(00:00:00) Introducing Jim and The Legend of Ochi (00:09:24) The Soundtrack and Composer Dave Longstreth (00:16:57) The Tension Building Throughout The Legend of Ochi (00:22:22) What is an Ochi? (00:24:17) Metal Bands in the Film (00:26:16) The World Building of the Film (00:29:21) Isaiah Saxon's Background (00:30:28) Is this Film Kid Friendly? (00:34:12) The Family Drama at the Heart of the Film (00:36:42) Why a More Tradition Score Wouldn't Work / Longstreth and Saxon Are on the Same Page (00:...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 12
(00:00:00) Intro (00:06:24) Who is Alex Ross Perry? What is Pavements? (00:12:46) Slanted! Enchanted! (00:18:24) Catchy Songs, Distant Lyrics (00:21:24) Range life (00:27:03) Wants For the Pavements DVD/BluRay Bonus Features (00:30:52) The Pavements Soundtrack (00:32:51) What We Wanted to See More Of (00:37:43) Pavement Needle Drops Not Covered in Pavements (00:42:57) The Harness Your Hopes Phenomenon (00:47:44) Blurring the Lines Between Reality and Fiction (00:51:04) What's Missing From the Fi...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Pop Culture Writer Russ Burlingame joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the soundtrack to James Gunn's 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1. It's the 1st soundtrack to ever hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts with all previously released songs. It's sold over 3 million copies and was the 2nd best selling soundtrack in 2014 behind only the Frozen soundtrack. Beyond sales, the soundtrack is also partly responsible for the resurrection of the cassette tape. We also discuss: Jame...
May 26, 2025•57 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Pop culture writer, James Down Williams, joins Ryan to talk about the 1992 Reginald Hudlin film, Boomerang and it's 3x Platinum soundtrack. The soundtrack boasted 6 singles including Toni Braxton's "Give U My Heart" and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road", which would top the Billboard Top 100 for 13 weeks, which was a record at the time. Equally impressive is the film's cast, which included Eddie Murphy, Hallie Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Allen Grier, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell, Robin Givens, and...
May 12, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Solo artist, and lead singer of Kajagoogoo, Limahl is our guest this week and it was an honor to talk to the singer of the chart topping soundtrack song, The NeverEnding Story. It was a top 10 hit in over 15 countries, including hitting #1 in Norway, Spain and Sweden. Limahl has recently released a new single, a great cover of America's "A Horse with No Name". It's available on all digital streaming services. The video can be found here : Ryan talks to Limahl about about how the song, "The Never...
Apr 21, 2025•49 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Erin Marlow of It's a Fandom Thing joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1994 Oliver Stone film, Natural Born Killers. It began as a Quentin Tarantino script before Oliver Stone turned it into an entirely different thing, which is just one of many controversies that surround this film. What's not controversial is the greatness of the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack. Trent Reznor currated the soundtrack and contributed two Nine Inch Nails to the soundtrack, specifically writing "Burn" for the f...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Rocker Frank Meyer (The Street Walkin' Cheetahs / Trading Aces / Fear) has a new album out on 3/25 called Living Between the Lines (Kitten Robot Records) and he joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss his career and the soundtrack to the 1984 film, Repo Man. It's a soundtrack full of LA punk rock legends like Black Flag, Fear, The Plugz and the Circle Jerks. Iggy Pop contributed the theme for Repo Man being backed by a super group featuring Steve Jones from The Sex Pistols and Blondie's rhythm section ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Doink da doink! Brad from the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the Lonely Island 2016 film, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. It flamed out when it was released back in 2016 but it's reached cult status with it's joke-dense comedy, super talented cast, and songs that are equally brilliant and catchy. It's a film that was funny back in 2016 and actually holds up today in 2025. Chapters 0:00:00 Intro / Why are We Talking about Popstar?...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 5
It's time to talk the 2025 Oscars! Nicole and Ryan break down the 2025 Oscars Best Original Song category. There are some past winners (Elton John), a 16 time nominee (Diane Warren), 2 songs from Emilia Perez, and a nomination for Sing Sing. There's also a controversy regarding the category: none of the songs will be performed at the ceremony! Here our hot takes and see if you agree with our predictions!
