Interview with Dan Trachtenberg and Mike Zarin (Portal No Escape) 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. Episode Highlights 00:26 — Introduction and welcome 03:05 — What brought...
Sep 09, 2011•30 min
Episode #29 - 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. Episode Highlights 00:20 — Introduction and welcome 02:18 — The Music of the Lord of Rings book reactions 12:30 — What have we been listening to? 24:44 — Patriotic/ Americana Scores 34:53 — More Lord of...
Jul 06, 2011•1 hr 15 min
Episode 28 - 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. Episode Highlights 00:30 — Introduction and welcome 02:49 — What we've been listening to 12:15 — Noah Sorota working at Remote Control Productions 25:29 — Noah Sorota on Falling Skies 40:52 — Trends in TV music 51:22 — Some of our TV theme faves 41:40 — Reviewing scores on soundtrack versus in context...
Jun 25, 2011•58 min
Episode 27 - 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. Episode Highlights 00:30 — Introduction and welcome 03:30 — What we've been listening to 12:39 — Twitter question: What is your fave X-Men score to date? 15:51 — Super 8 general reaction (no spoilers) 23:45 — Super 8 spoiler talk 36:44 — Super 8 score talk 41:40 — Reviewing scores on...
Jun 17, 2011•55 min
Interview: Laura Karpman "Ask Your Panda" 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. Episode Highlights 00:23 — Introduction and "Ask Your Mama...
Jun 11, 2011•28 min
Episode 26 - Kung Fu Panda 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. Episode Highlights 00:24 — Introduction and welcome 03:52 — What we've been listening to 12:42 — RJDJ - App for personal soundtrack 17:56 — Twitter: Composer Controversy 24:36 — Kung Fu Panda Discussion 37:52 — In Context or out? How do thy rate thee? 41:40 — Reviewing scores on soundtrack versus in context Music Clips (S...
Jun 04, 2011•56 min
Interview: Brian Tyler 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, what superhero he'd most like to write a score for, and what he has coming in the near future. Episode Highlights 00:34 — Introduction and welcome 03:00 — Meeting and working with director Justin Lin 06:56 — A new main theme and musical progression for the franchise... 18:08 — ...
May 20, 2011•48 min
Thor and Patrick Doyle Recorded May 12, 2011 Published May 13, 2011 THOR and the music of Patrick Doyle are the central topics for Marius, Tom, Helen, and Christopher for milestone episode 25 of the Soundcast. Episode Highlights 00:45 — Introduction 03:51 — What we have been listening to 15:27 — How you can support The SoundCast 18:08 — Thor - the movie 25:03 — The score on CD 38:37 — Thor subdued? 38:01 — Thor and the Globet of Fire 42:26 — Has Thor been Remoted Controlled? 51:17 — How did Bria...
May 14, 2011•1 hr 7 min
I Know What Your Scored This Summer! Recorded April 21, 2011 Published April 22, 2011 Christopher, Marius, and Richard take a look at and talk about some of the big movie scores coming in the summer of 2011. Episode Highlights 00:48 — Introduction 03:23 — What we have been listening to 12:37 — I Know What Your Scored This Summer Intro 13:51 — Thor 17:33 — Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 18:30 — Kung Fu Panda 2 28:30 — Super 8 32:49 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon 37:10 - Captain Ame...
Apr 22, 2011•1 hr 4 min
Interview: Sascha Dikiciyan, Cris Velasco (Mass Effect Arrival) Recorded April 8, 2011 Published April 15, 2011 Two composers...two interviewers...The SoundCast reaches critical mass! Composing-duo Sascha Dikiciyan and Cris Velasco talk with Christopher and Marius about some of the their recent projects including: TRON EVOLUTION, MORTAL KOMBAT, and MASS EFFECT ARRIVAL. Episode Highlights 00:37 — Introduction 02:45 — Collaboration and proximity 07:33 — Tron Evolution 18:30 — The new Mortal Kombat...
