Episode 13 - Anticipating the Film Scores of 2010 Recorded February 27, 2010 Published March 3, 2010 Marius Masalar and first-time guest, Helen San, join Christopher Coleman to talk about their most anticipated film scores of 2010. Episode Highlights 00:29 - Introduction and Welcome 01:10 - Helen San introduction 05:45 - Hurtful response to episode 12 07:45 - What have we been listening to in 2010 thus far 10:40 - Howard Shore scoring Twilight: Eclipse? 13:45 - Greg Edmonson (Uncharted) Intervie...
Mar 04, 2010•1 hr
Episode 12 - "Oscore Noms" Recorded February 6, 2010 Published February 9, 2010 Jorn Tillnes (Soundtrackgeek.com), Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), Marius Masalar and Christopher Coleman discuss the 2009 Oscar nominees for Best Score. Episode Highlights 00:27 - Introduction and Welcome 02:45 - The 2009 nominees for Best Score 04:21 - How do this years nominees compare with the recent past? 07:30 - The 2006, 2007, 2008 Nominees 13:40 - Sherlock Holmes discussion 18:00 - Avatar discussion 22:35 - Up d...
Feb 10, 2010•38 min
Interview: Cris Velasco and Mike Reagan (Darksiders) Recorded January 8, 2009 Published February 2, 2010 Episode Highlights 00:27 - Introduction and Welcome 02:25 - How did you come be involved with Darksiders? 04:27 - How does your gameplan change when you come into a situation where previous music exists? 07:20 - Replacing scores in the game industry. 09:33 - What made you both say "Yes" to this project? 16:20 - The lyrics and language. 18:10 - Are there any musical surprises? 21:44 - Comparin...
Feb 02, 2010•32 min
Interview: Atticus Ross (The Book of Eli) Recorded December 16, 2009 Published January 11, 2010 Episode Highlights 00:30 - Introduction and Welcome 01:19 - How did you become involved with the Hughes Brothers and this project? 04:50 - Collaborating with family 07:10 - Moving into film music 11:02 - Who are some of your musical influences? 15:00 - Writing music before the film is shot. 18:00 - Finding the balance between sound design and music 21:27 - Eastern/Middle Eastern influence 23:46 - Conc...
Jan 11, 2010•25 min
Interview: John Swihart (Youth in Revolt) Recorded December 16, 2009 Published January 8, 2010 Episode Highlights 00:28 - Introduction and Welcome 00:58 - What were your first impressions of Napolean Dynamite? 02:35 - The musical direction of Napolean Dynamite. 06:17 - Working in television and film. 11:26 - Scoring Youth in Revolt Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 00:00 - Meeting Sheenie (Youth in Revolt) by John Swihart 01:16 - Bus Rider (Napolean Dynamite) by John Swi...
Jan 09, 2010•19 min
Gametime 2009 - Chance Thomas Interview: Chance Thomas (Avatar: The Game) Recorded December 16, 2009 Published December 19, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:33 - Introduction and Welcome 01:40 - Did you feel "extra" pressure working on Avatar: The Game? 03:06 - How was James Cameron involved with the game music? 05:00 - Working with James Horner 09:05 - Finding "the sound" for the game. 11:15 - Comparing the game score and the film's score 16:55 - Freedom of the prequel 18:10 - Other 2009 projects: LD...
Dec 19, 2009•26 min
Episode #11 - The Films and Film Music of Clint Eastwood Recorded December 11, 2009 Published December 12, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:00 - Opening: "My Mule" 00:36 - Intros and listener feedback 03:16 - How we feel about Clint Eastwood movies and scores 08:05 - Best Clint Eastwood film score? 15:10 - Eastwood's film music philosophy 16:13 - What if Eastwood directed and scored The Road? 17:23 - The types of movies that work with Eastwood's sound. 19:13 - Invictus discussion 35:05 - Favorite Afri...
Dec 13, 2009•44 min
Episode 10 - Avatar Expectations and Hans Zimmer's Modern Warfare 2 Recorded December 4, 2009 Published December 6, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:30 - Opening - Tom's book, Marius' TV pilot score 04:45 - Moon, A Serious Man, Dragon Age: Origin, The Road, Inglorius Basterds 14:50 - Avatar Expectations 27:16 - Modern Warfare 2 and Hans Zimmer Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 15:13 Avatar Trailer clip includes music by James Horner. 19:50 End Credits - Abyss (Alan Silvestri) ...
