Episode 51: The Return of Star Wars! Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound) and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper Context) join Helen, Marius, Chris, and Edmund to talk about the newly announced Star Wars films and who they hope to see score them. Could John Williams return? Is Michael Giacchino the next, most logical choice? And what about Hans Zimmer? (Dun dun dun!) Episode Highlights 00:00 "I always said I wasn't going to do any more..." 00:49 Welcome and Intros 03:08 Reaction to George Lucas' big annnouncements 1...
Nov 03, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Interview: Anton Sanko (The Possession) Composer Anton Sanko talks about his genre bending score for The Possession and gives us a safe peak into this tale of a dybbuk box. He also talks about how he moved from the world of the music producer to full-time composing and working on his tender yet tragic score for Rabbit Hole (2011). Episode Highlights 00:16 Welcome and Intro: Anton Sanko 01:46 Moving from producing to composing 04:47 The Highs and the Lows of producing and composing 06:04 Too much...
Sep 14, 2012•26 min
Ep. 50- "Fish, Fish, Water, Water - The Dark Knight Rises" [Explicit Warning] Composer Sascha Dicikiyan and Alex Billington join us for an in-depth discussion on THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. They explore Nolan’s final entry in his Batman trilogy as well as Hans Zimmer’s score. Lastly, they discuss the MAN OF STEEL trailer and it’s intriguing choice of music. Episode Highlights 00:00 The Batmontage 00:27 Intro and Welcome 02:12 The Tragedy in Aurora, Colorado 08:20 The Dark Knight Rises - General React...
Jul 23, 2012•1 hr 27 min
Bonus Episode - "Spider-Man: Amazing or Not?" Christopher, Marius, Edmund and Richard dive headlong into the realm of the webslinger as they talk about THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by James Horner. They sort out the movie's overall strengths and weaknesses before dealing with Horner's original score and also refresh the conversation on Danny Elfman and Christopher Young's preceding scores for the Sam Raimi trilogy. Episode Highlights 00:00 "Who are you?" 00:36 Intro and Welcome 03:11 The Amazing Spide...
Jul 18, 2012•1 hr 4 min
Ep. 48 - "I STILL Know What Your Scored This Summer!" 2012 Summer Preview. Michael Coleman (Soundworks Collection) and Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound) join us to peer into this Summer's offerings of films and film scores. We also talk about Ridley Scott's comments regarding a BLADE RUNNER sequel, La La Land Records release of STARHAWK (Christopher Lennertz) and SORCERY (Mark Mancina), and what Dobly Atmos might hold for our ears in the near future. Episode Highlights 00:00 Summertime 2012 00:27 Int...
May 26, 2012•1 hr 26 min
Ep. 47 - "Streaming Prometheus" & Soundtracking Best Practices Composer Sascha Dikiciyan and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper Context) join the SoundCast crew to react to the "early" release of Marc Streintenfeld and Harry Gregson-Williams' score for PROMETHEUS on iTunes. The episode 0 release of TRON: UPRISING doesn't escape their critical gaze as well. "What Have You Been Listening To?" is back and finally, the crew discusses "SOUNDTRACKING: BEST PRACTICES" and dive into what sites, apps and tools th...
May 19, 2012•1 hr 42 min
Ep. 46 - "Continudity? - The Avengers!" Alex Billington of Firshowing.net joins us to talk about what everyone else is talking about - THE AVENGERS! But we also dive deep into Alan Silvestri's score. Who loved it? Who hated it? Who might have been a better choice? All of your questions are answered within! Episode Highlights 00:00 The Avengers Montage 00:39 Intro and Welcome 03:15 Listener feedback on Ep. 45 - The Nineties 11:46 WHYBLT? Memory House by Max Richter 17:23 The Avengers Movie Talk 4...