Apr 15, 2011•48 min
Interview: Sean Murray Recorded Feburary 10, 2011 Published April 8, 2011 Composer Sean Murray talks about returning to the Call of Duty franchise with his score for the record breaking game Call of Duty: Black Ops. Episode Highlights 00:45 — Introduction 02:05 — Did you anticipate the hit Black Ops would be? 03:10 — Following Modern Warfare 2 04:56 — The Player's Psychology in Black Ops 07:31 — Liberation in the Cold War Era 10:57 — Musical treatment for the Russians in Black Ops 12:35 — Workin...
Apr 08, 2011•25 min
Episode #23 - SoundCast Episode 23: Score of the Worlds with guest: Austin Wintory Recorded March 30, 2011 Published April 1, 2011 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. Episode Highlights 00:00 — The Aliens Have...
Apr 02, 2011•1 hr 19 min
Interview: Joris de Man (Killzone 3) Recorded February 08, 2011 Published March 19, 2011 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. Episode Highlights 0:00 — Introduction 1:05 — Personal background, musical history, and education 5:00 — Getting involved with the first Killzone, early creative development, challenging expectations 8:00 — Unexpected protagonists in the series, thematic refe...
Mar 20, 2011•47 min
Episode #22 - 83rd Oscars - Post Mortem Recorded February 28, 2011 Published March 1, 2011 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. Episode Highlights 0:00 — Opening of the 22nd Academy Awards 0:23 — Intros 01:35 — News: Mars Needs Moms, Rango, Captain America 10:04 — More from Opening of the 22nd Academy Awards 11:23 —What we liked about the ...
Mar 02, 2011•56 min
Episode #21 - Invasion of the Score Snatchers Recorded February 17, 2011 Published February 18, 2011 Chris, Marius and Tom talk about the current Hollywood trend of new composers coming from other music genres and score A-List films. Episode Highlights 00:40 — Intros 03:15 — What we've been listening to (Killzone 3, Sanctum, Secret of Kells, Summer Wars) 18:10 — Tide of the Super Heroe Movies 24:11 — Invasion of the Score Snatchers! 15:07 — The string quartet vs. orchestra in Dead Space 2 18:43 ...
Feb 18, 2011•49 min
Interview: Jason Graves (Dead Space 2) Recorded January 25, 2011 Published February 11, 2011 Marius talks with composer Jason Graves about his compelling work on the highly anticipated game, DEAD SPACE 2. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Introduction 01:40 — Celebrating the Release of the game, the London premiere 03:40 — How the Lacrimosa concert piece ended up in the game 06:25 — How Jason got involved with the Dead Space franchise 10:15 — Music implementation in Dead Space 12:10 — Preparing for the...
Feb 11, 2011•40 min
Ep. #19 - 2010: Year in Preview Recorded January 13, 2011 Published January 14, 2011 Peering into the future, Christopher, Marius and Tom discuss what soundtracks to look out for in the coming year! Episode Highlights 00:34 - Introduction 04:00 - Top 3 Most Anticipated Film Scores for 2011 18:00 - Top 3 "Beware of the Over-hype" scores of 2011 29:53 - Top 3 Most Anticipated Video Game Scores for 2011 37:30 - Top 3 Potential Suprisde Scores of 2011 43:44 - Tweets - "What are you most looking forw...
Jan 14, 2011•58 min
Episode 18: 2010 - Year in Review Recorded January 6, 2011 Published January 7, 2011 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. Episode Highlights 00:48 - Introduction 04:20 - Surprise Scores of 2010 16:22 - Disappointments of 2010 29:51 - Favorites of 2010 Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 00:00 - "Mount Olympus" (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Chri...
Jan 07, 2011•46 min
Interview: Richard Jacques Recorded November 1, 2010 Published November 12, 2010 Composer Richard Jacques speaks about his latest project, 007 BLOOD STONE. Episode Highlights 00:20 - Introduction 01:30 - How did you pitch a live orchestra for Headhunter? 03:52 - Dealing with budget restrictions 04:55 - Samples vs. live instruments 06:50 - How samples have affected younger composers' styles and the importance of education? 09:15 - What was it like working on a team for Mass Effect? 10:38 - Workin...
Nov 12, 2010•30 min
Interview: Mark Griskey Recorded October 4, 2010 Published November 8, 2010 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. Episode Highlights 00:44 - Introduction 02:59 - What was it like coming back to this franchise? 06:09 - The time-crunch challenge 08:15 - Twitter Question #1 - What familiar music themes do y...
