'Portal's spellbinding opener, 'Maiden and the Monster'.

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TIMESTAMPS

2:07 - Blake’s musical origins 

4:20 - How a Disney internship lead to working with Michael Kamen

6:30 - Meeting Metallica & working on S&M

11:16 - Reconnecting with Kirk + ‘Maiden And The Monster

16:55 - Kirk as a composer?!

21:20 - Has Blake heard S&M2? 

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