May 09, 2012•1 hr 47 min
Ep. 45 - "The 90s - Best Decade Ever?" Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio) joins Christopher, Marius, Richard, and Edmund to do a marathon run through the bountiful decade of the Nineties. We dive deep into Austin Wintory's score for JOURNEY and also responde to two emails from you! Episode Highlights 00:00 Nineties Montage 03:52 WHYBLT? Fez, Mirror Mirror, Wrath of the Titans 10:00 WHYBLT? Ghibli, Ghibli, Ghibli 12:00 WHYBLT? Dark Shadows, Journey 21:35 WHYBLT? Star Trek: First Contact LE, Fastf...
Apr 22, 2012•2 hr 10 min
Episode 44 - Girly Titanic Saxophones! It’s 100 years since she sank and Jeremy Meyers (Deeper Context) joins Christopher, Helen, and Richard to revisiting James Horner’s record breaking score for TITANIC. They also tackle Vangelis’ Blade Runner and the use of the saxophone. Episode Highlights 00:15 Welcome and Introduction: Jeremy Meyers 06:30 WHYBLT? Taro Iwashiro...gain 10:30 WHYBLT? Helen's playlist and Doctor Who 12:42 WHYBLT? The legacy of Tron Legacy, Game of Thrones 15:30 WHYBLT? Return ...
Apr 14, 2012•1 hr 16 min
Interview: Grant Kirkhope (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning) Audio director and composer Grant Kirkhope talks about working on the new action-RPG KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING, his love of melody, and his film music influences. Episode Highlights 00:46 Welcome and Introduction 01:36 Was this a "breakout" project for you? 03:43 How did you come onto this project? 04:42 Was there extra-pressure on your for this game? 06:58 How did you decide on what direction to take the score? 11:16 Musical influenc...
Mar 22, 2012•34 min
Episode 43 - 2011 Cue Award Winners! 2011 CUE AWARD SHOW. At long last, the winners are finally revealed and exclusively in this special episode. You won't want to miss our special composer guests who join us to accept their awards on air! Episode Highlights 00:37 Welcome to the 2011 Cue Awards/ How it works. 04:27 Best Score as Heard on Soundtrack * 11:14 Surprise of the Year 12:18 Record Label of the Year 13:16 Best Score for Television * 22:51 Best Score as Heard in Film/Media 24:03 Best Cue ...
Mar 10, 2012•1 hr 2 min
Interview: Austin Wintory (Journey) Composer Austin Wintory takes us deep into his music for the upcoming Playstation 3 video game, JOURNEY. In addition, We debut 5 exclusive clips from the score. He shares about his greating experience working with ThatGameCompany (flOW, Flower) on the game for some three years. JOURNEY places the player into barren desert and places them on a journey to mountain far in the distance. The player can meet other players on their journey and an work cooperatively, ...
Mar 07, 2012•1 hr 11 min
Interview: Richard Jacques Marius Masalar speaks with composer Richard Jacques about some of his most recent projects including LITTLE BIG PLANET 2: THE MUPPETS. He talks about the enduring legacy of The Muppets and the challenges such a legacy places on the music for a composer. Episode Highlights 00:25 Introduction 00:50 Blood Stone Aftermath 01:15 Forza Motorsport 4, Music for Racing Games 03:50 Working on LittleBigPlanet 2 05:30 The Musical Creative Process for LBP, Style Blending 07:52 Lice...
Mar 02, 2012•31 min
Episode 42 - 2011 Cue Award Nomination Show New Tracksounds reviewer, Edmund Meinerts joins Christopher, Marius, Helen, Tom and Richard to proudly announce the official Cue Award Nominees for 2011. Every nominee from all fourteen award categories are revealed. Not only that, but you also get immediate reaction and discussion to each category. What other award show does that? You can view the nominees and CAST YOUR VOTE for the winners here Episode Highlights 00:00 — Opening Montage and Welcome t...
Feb 26, 2012•1 hr 32 min
Episode 41 - 2012 Preview (VG) Kindly Finish the Game Rick Damigella (G4TV) joins Christopher and Richard to talk about 2012's most anticipated video game scores. They also sidetrack into to some of the upcoming soundtrack releases from La La Land Records and Jim Guthries' retro-bundle for his indy video game score, Sword and Sworcery. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Game montage and Guest intro 01:55 — WHYBLT? - Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Skyrim, Bastion, Method Music 08:06 — WHYBLT? - The Inanimate...