Feb 24, 2025•57 min•Season 6Ep. 4
DT, host of the Space Castle YouTube Channel , returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Marc Webb's 2009 film, 500 Days of Summer. Lots of stories or heartbreak in our 20s follows since this film is a perfect backdrop for our Valentines Day episode. Tales of heartbreak, dumping someone over their bad music taste, making mixtapes, and more are shared as we dive into the time capsule that is 2009. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Welcoming Back DT and The Steve Holt Story 00:04:42 - Is...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Jen and Sarah from Movies and Us join Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about Kogonada's 2017 directorial debut, Columbus. The film is intimate and captures smaller moments. Hammock's gorgeous ambient score is the perfect compliment to the visuals. Kogonada would follow up Columbus with 2021's After Yang and he would direct episodes of Disney Plus' Star Wars: Acoylte series. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introducing Jen and Sarah and Columbus 00:06:34 Initial Thoughts on the Soundtrack 00:12:41 Koganada’s...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 2
A man of many talents, Keanan Duffty is our guest for this episode. His band, Slinky Vagabond, has a new album coming out on January 14th. You can pre-order that here . He is also a fashion designer, one who has collaborated with the iconic David Bowie on his 2008 fashion line for Target. Since Keanan is a Bowie fan and collaborator, Ryan and Nicole thought it would be only fitting to talk to him about Jim Henson's 1986 film, Labyrinth. Bowie not only starred in the film as The Goblin King, Jare...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Happy Holidays! Scott Interrante of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life and Tara Giancaspro of xoxo Gossip Giancaspro join Nicole and Ryan to talk about The Muppet Christmas Carol, which begs the question, "Do we even like the general story of A Christmas Carol?" Our answers to that question will shock you as well our answers to " who is in your muppet big 3? " We also discuss which human should accompany the Muppets if they ever take another shot at adapting this Dickens...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Jim from Film Rage joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about John Crowley's 2024 film, We Live in Time. The score is handled by Bryce Dessner (The National, Big Red Machine), and this is Dessner's 2nd score for 2024, the other being for Sing Sing, which was released earlier this year. Dessner's non-traditional score is very front and center in this non-linear romance film. (Pre)Order the soundtrack here : Chapters 0:00:000 - 04:22/259 Show / Guest Intro 04:22.260 - 12:34.674 Bryce Dessner Bio / Initia...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Stephen Epley, host of Music Rewind, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Alan Parker's 1991 film, The Commitments. The film deserverdly racked up nominations at the BAFTAS, Golden Globes and the Oscars, but it's soundtrack is what really took off in the US and around the world. It went 2x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in the UK, and it was a huge hit in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. It was so successful that they released a 2nd soundtrack, The Commitments Vol. 2....
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Dan Shinder, founder of DrumTalkTV joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 1984 Rob Reiner Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, and how it might be more realistic than a lot of rock biopics out there. We break down the big hair, on-stage disasters, dressing room shenanigans, and of course, THE MUSIC. From "Hell Hole" to "Stonehenge" and everything in between, Dan connects the dots between the absurd events in the film and the real life events that might have inspired them. Also, t...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Pete Abeyta from the Middle Class Film Class Podcast/ YouTube Channel , joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 film, Punch Drunk Love. This soundtrack consists of a wonderful score by producer/composer/mad scientist, Jon Brion, who also composed the scores to films that we've covered in previous episodes like, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , and Magnolia . Brion also reworks the iconic "He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Robert Altman's 1980 fi...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 16
DT, host of Space Castle on YouTube (formerly the podcast), joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 2010 Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World. That means discussing Sex B-Bomb, Crash and the Boys, Clash at Demonhead, and the real life musicians behind them like Beck, Broken Social Scene, Metric, and more!We talk about this stacked soundtrack plus: Edgar Wright's real life interaction that he used in the film between Lucas Lee and Wallace Wells The many versions of "Ram...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Director of The Blues Society, Dr. Augusta Palmer, and Memphis radio DJ legend, Henry Nelson join Ryan to talk about the 2023 documentary, The Blues Society. The film has recently become available for rental and purchase on digital platforms. We Discuss: The origin of the film and when Dr. Palmer learned that her father was involved with organizing the Memphis Country Blues Festival Henry Nelson's memories about the festival and The Overton Shell, where the festival took place How artists such a...
