Blake Neely’s Masters of the Air

Blake Neely joins us to talk about his majestic score to Masters of the Air, an epic WWII mini-series produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg following the legendary Band of Brothers and The Pacific. The show focuses on the US Army Air Corps 100th Bomb Group, fighting in the European Theater and suffering devastating losses while they carried out their missions.

Blake’s score provides a beautiful and haunting accompaniment to this cinematic series, balancing soaring exhilaration with tension and solemness. He discusses the challenges of writing and recording hours of score in a short amount of time, and walking in the footsteps of previous collaborators Michael Kamen, who composed the iconic score to Band of Brothers, and Hans Zimmer, who co-composed The Pacific.

Masters of the Air is available to stream on Apple TV+