Raney Shockne

1. CREATING THE NEWEST WAVE! Innovative Composer RANEY SHOCKNE Creates The Scores Behind KEVIN CAN WAIT And QUEEN OF THE SOUTH! Not many composers can be attributed to inventing an entire type of music. However, not many composers are the creative Raney Shockne, a pioneering artist so bold that he dares to blend genres and come up with provocative new modern sounds that call upon the best of the past, focus on what is hot right now, and seek to take listeners into the future. His avant-garde style can be most noted for this accomplishment with his latest musical invention; “electro-noir,” a startlingly fresh genre he created for the film (Re)Assignment directed by the great auteur Walter Hill. Many will recognize Hill’s name from the classic 70’s gang film The Warriors and instantly know that if anyone knows style, it’s the prolific director- who immediately upon hearing Shockne’s newly coined term knew he had to have “Electro-noir” in his new film.

2. It’s no wonder why the compelling musician has already worked on over thirty films, and a hundred television shows- not to mention video games as well- such as Dragon Age: Inquisition, and The Sims 4. A man who cites Nino Rota and Henry Mancini as his inspirations, and performed the theme from Halloween at his piano recital at eleven years old when the rest of his classmates were playing Chopin, scoring seemed almost serendipitous for this gifted artist, and it would be no surprise if he was awarded in the future with an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony, or simply major praise for creating a whole new wave of music! Excited to talk about his new hybrid of genres and all his new projects on the way, Shockne sat down for an interview about Kevin Can Wait, Queen Of The South, (Re)Assignment, what it was like working with Walter Hill, who his heroes are, and all he would like to do in the future! Read on for more! So, talk about the new series you compose for, “Kevin Can Wait.” What can fans expect from the show, and what was your inspiration behind the score? So, Kevin Can Wait is about a retired police officer living on Long Island, and he comes home and realizes that his battles at home are similar to those that he had on the beat in the police force. There’s this phenomenon out there that these cops start out really young, and they retire and they are still young- they are in their early 40’s. They have this full life afterward. So, these are very young guys and they are figuring out what to do with themselves, so, it’s this very Long Island feel for the show. And I’m a big fan of Billy Joel and that kind of music having grown up with it, so that served as a real inspiration- I wanted a really old school rock and roll sort of feel. So, I hired some of the best guys I could find- I hired guys that played with Huey Lewis, and Bruce Springsteen, and we got one of the best studios out here in L.A. and recorded with all the old mics from the 80’s and 90’s and did a real homage to that old school rock and roll feeling, style, era and even location. And with American Pastoral, Queen Of The South and Kevin Can Wait all dominating television and film this year, listeners can expect to have Shockne’s ground-breaking tunes in their heads non-stop. Talk about music to fans ears!