Sep 23, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Jenn Owens, host of the podcast, My Streaming Bubble, is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the Henry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan 1998 film, Can't Hardly Wait. While the film didn't do huge numbers at the box office office upon its release, it is a movie that has grown in popularity over the years. Since the film takes place at a house party, there are tons of needle drops that soundtrack the house party including songs from Smash Mouth, Eve 6, Busta Rhymes, and Guns and Roses.We ...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Composer Archer Marsh is our guest this week, and he discusses his work on the Bridgerton Season 3 Soundtrack including the viral hit, "Give Me Everything" (Pitbull), which has really taken on a life of its own. Archer has 2 other needle drops in Season 3: "Confident" (Demi Lovato) and "Lights" (Ellie Goulding). All of these songs are off Archer's album, Sequens, which came out at the end of 2022.We talk about Archer's journey as a musician/composer, his knowledge of Bridgerton before they start...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 12
(After a short hiatus, we're back, and we'll be back to releasing 2 episodes of month until December!)This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante and our favorite substacker, Tara Giancaspro return to Soundtrack Your Life to help Nicole and Ryan soundtrack the recently announced film Monopoly (Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap Productions has signed up to make it). Whether it gets made or not is anyone’s guess since Monopoly has a long history of directors / prod...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 11
Episode 100! For our landmark 100th episode, we have a couple of our favorite guests, Tara Giancaspro, and This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante, returning to join Nicole and Ryan to soundtrack a movie that doesn't quite exist yet, the recently announced movie based on The Sims!Our crew is tasked with coming up with a plot for the film and then a soundtrack full of needle drops. From the beginning of the film, to the end credits, our hosts and guests come...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Jim from the Film Rage podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2023 Emerald Fennell film, Saltburn. Jim was previously a guest for our episode on David Byrne’s True Stories .The movie had a moment in 2023 with its infamous needle drop of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor”, which is used in one of the film’s most famous scenes. The soundtrack is full of songs from 2007 and older (the movie takes place in 2007), and there are ind...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Pop culture writer, Rachel Brodsky returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the music that soundtracks the Christopher Storer hit television series, The Bear. With season 3 due in June, we decided to take a look at the massive amount of needle drops from the 1st 2 seasons of this dense award winning dramedy.From Dad rock to Swedish punk to Taylor Swift, we talk about all of our favorite needle drops, and we also talk about how much we love this show that totally stresses ...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Cultural theorist and host of the Nicstalgia Podcast, Nicole Tremaglio, joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the year 2000 McG directed film, Charlie’s Angels. The film was a huge success at the box office and the soundtrack was also a hit, with lead single “Independent Women Part 1” topping the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks. Billboard named it the 18th most successful song of the decade (2000-2009)We discuss: the multi-generational and multi-genre needle drops: Heart,...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Film Critic and writer, Lex Briscuso joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 2006 Sophia Coppola film, Marie Antoinette and it's iconic soundtrack. The soundtrack pulls from the 80s, 90s, and aughts with tracks from Gang of Four, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Strokes, Aphex Twin and more! Coppola put the soundtrack together with soundtrack supervisor, Brian Reitzell, who had worked with Coppola on her previous films, Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides. We previously talked about Reitzel...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Composer and pipa virtuoso, Ms. Min Xiao-Fen is our guest this week to talk about her recently released album Metta, which features the scores of 2 Chinese silent films, The Romance of the Fruits Peddler and Romance of the Western Chamber. These scores were commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute in 2023. We also discuss: Growing up in a musical family Going from a classical background to collaborating with jazz greats like John Zorn, Derek Bailey and Wadada Leo Smith Collaborating with Bjork ...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Writer, Stephen Lee Naish joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about 4 soundtracks from films that Dennis Hopper directed: Easy Rider, The Last Movie, Out of the Blue, and Colors. Stephen just recently released a book on Dennis Hopper and these soundtracks called Music and Sound in the films of Dennis Hopper, which can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Music-and-Sound-in-the-Films-of-Dennis-Hopper/Naish/p/book/9781032737690 We talk to Stephen about how Hopper was one of the first directors to us...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 4
It's that time of year again! Nicole and Ryan are here to break down the 2024 Oscars Best Original Song category. The Barbie Soundtrack was huge in 2023 so it has 2 nominations. Did you know that "I'm Just Ken" was written by the same people who co-wrote another Oscar winning song? Will Diane Warren finally win after being nominated for the 16th time? Why is Ryan glad that Joseph Gordon-Levitt didn't get nominated? Find the answer to these questions and more as we break down the category and the...
Mar 04, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 3