Feb 21, 2012•1 hr 21 min
Interview: Zoe Keating Zoe Keating (dubbed the Avant Cellist) talks about her work composing film scores as well as performing on several of Mark Isham's most recent projects. She also talks about selling music, piracy, and the threat posed by legislation like SOPA and PIPA. Episode Highlights 00:34 — Introduction: Zoe Keating 02:07 — How did you come to write for the film, Frozen Angels? 04:10 — Had you considered scoring a film prior to Frozen Angels? 04:44 — Your experience with film music 06...
Feb 11, 2012•38 min
Episode 40 - 2012 Preview: Ears Will Drool Erik Woods of Cinematicsound.net joins the cast to peer into the future and discuss 2012’s upcoming film scores! Erik gives a tip on how to enjoy Avatar even more and the crew talks about our first Google Hangout for soundtrack geniuses. Episode Highlights 00:00 — The Way of the Future 00:50 — Welcome and Intro: Erik Wookds (cinematicsound.net) 03:28 — WHYBLT? Taro Iwashiro, Metal Gear Solid, Michael Kamen 08:00 — WHYBLT? Avatar, On the Beach, Pavillion...
Feb 04, 2012•1 hr 16 min
Episode 39 - Oscars - I Think There's a Buzz! In our annual Oscar prediction show, Michael Coleman (SoundWorksCollection.com) joins in. They also react to the Awards given out thus far and sidetrack on “What is an iconic score?” Episode Highlights 00:00 — I think I hear a buzz. 01:27 — Welcome and Intro: Michael Coleman (SoundworksCollection.com) 04:10 — WHYBLT? James Horner, Crysis 2 06:44 — WHYBLT? Joe Hisaishi 07:56 — WHYBLT? Oscar short-listers and Hanna's back 11:28 — WHYBLT? Tinker Tailor,...
Jan 27, 2012•1 hr 10 min
Interview: Lorne Balfe (Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Skylander) Marius Masalar talks with composer Lorne Balfe about two of his latest projects: Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Skylander: Spyros. Balfe as reveals how he got into video game music, the challenges of writing music for popular sequels and what he considers his dream project. CORRECTION: Lorne Balfe composed the exhibition trailer for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, which was the third game of the series, not the second as he inadv...
Jan 17, 2012•45 min
Episode 38 - M:I - Shooken It Enough! The crew breaks down MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (the movie and the score) and discuss how it compares to ther previous films. Also, they sidetrack on Shore’s music in THE HOBBIT trailer and the Thomas Newman on SKYFALL bomb! Episode Highlights 00:21 — Welcome and Happy New Year 01:52 — WHYBLT? - Little Women, Memories of Murder 03:33 — WHYBLT? - Humble Indie Bundle, Baldur's Gate II 06:30 — WHYBLT? - Hugo, Twilight for Chamber Orchestra 08:56 — WHY...
Jan 07, 2012•1 hr 6 min
Episode 36 - The 70s: Two Steps Above a Lunchbox Christopher, Marius, and Helen discuss their favorites scores from the decade of the 70s. We read your tweeted faves and sidetrack on Carter Burwell on his return to the Twilight franchise and finally, react to The Hunger Games trailer and the fact that T Bone Burnett will be collaborating with Danny Elfman for its score. Episode Highlights 00:00 — 70s Montage 00:31 — Intros and Welcome 03:20 — WHYBLT? (What Have You Been Listening To?): Hugo and ...
Nov 30, 2011•1 hr 12 min
Episode 35 - Far East Faves with composer Steve Burke Composer Steve Burke (Kameo: Elements of Power) joins and Helen San returns to talk Far East favorites from the last decade. Additionally, Steve talks about writing music and recording soundeffects for the Xbox Live avatar menu, the crew hits on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 VS Battlefield 3, Contagion and, yes, Hanna. Episode Highlights 00:31 — Intros and Welcomes 02:22 — Menus, Avatars, and Burps 10:11 — Fusion Genesis soundtrack in the wi...
