Gregg Alexander Talks Switch From New Radicals to 'Begin Again' at Billboard/THR Conference — billboard.com

The Billboard and Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference launched Wednesday with a question-and-answer session featuring composer Gregg Alexander, hosted by Billboard senior editor of film and TV, Phil Gallo. Best known to mainstream culture as frontman of the New Radicals -- the short-lived late-1990s rock band behind the hit "You Get What You Give" -- the Grammy-winning songwriter made his film-composing debut this year by writing songs for and scoring the Weinstein Co. film Begin Again. Having shied away from the limelight for years, disillusioned with the notion of fame while writing under various pseudonyms, Alexander spoke about identifying with writer and director John Carney's script and characters and the collaborative aspect of building out the film's musical elements.

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