The SoundCast
The Official Podcast of
Tracksounds.com
The
official podcast of
Tracksounds.com, The SoundCast
is hosted by Christopher Coleman
and features reviews and
discussions centered around
film, TV, and video game
soundtracks. Special edition
episodes include interviews with
composers and other industry
professionals.
Interview: Reinhold Heil (Cloud
Atlas) + 5 Exclusive Tracks
Composer Reinhold Heil talks with Christopher Coleman
about his work on one of the most unique films of recent years, CLOUD ATLAS.
He shares his reaction to how both the film and score was received as well as
the special challenges this project presented to himself and his collaborators:
Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer. We also present FIVE previously unreleased
tracks, in their entirety, from the Cloud Atlas original score!
Episode Highlights
00:28 - Intro and Reinhold Hold Bio
02:20 - Exclusive track #1: "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)"
04:52 - Exclusive track #2: "Frobisher's Audition"
07:43 - Interview: Reacting to the Film's Reaction
13:15 - Interview: Score Reaction - The Glue
22:04 - How the indy-film-budget affected the score
23:48 - The Scoring Pre-production process
27:34 - Exclusive track #3: "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano"
32:11 - "Composing is like a dragon"
34:11 - Omnipresent melodies
37:06 - Exclusive track #4: "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together"
39:11 - Three themes and multiple hooks
40:50 - Exclusive track #5: "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir"
48:17 - Crafting the Sextet and its variations
51:45 - Did Ayrs really co-compose the sextet with Frobisher?
57:22 - Lasting thoughts about scoring Cloud Atlas
60:13 - Conclusion and final notes
Music Selections
00:02 - "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
02:41 - "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
28:28 - "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
40:40 - "Sonmi Meets Chang" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny
Klimek
44:49 - "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil
57:55 - "Cloud Atlas Finale" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny
Klimek
Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio) joins Christopher,
Marius, Richard and Edmund for our final edition of the 2013 Year in Preview
series. For this final installment we tackle the rest of 2013's announced
feature films and their respective scores. The fellows sidtrack on to Hans
Zimmer verus Trevor Morris' use of synths and symphonic orchestra, just how
good/bad Ramin Djawadi's score for Iron Man is and Romeo Versus Juliet?
Episode Highlights
00:00 "I don't need a microphone, I can use my staff!"
01:15 Welcome back
02:57 A wizard is never out of touch...(Contact Us)
06:33 Jan.- Escape from Tomorrow, Gangster Squad, The GrandMaster, Momma
09:32 Feb. - Side Effects, A Good Day to Die Hard
11:16 March - Emporer, Jack/Giant Slayer, Oz, G.I. Joe,
14:36 Trevor Morris versus Hans Zimmer and the use of synths
24:43 April - Evil Dead, 42, Oblivion, Pain & Gain, Star Trek Into Darkness,
Fast/Furious 6
32:12 May - Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby
33:47 What did Djawadi do?
45:49 June - After Earth, Man of Steel, World War Z, White House Down
58:52 July - The Lone Rangers, Pacific Rim, The Wolverine
63:53 August - 300: Rise of an Empire, Two Guns, Elysium, Percy Jackson 2, Kick
Ass 2
74:14 Sept. - Riddick, Unforgiven, Rush, The Tomb
76:20 Oct. - Gravity, Old Boy, Captain Phillips, Winter's Tale, Romea & Juliet
83:03 Nov. - Ender's Game, Thor 2, Lone Survivor, The Hunger Games 2,
86:36 Dec. - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Mobster: Call of the New
Order, 47 Ronin, Jack Ryan, Grace of Monaco
94:27 2013 Year in Preview: No release date - Snowpiecer, Zulu, Killing Season
104:24 "Oh! I've forgotten me fireworks!"