Nov 08, 2010•31 min
Interview: Ramin Djawadi Recorded September 27, 2010 Published September 28, 2010 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. Episode Highlights 00:30 - Introduction 01:59 - How did you come on to this project? 03:30 - Living up to the Medal of Honor lineage 05:00 - Modern Warfare 2 and Hans Zimmer 06:10 - How is working in video...
Sep 29, 2010•22 min
Interview: Doug Adams Recorded September 1, 2010 Published September 1, 2010 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 s...
Sep 02, 2010•32 min
Interview: Sean Williams Recorded August 6, 2010 Published August 12, 2010 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. ...
Aug 13, 2010•41 min
Episode 17: Flash Over Substance Recorded August 3, 2010 Published August 6, 2010 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. Episode Highlights 00:30 - Intro and Google Voice invasion 01:44 - Expecting the Expendables 04:00 - Compilation continuation 10:30 - Torchwood Talk + eMusic 14:00 - Inception reception 25:20...
Aug 06, 2010•1 hr 7 min
Episode 16: The Last Inception Recorded July 26, 2010 Published July 28, 2010 The SoundCast crew talks a little The Last Airbender, Inception, and about the love/hate relationship with Film music compilations. Episode Highlights 00:30 - Intro and Google Voice invasion 06:28 - The Last Airbender discussion 21:35 - Inception discussion 38:26 - Film music compilations Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 05:48 - "The Avatar Has Returned" (The Last Airbender) by James Newton Ho...
Jul 28, 2010•40 min
Interview: Kevin Riepl Recorded June 26, 2010 Published July 6, 2010 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! Episode Highlights 00:24 - Welcome and intro 02:50 - Thoughts on this years E3 09:50 - Expectations for Hunted: The Demon's Forge 13:58 - Wo...
Jul 07, 2010•40 min
Episode 15 - A Mid-Summer's Review Recorded June 16, 2010 Published June 19, 2010 The SoundCast crew takes a look at the big-budget films and film scores at the midway point of the 2010 summer! Episode Highlights 00:30 - What are you doing on your Summer vacation? 02:40 - Marius on SoundCloud 05:05 - The Summer movie season thus far... 08:40 - Summer Vs. Summer 15:15 - The Summer movie music season thus far... 21:20 - Iron Man Vs. Iron Man 2 26:42 - Looking forward to the rest of the Summer 37:2...
Jun 19, 2010•46 min
Interview: James Hannigan Recorded March 16, 2010 Published April 1, 2010 Episode Highlights 00:53- Traditional orchestral writing 01:50 - Starting work in games 02:32 - Games as a new medium 04:25 - Working on the Command & Conquer series 07:13 - Cutscenes vs. gameplay cues 10:32 - Thematic writing and immersion 11:47 - Freelancer and music integration 15:04 - Scoring the Harry Potter games 17:14 - Future of interactive music 19:56 - Future work Music Clips (Select music clips contained in ...
Apr 02, 2010•21 min
Interview: Greg Edmonson Recorded February 26, 2010 Published March 20, 2010 Episode Highlights 01:05 - From Firefly to Uncharted 02:38 - Scoring for games 06:08 - Motion capture and realism in Uncharted 2 09:01 - Writing themes 11:00 - Recording the score for Uncharted 2 14:03 - Buddhist horns/ other ethnic instruments from the score 16:19 - Scoring the sequel, learning from the first 17:12 - Writing for the characters 18:40 - Game vs. film/tv scoring and next steps 21:02 - Uncharted 2 CD relea...
Mar 21, 2010•22 min
Episode 14 - Oscar 2010 Post-Mortem Recorded March 8, 2010 Published March 9, 2010 Marius Masalar, Tom Hoover, and Helen San return to discuss Oscar winners, losers, things good and things bad. Episode Highlights 00:25 - Introduction and Welcome 02:15 - What did you think of this year's Oscars? 05:48 - Reaction to Best Picture and Best Director 09:50 - Was Avatar snubbed? 14:25 - LXD's performance with the original score montage 21:45 - Owning up to our Oscar Picks 24:00 - Best Original Score wi...
Mar 10, 2010•38 min
