In this thirtieth FILMIC episode on THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST, Ley will play music from some late 2022 releases with a splash of oldies along with some weird and wonderful tracks! You’ll hear selections from WOMEN TALKING (Guðnadóttir), GLASS ONION (Johnson), EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Son Lux), BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (Bacharach), THE WOMEN KING (Blanchard), CUTTHROAT ISLAND (Debney) and more. Enjoy! —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt DeWater, David Ballantyne, Joe Wiles, Maxime, William Welch, Tim Burden, Alan Rogers, Dave Williams, Max Hamulyák, Jef ..read more

That's right folks, the Oscars still suck! While they managed to bring back all of the categories they disrespected last year and will present them live again on this year's broadcast, the Academy's Music Branch, on the other hand, I think has clearly lost its mind. Not only are the nominees for best original score this year incredibly lacklustre, but they also took it one step further by nominating one of the most excruciating, annoying, utterly distracting film scores I've ever heard, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Volker Bertelmann. Not since Hans Zimmer's DUNKIRK have I experienced a sc ..read more

In June 2021, for TALKING SOUNDTRACKS, Jason Drury talked to the four-time Emmy nominated journalist, writer, and producer of over 200 documentaries about music and cinema, Steven C Smith, about his book MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER. In May 2022, Jason had the opportunity to talk to Steven again about his first book, published in 1991, about another pioneering and influential composer in the history of film music, A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann. In part one, they talked about how the book came about, and begin to ..read more

It's alive! The Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast Top 10 has been brought back from the dead! The last time I did a show like this was back in 2018 when I presented my Favourite Western Tracks Of All Time. I wanted to make the Top 10 and ongoing series but only a short month later, I went on an 8-month hiatus. I never thought about resurrecting the Top 10 show when I returned, however, I did have one last show planned out, which I found in a playlist in my digital music collection. That was in January and was planning to premiere this show on Valentine's Day but I lost my voice and couldn't record ..read more

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. To finish off our four-part tribute to legendary composer Koichi Sugiyama, we'll explore Sugiyama's musical output starting at the turn of the century and going through the end of his career as the maestro goes...Into the Legend. Enjoy ..read more

In today's special edition of THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST, Jason Drury continues his look at the television music of John Williams. Part two begins with THE MISSION THEME FOR THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. Jason then plays selections from the episode "The Bronze Locust" from the 1963 TV series, THE ELEVENTH HOUR (FSM RECORDS). You'll then hear a suite from the pilot episode of the classic Irwin Allen science-fiction TV series, LAND OF THE GIANTS called ‘The Crash’ (La La Land Records). The show continues with music from the 1968 TV film, HEIDI (Quartet Records). The episode conclud ..read more

Anime Spectacular 18 brings us new music from the Netflix original anime CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS. Then you’ll hear music from the haunting and brilliant SPRIGGAN with music by Taisai Iwasaki. In our retro look back section you’ll hear music from BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2033 DOUBLE VISION with fantastic music by Kouji Makano. And finally, our movie selection will be from the psychological thriller PERFECT BLUE with music by Masahiro Izumi. Enjoy! —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt DeWater, David Ballantyne, Joe Wiles, Maxime, William Welch, Tim Burden, Alan Rogers, Dave Williams, Max Hamu ..read more

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. In part 3 of this 4-part series, Koichi Sugiyama cements himself as a composer for video games, and begins working with other companies outside of Enix. This episode will follow his career into the late 1990s as he closes off his work as ..read more

In June 2021, for TALKING SOUNDTRACKS, Jason Drury talked to the four-time Emmy nominated journalist, writer, and producer of over 200 documentaries about music and cinema, Steven C Smith, about his book MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER. In May 2022, Jason had the opportunity to talk to Steven again about his first book, published in 1991, about another pioneering and influential composer in the history of film music, A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann. In part one of this in-depth two-part series, Smtih discusses how th ..read more

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. In part two of this four-part series, Koichi Sugiyama sends a postcard with feedback and his life changes forever. You'll hear music from the beginning of Sugiyama's game music career, covering the second half of the 80s into the very be ..read more