Music Selections
00:31 "Old Friends (Extended)" - (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - SE) by
Howard Shore
01:01 "Can You Dig It (Iron Man 3 Main Titles)" (Iron Man 3) by Brian Tyler
14:39 "The Full Package Snowy Car Talk" (Olympus Has Fallen) by Trevor Morris
17:00 "The Gladiator Waltz" (More Music from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer
23:57 "Arishkage" (G.I. Joe Retaliation) by Henry Jackman
28:14 "StarWaves" (Oblivion) by Anthony Gonzales, Joseph Trapanese
32:20 "Iron Man 3" (Iron Man 3) by Brian Tyler
36:57 "Driving with the Top Down" (Iron Man) by Ramin Djawadi
40:17 "Star Trek" (Star Trek) by Michael Giacchino
44:46 "Fast Five" (Fast Five) by Brian Tyler
52:28 "Weightlifting" (Unbreakable) by James Newton Howard
58:57 "Rango Retruns" (Rango) by Hans Zimmer
63:58 "Returns a King" (300) by Tyler Bates
67:36 "Prelude" - (Percy Jackson and Sea of Monsters) by Andrew Lockington
81:46 "Young Diana's Future - A Future That Could Have Been" (Life Before Her
Eyes) by James Horner
83:48 "To Jotunheim" (Thor: The Dark World) by Patrick Doyle
85:50 "Horn of Plenty (Panem_s National Anthem)" (The Hunger Games) by James
Newton Howard
86:42 "A Good Omen" (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) by Howard Shore
92:07 "Bright Eyes Escapes" (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes) by Patrick Doyle
100:39 "A World Without End" (Priest) by Christopher Young
Composer Jack Wall talks with Marius Masalar about his
score for the fastest selling video game to date, Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
They talk about his transition from audio producer to working in the video game
world, his thoughts on the use of "melody" in game scores, working alongside and
around Trent Reznor's main theme, and a bit about his upcoming score for Lost
Planet 3 in 2013!
Composer Anton Sanko talks about his genre bending score
for The Possession and gives us a safe peak into this tale of a dybbuk box.
He also talks about how he moved from the world of the music producer to
full-time composing and working on his tender yet tragic score for Rabbit Hole
(2011).
Composer Brian Tyler talks about his return to THE EXPENDABLES franchise and
reteaming with Sylvester Stallone and, this time, director Simon West. He shares
about the challenges and benefits of scoring a sequel and also about some of his
other upcoming projects: Standing Up and John Dies at the End.
Composer Austin Wintory takes us deep into his music for
the upcoming Playstation 3 video game, JOURNEY. In addition, We debut 5
exclusive clips from the
score. He shares about his greating experience working with ThatGameCompany (flOW,
Flower) on the game for some three years. JOURNEY places the player
into barren desert and places them on a journey to mountain far in the distance.
The player can meet other players on their journey and an work
cooperatively, but there is no communication between players.
Zoe Keating (dubbed the Avant Cellist) talks about her
work composing film scores as well as performing on several of Mark Isham's most
recent projects. She also talks about selling music, piracy, and the
threat posed by legislation like SOPA and PIPA.
Marius Masalar talks with composer Lorne Balfe about two
of his latest projects: Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Skylander:
Spyros. Balfe as reveals how he got into video game music, the challenges
of writing music for popular sequels and what he considers his dream project.
Returning to the world of Uncharted, Marius Masalar speaks
again with composer Greg Edmonson, who dives, in detail, into the development
process for Uncharted 3 and how the game and score differ from its predecessors.
Interview:
Inon Zur
(Lord of the Rings: War in the
North)
Composer Inon Zur, a devoted Tolkien and Lord of the Rings
fan talks about his latest composing project: Snowblind's LORD OF THE
RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH. He talks about how appreciates the differing
challenges that such games provide, the experience of conducting 3 live
performances of his music at E3 this year, and more!
Richard joins Marius, Christopher and Tom to discuss
expectations for the upcoming Fall movie and soundtrack season. In part 1, they
cover movies being released between October 1 and November 15th. In addition to
the "What Have You Been Listening To" segment, the Soundcast debuts a brand new
segment called "Sidetracks" where each offers at least one news story related to
film, television or game music.
Dan Trachtenberg (Director) and Mike Zarin (Composer) come
on to talk about their immensely popular, recent project, PORTAL: NO ESCAPE.
The 7 minute short has already received over 6.2 million youtube views.
The two discus the origins of the project; how they came to work on the project
together, and the musical influences found in the Zarin's original score.
Composer Laura Karpman (Taken, Everquest II) talks about
some of her most recent projects which include one of the most unique musical
projects of the last few years, ASK YOUR MAMA, as well her most recent video
game score, the tie-in-game to KUNG FUN PANDA 2. She also talks about the why
there are fewer female composers in the USA compared to other countries such as
the United Kingdom and Japan.
