Screen Scoring Curated by Musicians at Play Foundation

Join us for an insightful conversation with successful industry professionals who have carved their niche in the Music in Film and TV space. This panel will offer dynamic perspectives from musicians to sound engineers to composers and studio executives on how music meets the screens.

Check-in: 10:30am

DONALD WILLIAMS Bio:

Donald J. Williams’ vast and varied career as a percussionist, composer, orchestrator and conductor spans popular and classical music while advancing musical education in both America and Europe. His creative work has appeared on thousands of film and television soundtracks and popular music and original cast albums over the past four decades. In fact, he’s been a part of the majority of the world’s biggest movies over the past. He has also performed with more than 45 different Broadway productions while also serving as a special instructor for prestigious universities. Don has worked with composers such as Michael Giacchino, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, John Debney, James Horner, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Alexander Desplatt, James Horner on films the likes of “Benjamin Button” “Munich” “Memoirs of a Geisha” “Ratatouille” “ Titanic” “E.T,” the “Indian Jones” film series, “Jurassic Park, “Close Encounters of a Third Kind” “Star Wars-VII,VIII,IX, Star Trek. He has performed on Timpani for 20 years on the Academy Awards-Oscar Shows, Grammy Awards. Don is the Program Director and co-founder of the Musicians at Play Foundation.

FREDDY WEXLER Bio:

Freddy Wexler is a GRAMMY-nominated songwriter, producer, creator, and film/TV producer who has made an indelible mark across music and entertainment. With contributions to 10 Billboard #1 hits, Wexler was named to Variety’s Family Entertainment Impact Report for Film and Television. Most recently, he earned a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Original Song – Motion Picture” for co-writing “Forbidden Road,” featured in the upcoming Robbie Williams biopic Better Man. The year 2024 was a landmark one for Wexler. He kicked off the year with the release of Billy Joel’s first pop song in decades, “Turn the Lights Back On,” which topped three separate charts. Wexler produced and co-wrote the track, conceived and co-directed the Webby Award-winning music video, and played a pivotal role in Joel’s historic return to the GRAMMY stage.  

RUDY CHUNG:

Rudy Chung is an executive on the Netflix music creative team, helping oversee music for their original films including Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, You People, Hustle, and Red Notice. Prior to that he was partner at HTGR where his music supervision credits included The Last Dance (ESPN/Netflix), Minari (A24), Silicon Valley (HBO), and Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics And Men (Showtime). Rudy is also the founding partner of Pusher, an award-winning artist and composer agency that specializes in licensing and creating music for film & tv marketing campaigns. A Detroit native, Rudy is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a proud member of the Guild of Music Supervisors, where he is a two-time GMS Award winner