Dec 06, 2009•55 min
Episode #9 - The Best and Worst of Summer 2009 Episode Highlights 00:11 - Opening - What we did on our Summer Vacation. 04:00 - The Difficulties of a Mediocre Summer 07:25 - The Biggest Surprise 13:40 - The Biggest Disappointment 19:14 - The Worst 25:32 - The Best 31:45 - Reactions 36:50 - Final thoughts on the Summer of 2009 Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 07:58 Code Blue - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (John Powell) 08:54 District 9 - District 9 (Clinton Shorter) 10...
Sep 27, 2009•44 min
Gametime 2009 - Jason Graves Interview: Jason Graves (Section 8) Recorded September 2, 2009 Published September 5, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:16 - Opening - Jason Graves introduction 01:49 - The Dead Space effect 05:00 - Unique Gameplay of Section 8 09:08 - The variety and balance of music in Section 8 13:37 - Aliens and Starship Troopers 16:15 - The Crowded FPS Space 20:52 - Alpha Protocol 25:38 - Dead Space: Extraction for the Wii 27:47 - Silent Hunter 5 33:10 - Section 8 Soundtrack release? 3...
Sep 06, 2009•37 min
Gametime 2009 Interview - Ron Fish Episode Highlights 00:27 - Opening - Ron Fish introduction 02:57 - Part I - Disney Imagineering 07:20 - Part II - Collaborative experience 09:32 - Part III - Writing for the cinematics 10:40 - Part IV - Dark environment, dark score 12:40 - Part V - How did your sound design experience play a role? 14:00 - Part VI - Modern influences in a video game score. 16:46 - Part VII - Modern score and listening fatigue 20:25 - Part VIII - Long distance collaboration 24:39...
Aug 24, 2009•35 min
Interview: Clinton Shorter (District 9) Recorded August 12, 2009 Published August 14, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:28 - Opening - Intro - It's all about "District 9" 03:48 - Part I - How much attention has District 9 brought to you? 06:40 - Part II- Was the short "Alive in Jo'burg" an influence? 09:13 - Part III - Working in indigenous sounds of Africa 11:20 - Part IV - Peter Jackson's creative influence 13:30 - Part V - What composers have influenced you over the years? 14:10 - Part VI - Twitter ...
Aug 14, 2009•22 min
Interview: Jim Dooley and Mel Wesson (Infamous) Recorded June 5, June 17, 2009 Published August 5, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:30 - Opening - Jim Dooley and Mel Wesson Introduction 04:38 - Part I - How did you come to collaborate on Infamous? 09:09 - Part I cont. - Collaborating from "across the pond" 11:13 - Part II - The collaborative dialogue 15:40 - Part III - Working with Amon Tobin and Martin Tillman 21:56 - Part IV - The blurred line of Sound Design 22:50 - Part V - Do you actively look to...
Aug 07, 2009•45 min
Interview: Garry Schyman (Bioshock 2) and Diego Stocco (The Conduit) Recorded April 29, June 17, 2009 Published July 30, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:30 - Opening - What is Gametime? 04:14 - Diego Stocco - Introduction 06:13 - Diego Stocco - How did you come to The Conduit? 07:14 - Diego Stocco - How much composing freedom did you have? 09:04 - Diego Stocco - What did you learn while working on The Conduit? 13:36 - Diego Stocco - Music and Sound Design 21:38 - Garry Schyman - Introduction 22:10 - ...
Aug 03, 2009•30 min
Gametime 2009 Interview: Sascha Dikiciyan and Cris Velasco (Prototype) The composing duo shares about their latest collaborative effort for the Activision video game PROTOTYPE. Recorded June 22, 2009 Published July 28, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:30 - Opening - Welcome to Gametime! 06:16 - Part I: Dividing the work 12:36 - Part II: A more stimulating project? 16:16 - Part III: Two years on Prototype 18:35 - Part IV: Game burnout? 24:26- Part V: Integrating Sound Design 31:33 - Part VI: What feeli...
Jul 29, 2009•38 min
Interview: Theodore Shapiro (Year One) 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. Recorded June 04, 2009 Published June 24, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:00 - Opening 00:30 - Part I: The King of Comedy Scoring? 03:10 - Part II: Musical deadpan versus slapstick 06:01 - Part III: Unique opportunities in Year One 10:24 - Part I...
Jun 24, 2009•22 min
Interview: David Robidoux (Truth in 24) 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. Recorded June 04, 12, 2009 Published June 12, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:00 - Opening 02:25 - Interview part I: How did NFL Films come to do this project? 08:55 - Interview part II: How the score works within this documentary 18:15 - Interview part III: Working on this project vers...
Jun 13, 2009•38 min
Episode #8 - Terminator Salvation Roundtable Terminator Salvation Roundtable discussion with Marius Masalar and Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), SoundCast Spotlight: Siddhartha Barnhoorn'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. Recorded June 03, 11, 2009 Published June 12, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:00 - SoundCast Intro: We're Back! 02:17 - Pimping: 5 Centimeters Per Second, Taken, a...