Composer Brian Tyler talks about his latest effort for
FAST FIVE, TRANSFORMERS PRIME. He shares about how he came to work with director
Justin Lin, his treatment of the Hawaii Five-0 original theme and what superhero
he'd most like to write a score for, and what he has coming in the near future.
Marius Masalar chats with composer Joris de Man about what
it has been like working on the Killzone series, especially his latest effort of
Killzone 3.
Composer Mark Griskey talks about returning to score THE FORCE UNLEASHED, how
the music for the franchise has evolved since the first game, and what it was
like working on this project at the same time as STAR WAR: THE OLD REPUBLIC.
RAMIN DJAWADI shares about his first foray into the genre of video game music.
He talks about the unique challenges of penning the score for the
modern-era-reboot of the famed MEDAL OF HONOR video game franchise.
DOUG ADAMS, author of the upcoming book THE MUSIC OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS
FILMS, talks about this unique and comprehensive project
which put him shoulder-to-shoulder with one of his composer-idols, HOWARD SHORE.
He shares about the joys and challenges of working
on a project of this scale, his research process, and just who will want to get
their hands on this book and compact disc! (Don't miss
our little ploy to get some information on THE HOBBIT at the very end!)
SEAN WILLIAMS, author of the
novelization of STAR WARS THE
FORCE UNLEASHED, the recently
released, STAR WARS: THE OLD
REPUBLIC – FATAL ALLIANCE,
shares about his recent works,
his passion for film music and
what he listens to when writing.
He also shares about some of his
all-time favorite soundtracks,
why the year, 1981, is such an
important year and how he faced
the difficult choice between
writing and composing music.
Composer KEVIN RIEPL shares
about his latest project,
CRACKDOWN 2, which is the highly
anticipated sequel to the
surprise 2007 hit, CRACKDOWN. He
also shares about this year's
E3, the status of DAMAGE VAULT,
and other upcoming projects:
HUNTED: THE DEMON FORGE and
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES!
Former
Blue-Man Group member, John
Swihart talks about his big
break project, NAPOLEAN
DYNAMITE, scoring for
television, and his latest film,
YOUTH IN REVOLT.
Former
Blue-Man Group member, John
Swihart talks about his big
break project, NAPOLEAN
DYNAMITE, scoring for
television, and his latest film,
YOUTH IN REVOLT.
Gametime Interview: Chance Thomas -
December 19, 2009
Composer
Chance Thomas talks about his
work on the Avatar tie-in game
released by Ubisoft, on how he
came onto the project and
working with composer James
Horner.
Gametime Interview: Jason Graves -
September 5, 2009
Composer
Jason Graves shares about his
most recent video game projects
including: Section 8, Alpha
Protocol, Dead Space: Extraction
and Silent Hunter 5!
Gametime Interview: Jim Dooley and Mel Wesson -
August 5, 2009
The two,
long-time collaborators joined
Amon Tobin, Jonathan Myers, and
Martin Tillman to create the
game's electrifying music.
Dooley and Wesson's
collaborations go all the way
back to Hans Zimmer's score for
HANNIBAL. They have since gone
on to work on titles such as:
PUSHING DAISIES, ANGELS &
DEMONS, PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN, and THE DARK KNIGHT.
Each share about their
experiences in working on the
score for Sony's INFAMOUS.
Gametime Interview: Garry Schyman and Diego
Stocco -
July 30, 2009
Composer Diego Stocco shares about his
innovative approach to scoring the Wii FPS, THE CONDUIT.
BIOSHOCK composer Garry Schyman talks about returning to the Bioshock
franchise with BIOSHOCK 2 and two of his recent projects DANTE'S
INFERO and FRONT MISSION EVOLVED.
Marius Masalar speaks with composer Theodore
Shapiro regarding his latest effort for the film YEAR ONE. He
shares about his approach to scoring comedies as well as the unique
musical opportunities YEAR ONE afforded him.
Composer David Robidoux shares about his latest
project TRUTH IN 24, a NFL Films documentary focusing on the Audi Race
Team and their competition in the 24 hours at LeMans race.
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Morgan Stradling and Chelsea Robson (The Rotoscopers)
hosts of The Animation Addicts podcast, join in to look ahead at 2013's original
score offerings in the world of animation! They talk everything from
Studio Ghibli releases to Blue Sky to Dreamworks and Disney/Pixar. You'll
also find a full dose of #WHYBLT which includes X-Men, Stoker and ... Sparkle?