Nov 18, 2011•1 hr 12 min
Interview: Greg Edmonson (Uncharted 3) Returning to the world of Uncharted, Marius Masalar speaks again with composer Greg Edmonson, who dives, in detail, into the development process for Uncharted 3 and how the game and score differ from its predecessors. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Intro & Happy Birthday 01:20 — Projects between Uncharted 2 and 3 02:55 — Uncharted, the pivotal career point 04:55 — Respect toward game audio vs. film 08:00 — Audio implementation & Story in Uncharted 3 14:...
Nov 11, 2011•54 min
Interview: Inon Zur (Lord of the Rings: War in the North) Composer Inon Zur, a devoted Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan talks about his latest composing project: Snowblind's LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH. He talks about how appreciates the differing challenges that such games provide, the experience of conducting 3 live performances of his music at E3 this year, and more! Episode Highlights 00:52 — Welcome and Intro: Inon Zur 02:35 — How were you feeling the day of the game and score rele...
Nov 04, 2011•20 min
Episode 34 - Music to Play By! Composer Sascha Dikiciyan and Writer/Director George Krstic join Chris, Marius and Tom to talk video game scores. The battle continues to rage of The Chemical Brothers score for HANNA. Several weigh in on their early TIN TIN impressions...and beware of the Cylon podcast invasion! Episode Highlights 00:32 — Welcome and Intro: Sascha Dikiciyan, George Krstic 03:15 — Space Marine Gush session and Contest! 07:45 — What have we been listening to? 46:40 — Music to Play B...
Oct 29, 2011•1 hr 23 min
Ep 33 - Preview of the Autumn Hallows - Part 2 Richard joins Christopher and Marius to talk about their expectations for final films and film scores of 2011. Of course, the WHYBLT (what have you been listening to) segment and SIDETRACKS are back as well. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Opening Montage and Space Marine contest 04:24 — What have we been listening to? 17:43 — Sidetracks: Hunger Games teaser track, NinoKuni, 8 min. Dark Knight prologue 36:12 — Preview of the Autumn Hallows - Part 2 62:10...
Oct 23, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Ep. 32 - The Demise of the Compact Disc THE DEMISE OF THE COMPACT DISC Lukas Kendall (FSM) and Joe Sikoryak (designWell) join Christopher and Tom to talk about the state of film music in the new digital age. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Opening Montage and Intro 03:18 — What have we been listening to? 22:25 — The Demise of the Compact Disc 66:48 — Conclusion and Space Marine Contest details! Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast) 03:41 — "Main Title" (The Cape) by Bear McCreary...
Oct 17, 2011•1 hr 10 min
Interview: Composer Brian Tyler (Terra Nova) Composer Brian Tyler talks about working on his latest television project, TERRA NOVA. He also shares about the impact of Steve Jobs on the world of film and music, gives his take on the Superhero-film-trend, about his unreleased project, COLUMBUS CIRCLE, and addresses the MODERN WARFARE 3 rumors...in a way. Episode Highlights 00:43 — Introduction: Brian Tyler 02:45 — Transformers Prime soundtrack update 05:00 — Revisiting the Superhero phenom 10:58 —...
Oct 09, 2011•48 min
Episode 31: Preview of the Autumn Hallows Part 1 Richard joins Marius, Christopher and Tom to discuss expectations for the upcoming Fall movie and soundtrack season. In part 1, they cover movies being released between October 1 and November 15th. In addition to the "What Have You Been Listening To" segment, the Soundcast debuts a brand new segment called "Sidetracks" where each offers at least one news story related to film, television or game music. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Fall montage and I...
Oct 01, 2011•1 hr 1 min
Episode 30: Flame Up! Summer 2011 Recap Alex Billington (Firstshowing.net) joins Christopher, Marius and Tom to look back at the films and film scores from the Summer of 2011. They discuss their faves and disappointment and compare 2011's Summer offerings with 2010's. Lastly, they talk about their expectations for next Summer which is chalk full of potential with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, and The Avengers! Episode Highlights 00:00 — Summer Montage and Intro 10:35 — What h...
Sep 23, 2011•1 hr 21 min
