Talking all things film, tv, and video game soundtracks. Soundtrack news, reviews, composer interviews.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - whether you loved it, hated it, or fall somewhere in between, please enjoy Kristen, Erik, Dane and Christopher's continued, spirited discussion on the film and score.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reunites the the team, who share their thoughts about the controversial film, but also about John Williams' decidedly less controversial score.
Dan Romer, The Lion King, Black Widow, The Eternals, Alf Clausen, Hans Zimmer's Xperiments and more make up the 15th volume of the Soundcast Six.
The hit trailer for JOKER features a famous song, "Smile" written by Charlie Chaplin and author Jim Lochner (The Music of Charlie Chaplin) joins Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli, and Christopher Coleman to discuss their thoughts about the trailer itself and its use of music.
Hans Zimmer on Dune, Thomas Newman on 1917, and Junkie XL on Terminator: Dark Fate are three upcoming composer assignments. Michael Abels on See You Yesterday, Michael Giacchino and Pinar Toprak receiving ASCAP Awards and Alan Menken receiving a Razzie Award are all in the past now, but in this extremely belated episode, Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman make these the central topics for this volume of The Soundcast Six.
Spidey's back from "the blip" and so is composer Michael Giacchino and so is Kristen, Dane, and Christopher! The three dive headlong into the 23rd entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and final chapter of Phase III - Spider-Man: Far from Home!
Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman discuss Toy Story 4, Randy Newman's original score, bring back an old segment, WHYBLT? (What have you been listening to?) and share their "goto" James Horner scores.
Long live the king. Godzilla: King of the Monsters has been unleashed. Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman rant and rage over the latest incarnation Gojira on the big screen.
Thomas Newman is back with his original score to the recently released bio-pic, TOLKIEN. Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman share what they thought about the film, their expectations for Newman's ethereal score and explore a ring-full of stand-out pieces from the soundtrack.
We're in the End Game now. Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman dive into the culmination of the first 3 phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - AVENGERS: ENDGAME and its original score by Alan Silvestri. Is this peak Avengers? Peak MCU? Is this the best Avengers score to date? We discuss it all and more than just about any "snap" could erase!
Erik Woods, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman reflect on seeing THE MATRIX for the first time, the film's personal impact, the electronica-filled soundtrack, and the power and endurance of Don Davis intricate original score.
Pinar Toprak's original score for CAPTAIN MARVEL is the central topic for Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman. They also compare and contrast ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL with the latest entry into the MCU.
The final installment of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise has finally arrived and Erik Woods, Dane Walker, and Christopher Coleman have come together to talk about composer John Powell's original score for "The Hidden World."
The inaugural Soundcast Awards are here! Not only will you hear all of the soundtrack nominees from 2018, but you'll hear the winner of each of the eleven categories decided before your very ears!
While doing press for his upcoming score for the BBC series: "One Planet, Seven Worlds," composer Hans Zimmer said that humanity is "slithering" its way to destruction ... via climate change. Dane and Christopher talk about the surprising comment ...
Grammy and BAFTA winners in the "best score" category, new nominations and non-nominations, Brian Tyler dives into the swamp, the shocking results of a recent Twitter-poll, and some big, birthday wishes, are the six topics that Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli, and Christopher Coleman tackle in this thirteenth volume of the Soundcast Six.
Composer Kathryn Bostic talks with Kristen Romanelli about two of her recent score-projects: "Clemency," directed by Chinonye Chukwu, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, and the documentary, "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, which also played at Sundance. In addition, Bostic talks about her recent experience as the the Film Scoring Artist in Residence at the Berklee College of Music and her long history with Sundance.
Completing our trilogy of Best Score nomination reactions, Erik Woods, Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli, and Christopher Coleman react to the nominees in this category for the 91st Academy Awards.
Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman take on Mr. Glass, The Overseer and The Horde and West Dylan Thordson's original score for GLASS.
The Bro of the Sea, AQUAMAN, has taken the world by tsunami! Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman dive in to discuss James Wan's latest DCEU entry and go trench-deep on Rupert Gregson-Williams original score.
There's a new verse to be explored! Erik Woods, Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman dive headlong into SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE with original score by Daniel Pemberton.
This triple-interview-episode features Kristen Romanelli's conversations with the composers for three major movie releases from December of 2018: AQUAMAN'S Rupert Gregson-Williams, DESTROYER's Theodore Shapiro and MOWGLI's Nitin Sawhney! You'll dive deep into the stories and motivations behind each score as well as the intricate, specific techniques employed by each composer for each of these very different film projects. Episode Highlights 01:11 - Theodore Shapiro (Destroyer) 14:36 - Nitin Sawh...
The 61st Grammy Award nominations are the topic for part two of our "Nom Nom Nom" series for 2018. Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker, Erik Woods and Christopher Coleman discuss the nominees for BEST MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA category.
Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker, Erik Woods and Christopher Coleman react and discuss the nominees for the BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE category.
Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman review Henry Jackman's score for the latest Walt Disney animated feature film, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET.
In this special double-interview, Kristen Romanelli talks with composer Carter Burwell about his score for the recent Coen Brothers/ Netflix project, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS and then with composer Rolfe Kent about his original score for the award-buzzy STAN & OLLIE from director Jon S. Baird.
James Newton Howard returns to the Wizarding World to score Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Matt Carr returns to join Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman to talk through their reaction to the film and to the film's score.
Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman are joined by Matt Carr ("composer") to discus James Newton Howard's recent original score to THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS.
The Soundcast crew tackles six recent news stories from the world film music including: Hans Zimmer on the score for the Top Gun sequel, The Crown (season 3), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series with Jeremy Zuckerman.
Director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz next collaborative effort, FIRST MAN, has launched into theaters and, while heading to new explorative heights, dives deep into astronaut Neil Armstrong's depressive state. Dane Walker, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman discuss their expectations and reactions to the hotly-anticipated by some, hotly-controversial to others, film and original score. They talk at length of Hurwitz's use of theremin throughout the score and what his inten...