Morgan Stradling and Chelsea Robson (The Rotoscopers)
hosts of The Animation Addicts podcast, join in to look ahead at 2013's original
score offerings in the world of animation! They talk everything from
Studio Ghibli releases to Blue Sky to Dreamworks and Disney/Pixar. You'll
also find a full dose of #WHYBLT which includes X-Men, Stoker and ... Sparkle?
Sophia Tong, Editor-in-Chief at GamesRadar, and host of
SoundRadar, joins Christopher, Marius, Richard and Edmund to take a look at what
video game scores the year of 2013 has in store for us. They discuss some
of the many upcoming indie-games on the horizon as well as the big, AAA,
games...including those that have released unseasonably early. Everyone
shares "What They Have Been Listening To" as well as sidetracking on
the latest Humble Bundle release and the first preview of M83 and Joseph
Trapanese's score for Oblivion.
Jeremy Meyers join the team to reveal all of the winners
from this year's Genius Choice Vote! We are joined by special guest,
composer Matt Uelmen (Torchlight II)! WHYBLT? is back as well as
Sidetracks, where we discuss John Williams apparent interest in scoring the next
Star Wars film and lastly we talk about (or become) the Oscar Whiners.
2012 CUE AWARDS! The Tracksounds team reveal the official winners and welcome a
handful of notable guests who join us live to accept their awards. The first
ever winners of "The Marius" and "The Monkey King" awards are also unveiled.
New Tracksounds reviewer,
Thomas Midena joins Christoper, Marius, Richard and Edmund to proudly announce
the official Cue Award Nominees for 20112 Every nominee from all 12 award
categories are revealed.
Christopher Coleman and Helen meet, face-to-face, for the
first time and discuss Christopher's Top 10 scores from the prolific composer,
James Newton Howard
Christopher Coleman knocks out this bonus “solo-cast” and shares his reaction to
seeing The Hobbit in a Dolby Atmos, the film itself and the score as heard in
context.
Christopher Coleman and Helen San tackle the latest
incarnation of Les Misérables by director Tom Hooper, which is currently raking
in the accolades and bucks! Do they love it? Hate it? Is it getting so much
praise because of what the movie offers or because of Victor Hugo's powerful
story and Schönberg and Boublil's unforgettable music?
Christopher Coleman knocks out this bonus “solo-cast” and shares his reaction to
seeing The Hobbit in a Dolby Atmos, the film itself and the score as heard in
context.
Chris, Marius, Edmund and
Richard dive into the latest
Bond-Film, SKYFALL. What Have
You Been Listening To is back
including some ind-epth talk
about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
and Skyworld (Two Steps from
Hell)
Sascha Dikiciyan (Bordlerands 2), Alex Billington (Firstshowing.net), and Jeremy
Meyers (deepercontext.com) join Christopher to discuss the ambitious movie and
score for CLOUD ATLAS. They also make a quick sidetrack back on some Star Wars
talk, reflect on composer Basil Poledouris, and the 1 minute clips from The
Hobbit score.
Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound) and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper
Context) join Helen, Marius,
Chris, and Edmund to talk about
the newly announced Star Wars
films and who they hope to see
score them. Could John Williams
return? Is Michael Giacchino the
next, most logical choice? And
what about Hans Zimmer? (Dun dun
dun!)
Fish, Fish, Water, Water -
The Dark Knight Rises
Composer Sascha Dicikiyan and Alex Billington join us for
an in-depth discussion on THE
DARK KNIGHT RISES. They explore
Nolan’s final entry in his
Batman trilogy as well as Hans
Zimmer’s score. Lastly, they
discuss the MAN OF STEEL trailer
and it’s intriguing choice of
music.
Spider-Man: Amazing or Not?
Christopher, Marius, Edmund and Richard dive headlong into the realm of the
webslinger as they talk about THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by James Horner. The sort
out the movie's overall strengths and weaknesses before dealing with Horner's
original score and also refresh the conversation on Danny Elfman and Christopher
Young's preceding scores for the Sam Raimi trilogy.
Dissecting Prometheus
Composer Sascha Dicikiyan joins in the take a deep dive into the perplexing
waters of PROMETHEUS. We also sidetrack into the news about Hans Zimmer scoring
THE MAN OF STEEL and Deadmau5's Rolling Stone interview where he expresses is
his desire to compose for film. And, of course, we reveal what we've been
listening to.
I STILL Know What Your Scored
This Summer!