Jun 12, 2009•1 hr 15 min
Episode #6 - Interview: Deane Ogden Interview with composer DEANE OGDEN (The Way Home), SoundCast Spotlight: ASSAF RINDE; GORDY HAAB and RAY HARMEN (Indiana Jones/ Staff of Kings) Interview preview. Recorded May1-4, 2009 Published May 4, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:29 - Introduction 03:26 - Pimping John Woo's Red Cliff 08:24 - Pimping High Score! 12:52 - Interview Tease: Gordy Haab 14:04 - Interview Tease: Ray Harman 15:45 - Spotlight: Kill Zone by Assaf Rinde 20:10 - Deane Ogden intro 53:33 - Cl...
May 05, 2009•55 min
Episode #5: Intv. Andrew Skrabutenas (The Hunt for Gollum) Recorded April 18, April 24, 2009 Published April 24, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:35 - Introduction 04:10 - New Releases 07:51 - The Soundcast Spotlight: Marius Masalar 11:42 - Interview: Andrew Skrabutenas 22:37 - Interview Preview: Paul Haslinger 25:38 - Close Music Clips (Select musical clips contained in this podcast) 00:00: The Hung for Gollum: "Journeying" 03:42: The Escapist: "End Titles" 04:43: Assassins Creed: "City of Jerusalem"...
Apr 25, 2009•27 min
Episode #4: Intv. Jermaine Stegall, Drasko Vucevic Recorded March 30, April 7, 2009 Published April 8, 2009 Episode Highlights 00:00 - Introduction: "Countdown" 02:53 - New Releases 07:09 - Jermaine Stegall Intro 07:47 - Jermaine Stegall Interview 23:15 - Drasko Vucevic Intro 23:57 - Drasko Vucevic Interview 35:00 - Close Music Clips (Select musical clips contained in this podcast) 00:00: Stand By For Action: "Thunderbirds Title" 02:13: Stand By For Action: "The Secret Serive Title" 04:14: Stand...
Apr 09, 2009•37 min
Episode 3 - Watchmen discussion with guest Jeron Moore Recorded March 18, 2009 Published March 20, 2009 Episode Highlights - Introduction: Jeron Moore (1:58) - "What are you watching?" (14:16) - What we think about WATCHMEN (29:00) - "What are you playing?" (42:30) - "What are you listening to?" (55:35) - Close Music Clips (Select musical clips contained in this podcast) Prey (Jeremy Soule) Meet the Parents (Danny Elfman) Lost (Michael Giacchino) Lost (Video Game) (Michael Giacchino) Dragonball:...
Mar 20, 2009•1 hr 10 min
Interview: Joris de Man For our most recent Gametime 2009 update, we give you our review of the original score for KILLZONE 2. The mega-hit sequel to the game Killzone has sold upwards of 1.5 million copies and Sony's eventual release of JORIS DE MAN's original score for this sequel has been eagerly awaited for months. While word remains that the iTunes release is imminent, we bring our full review of the promotional tracks right now...including three streaming clips from this powerful score.
Feb 27, 2009•27 min
Interview: Lalo Schifrin I'm very excited to share with you my recent interview with composer LALO SCHIFRIN. I was able to ask him about his recent book, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: MY LIFE IN MUSIC, his thoughts on the current state of film music, and what continues to drive him into new areas of composing (video games and graphic novels). He also shares about why he started Aleph Records and who he is pulling for to win the Oscar for Best Original Score.
Feb 22, 2009•15 min
Christopher and Jorne discuss the original disqualification (later over-turned) of THE DARK KNIGHT original score by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard.Download this episode
Nov 14, 2008•37 min
We've just posted a special edition of THE SOUNDCAST. This podcast features a candid interview with composers TROELS FOLMANN and COLIN O'MALLEY who have just collaborated on the score for the much anticipated game, TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD. Included in the 27 minute interview are sound clips from the exotically dark score.Download this episode
Nov 05, 2008•27 min
Episode 1 - Superhero Film Scores The SoundCast is a brand new podcast co-hosted by Christopher Coleman (Tracksounds.com) and Jorn Tillnes (Soundtrackgeek.com). Each episode of the SoundCast will be centered on the genre of film, television and video game music. The cast launches with the topic of Superhero film music! Christopher and Jorn discuss their favorite and least-favorite's of 2008 and also which they are most looking forward to in the upcoming months. Download 0:00 - Opening with Title...
Sep 14, 2008•37 min
