Composer and songwriter Daniel Hart joins us for a deep dive into the making of The Vampire Lestat!

From sitting in the writer’s room to bringing Lestat’s glam-rock anthems to life, Daniel breaks down every layer of music, lore, and character psychology behind the soundtrack for AMC's Interview with the Vampire season 3.

In this episode, we discuss:

• 🎻 From Violin to Prestige TV: How Daniel went from touring with indie rock royalty (St. Vincent, Polyphonic Spree) to scoring film and television.
• 🎼 Inside the Writer’s Room: Why many of Lestat’s songs were composed before the scripts—and how being on set changed the recording process.
• 🧛 Sam Reid in the Studio: What it was REALLY like working with Sam Reid to turn raw demos into Lestat tracks, including the vocal moments that completely blew Daniel away.
• 💭 Song Psychology & Lore: We unpack the trauma of "Biggest Fan", the grief behind "Stained Glass Eyes", and whether Lestat is subtly setting the record straight about Claudia's ashes.

• 🇫🇷 Baudelaire & French Vocals: The origins of "La Fontaine de Sang" and the challenge of recording in French.

• 🤔 Game Time: We play "Which Muse Is This Song About?" (Louis, Nicki, Gabriella, Magnus, or Lestat's ego?).

• 💡 Looking Ahead: The truth behind The Failure album canon, live concert hopes, and early musical ideas/textures for Akasha in Season 4!

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What's your favorite song on The Failures?

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🎨 CREDITS & LEGAL:

• Cover art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Agathe Pompon⁠⁠⁠⁠

• Music & Sound Effects: Pixabay

• The Vampire Lestat Audio Clips: Copyright AMC (All rights reserved)

Welcome to Part 2 of our exclusive masterclass with Andres Cubillan, the brilliant Production Designer behind The Vampire Lestat (aka Interview with the Vampire season 3)!

Following our deep dive into Lestat's rockstar world in Part 1, we are pulling back the curtain on the other key sets of this season, like Akasha's lair and Lestat's Montreal apartment. In this final installment, Andres breaks down how the design team brought centuries of lore to life, transformed studio sets into breathing environments, and embedded hidden details throughout every frame.

🏛️ What We Cover in Part 2:

• 👑 Akasha’s Lair: The architectural design and spatial storytelling behind the Mother of All Vampires' sanctuary.
• 🔮 The Séance Room: Designing the environment for the ritual that brought Claudia back.
• ✂️ Sets on the Cutting Room Floor: Behind-the-scenes stories of stunning sets and design elements that didn't make the final cut.
• 🔄 Bridging the Eras: How the team seamlessly integrated visual motifs, props, and design elements from Seasons 1 and 2 when it mattered the most in Season 3.

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Season 4 is now official and will be titled Queen of the Damned, are you excited to learn more about Akasha?

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• Cover art: ⁠⁠⁠Agathe Pompon⁠⁠⁠

• Music & Sound Effects: Pixabay

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Welcome to Part 1 of a special two-part episode of Once Upon a TV Time! This week, we are sitting down with Andres Cubillan, the brilliant Production Designer behind the stunning, immersive visual world of Interview with the Vampire Season 3. aka The Vampire Lestat.

In this episode, Andres takes us behind the velvet curtain of Lestat’s rockstar era to reveal how the production design team crafted the most iconic spaces of the season. From building custom touring sets to figuring out how to make a blood shower work, we explore how physical architecture tells the emotional story of immortal creatures.

🏛️ What We Cover in Part 1:

• 🎸 Lestat’s Rockstar Tour Bus: The engineering, design choices, and secrets behind building Lestat’s mobile sanctuary—including that moody, custom-built shower scene!

• 🧛 Stage Design for a Vampire: How the team created the visual language for Lestat’s larger-than-life rock tour.

• 🏰 Lestat's Past : Set design details and subtle references to Lestat's upbringing that you might have missed on your first watch.

🚨 DON'T MISS PART 2! 🚨

Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss Part 2 dropping on Thursday, August 6th, where Andres dives deep into more world-building, Marius’s design of Akasha’s lair, and how Lestat's apartment worked for Claudia's return!

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What was your favorite set or aesthetic moment from Season 3?

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🎨 CREDITS & LEGAL:

• Cover art: ⁠⁠Agathe Pompon⁠⁠

• Music & Sound Effects: Pixabay

• The Vampire Lestat Audio Clips: Copyright AMC (All rights reserved)