2012 Summer Preview. Michael Coleman (Soundworks
Collection) and Erik Davis
(Cinematic Sound) join us to
peer into this Summer's
offerings of films and film
scores. We also talk about
Ridley Scott's comments
regarding a BLADE RUNNER sequel,
La La Land Records release of
STARHAWK (Christopher Lennertz)
and SORCERY (Mark Mancina), and
what Dobly Atmos might hold for
our ears in the near future.
Streaming Prometheus
Composer Sascha Dikiciyan and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper
Context) join the SoundCast crew
to react to the "early" release
of Marc Streintenfeld and Harry
Gregson-Williams' score for
PROMETHEUS on iTunes. The
episode 0 release of TRON:
UPRISING doesn't escape their
critical gaze as well.
"What Have You Been Listening
To?" is back and finally, the
crew discusses "SOUNDTRACKING:
BEST PRACTICES" and dive into
what sites, apps and tools they
use to enjoy their soundtracks.
Continudity? The Avengers! Alex
Billington of Firshowing.net
joins us to talk about what
everyone else is talking about -
THE AVENGERS! But we also dive
deep into Alan Silvestri's
score. Who loved it?
Who hated it? Who might
have been a better choice?
All of your questions are
answered within!
The Nineties - Best Decade
Ever? Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound
Radio) joins Christopher,
Marius, Richard, and Edmund to
do a marathon run through the
bountiful decade of the
Nineties. We dive deep into
Austin Wintory's score for
JOURNEY and also responde to two
emails from you!
Girly Titanic Saxophones.
It’s 100 years since she sank and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper
Context) joins Christopher, Helen, and Richard to revisiting James Horner’s
record breaking score for TITANIC. They also tackle Vangelis’ Blade Runner and
the use of the saxophone.
2011 CUE AWARD SHOW. At long
last, the winners are finally
revealed and exclusively in this
special episode. You won't want
to miss our special composer
guests who join us to accept
their awards on air!
2011 Cue Award Nomination Show - New Tracksounds reviewer, Edmund Meinerts joins Christopher,
Marius, Helen, Tom and Richard to proudly announce the official Cue Award
Nominees for 2011. Every nominee from all fourteen award categories are
revealed. Not only that, but you also get immediate reaction and discussion to
each category. What other award show does that?
2012 VG Preview: Kindly Finish the Game
Rick Damigella (G4TV) joins Christopher and Richard to
talk about 2012's most anticipated video game scores. They also sidetrack
into to some of the upcoming soundtrack releases from La La Land Records and Jim
Guthries' retro-bundle for his indy video game score, Sword and Sworcery.
2012 Preview: Ears Will Drool
Erik Woods of Cinematicsound.com joins the cast to peer into the future
and discuss 2012's upcoming film scores! Erik gives a tip on how to enjoy
Avatar even more and the crew talks about our first Google Hangout for
soundtrack geniuses.
Oscars: I There's a Buzz!
In our annual Oscar prediction show, Michael Coleman (SoundWorksCollection.com)
joins in. They also react to the Awards given out thus far and sidetrack on
“What is an iconic score?
M:I - Shooken It Enough!
The crew breaks down MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (the movie and the
score) and discuss how it compares to ther previous films. Also, they sidetrack
on Shore’s music in THE HOBBIT trailer and the Thomas Newman on SKYFALL bomb!
The 80s: Raiders is 21? w/ Doug Adams
Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) joins the crew to discuss
their favorites scores from the decade of the 80s. We read your tweeted faves,
play our first voicemail and hit THE GIRL IN THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE HUNGER
GAMES, and PROMETHEUS in our WHYBLT and Sidetrack segments.
The 70s: Two Steps Above a Lunchbox
Christopher, Marius, and Helen discuss their favorites scores from the decade of
the 70s. We read your tweeted faves and sidetrack on Carter Burwell on his
return to the Twilight franchise and finally, react to The Hunger Games trailer
and the fact that T Bone Burnett will be collaborating with Danny Elfman for its
score.
Music to Play By!
Composer Sascha Dikiciyan and Writer/Director George Krstic join Chris, Marius
and Tom to talk video game scores. The battle continues to rage of The
Chemical Brothers score for HANNA. Several weigh in on their early TIN TIN
impressions...and beware of the Cylon podcast invasion!
Preview of the Autumn Hallows - Part 2
Richard joins Christopher and Marius to talk about their expectations for final
films and film scores of 2011. Of course, the WHYBLT (what have you been
listening to) segment and SIDETRACKS are back as well.
The Demise of the Compact Disc
Richard joins Marius, Christopher and Tom to discuss expectations for the
upcoming Fall movie and soundtrack season. In part 1, they cover movies being
released between October 1 and November 15th. In addition to the "What Have You
Been Listening To" segment, the Soundcast debuts a brand new segment called
"Sidetracks" where each offers at least one news story related to film,
television or game music.
Preview of The Autumn Hallows: Part 1
Richard joins Marius, Christopher and Tom to discuss expectations for the
upcoming Fall movie and soundtrack season. In part 1, they cover movies being
released between October 1 and November 15th. In addition to the "What Have You
Been Listening To" segment, the Soundcast debuts a brand new segment called
"Sidetracks" where each offers at least one news story related to film,
television or game music.
Flame Up! Recap of Summer 2011
Alex Billington (Firstshowing.net) joins Christopher, Marius and Tom to look
back at the films and film scores from the Summer of 2011. They discuss
their faves and disappointment and compare 2011's Summer offerings with 2010's.
Lastly, they talk about their expectations for next Summer which is chalk full
of potential with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, and The
Avengers!
More of the Rings with Doug Adams
Author Doug Adams (The Music of The Lord of the Rings) joins the crew to talk
Howard Shore's score for the epic trilogy. In addition, we hit our usual "What
We've Been Listening To" segment, and also talk patriotic scores for the US,
Canada, and UK.
Falling Skies
Composer Noah Sorota joins the cast to talk about his latest work, FALLING
SKIES. He shares about working at Remote Control Prod. and discusses TV music
trends and faves.
Super 8
Composer Sascha Dikiciyan joins Tom Hoover and Christopher Coleman to talk JJ
Abrams latest project SUPER 8. Beyond the movie, they dive headlong into the
Michael Giacchino's score for the film.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Marius, Tom, and Chris talk the Kung Fu Panda 2 original score and on how the
effectiveness of music scores, in context, affect our overall opinions.
Thor and Patrick Doyle
THOR and the music of Patrick Doyle are the central topics for Marius, Tom,
Helen, and Christopher for milestone episode 25 of the Soundcast.
I Know What You Scored This Summer!
Christopher, Marius, and Richard take a look at and talk about some of the big
movie scores coming in the Summer of 2011.
Score of the Worlds
Composer Austin Wintory joins the SoundCast crew and talks about his latest
projects: MAJID and JOURNEY. Richard Buxton also joins the cast for the first
time. They all discuss their favorite Alien invasion film scores, including
their thoughts on the most recent entry into this sub-genre, BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
by Brian Tyler.
Oscar Post Mortem
The crew jumps online talk about the 83rd Academy Awards show. What they
liked, didn't like, their reaction to the winner of Best Original Score, and
some ideas on how the show could be improved.
Invasion of the Score Snatchers!
Chris, Marius and Tom talk about the current Hollywood trend of new composers
coming from other music genres and score A-List films.
2010: Year in Review -
The SoundCast crew shares their soundtrack picks for 2010 in three categories:
Surprise of the Year, Disappointment of the Year, and Favorite Score of the
Year.
Flash Over Substance: the crew gets back
into compilations, Inception, Tron: Legacy, Predators, and the trend
of big, Hollywood films focusing on flashy visuals at possibly the
expense of everything else...including the music.
Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), Marius Masalar and
Christopher Coleman discuss Invictus and Clint Eastwood's other films
and their scores. Each also shares some of their favorite,
African-flavored scores to date.
Terminator Salvation Roundtable discussion with
Marius Masalar and Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), SoundCast Spotlight:
Siddhartha Boornharn's For All Mankind + Gametime 2009 Update with Jim
Dooley and Mel Wesson interview tease! Don't miss our first "Bonus
Track" at the conclusion of this episode.
Star Trek Roundtable discussion with Marius
Masalar and Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), Double SoundCast Spotlight:
Austin Wintory's Captain Abu Raed, Jermaine Stegall's Enigma +
Gametime 2009 Update with Diego Stocco interview tease!
Interview with composer DEANE OGDEN (The Way
Home), SoundCast Spotlight: ASSAF RINDE; GORDY HAAB and RAY HARMEN
(Indiana Jones/ Staff of Kings) Interview preview.
