Episode 8 - "Does the Stranger Things Score Work?" Co-hosts Christopher and Erik return to the 80s to discuss the strange things going on in the "Stranger Things" original score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. They talk about how well (or not) the score works in the hit Netflix series, films and their scores in the same genre, and how alternate approaches to scoring the series may have faired. Soundcast Stereo episodes are two channel, 30 minute conversations about a single topic from the world...
Aug 05, 2016•41 min
Episode 7 - "Should a Female Composer be Hired to Score Wonder Woman?" Chris and Erik discuss the potentially sensitive question of whether or not a female composer SHOULD be hired to score Patty Jenkin's upcoming WONDER WOMAN film. Is it mandatory, a good idea, or a bad idea? What could the repercussions be? Listener twitter thoughts and comments included! Soundcast Stereo episodes are two channel, 30 minute conversations about a single topic from the world of film, television and game soundtra...
Jul 29, 2016•35 min
Episode 6 - "Rogue One - Title Crawl and Music?" This is ep. 6 where Chris makes a big announcement and then he and Erik discuss the possibility of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story NOT including the classic Star Wars title crawl and famous John Williams music and the possible repercussions. Soundcast Stereo episodes are two channel, 30 minute conversations about a single topic from the world of film, television and game soundtracks. Episode Highlights 00:00 - The Intro 01:31 - Big Announcement! 03:5...
Jul 22, 2016•45 min
Episode 5 - "Counting Down the Scores of the MCU" This is ep. 5 where Erik and I countdown our list of all 13 currently released original scores from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This segment was recorded back in early June, but was cut from episode 0 due to time constraints. Soundcast Stereo episodes are two channel, 30 minute conversations about a single topic from the world of film, television and game soundtracks. Episode Highlights 00:06 - The Intro 01:58 - Erik's big group of mediocrity ...
Jul 16, 2016•26 min
Episode 4 - "Twitter Response Show (TRS1)" The response to ep. 3, "The State of the Film Music Theme" was phenomenal, so Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio) and Christopher Coleman take some of the great responses from Twitter and explore the topic even further. Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. Episode Highlights 00:00 - The Intro 02:11 - @will_dodson1 - What about The Matri...
Jul 08, 2016•35 min
Episode 3 - "The State of the Film Music Theme" Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio) and Christopher Coleman try to answer the question "What is the last film music theme that anyone in the general public would instantly recognize?" During perplexing discussion, they react to the announcement of STAR TREK: BEYOND including a song from Rhianna ...
Jul 01, 2016•51 min
Episode 2 - "The James Horner Legacy" Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. At the one year anniversary of JAMES HORNER'S tragic passing, Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio) joins in again to discuss with Christopher Coleman the legacy of the beloved and prolific composer. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Introducing Soundcast Stereo and Episode 2 04:35 - Our first James Horner score 1...
Jun 22, 2016•42 min
Episode 1 - "John Williams: Resurgence?" Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. In our official, first episode features Christopher Coleman and ERIK WOODS (CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO) who discuss recent news reports regarding JOHN WILLIAMS as officially attached to Indiana Jones 5 and Star Wars: Episode 8. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Introducing Soundcast Stereo 00:36 - Breaking the ne...
Jun 17, 2016•30 min
Episode 0 - "Silvestri Infinity" Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. Our beta-episode features ERIK WOODS (CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO), who joins Christopher Coleman to talk about the recent news that composer ALAN SILVESTRI will be composing the original scores for, what is anticipated to be, two of the biggest superhero films in history: THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART 1 AND PART...
Jun 11, 2016•31 min
Christopher, Edmund, Marius, and Richard react to each of the 12 Official Cue Award Winners as well as each of the Genius Choice Vote winners. They discuss some of their top choices in each of the categories and don't miss the surprise acceptance speech from Gareth Coker. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Reactive Mix and Intro 04:05 - Overall Reactions to the Cues 10:00 - Best Score: Video Game 20:28 - Best Score: Sci-Fi/Fantasy 29:13 - Best Score: Action 34:33 - Record Label of the Year 40:36 - Best ...
Mar 30, 2016•1 hr 40 min
The Soundcast returns to a galaxy far, far away! Author Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films), Kristen Romanelli (Managing Editor of Film Music Magazine Online) and Eric Woods (Host of Cinematic Sound Radio) joins Marius, Edmund and Christopher for an in-depth discussion about John Williams' most recent score for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. They discuss their reactions to the film, the music as a stand-alone listen as well as in context. They also dive into the new themes Willi...
Dec 29, 2015•2 hr 24 min
Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 2 of 2 Brian Tyler talks about what it was like working with Joss Whedon (Director) and Kevin Feige (Producer) on Avengers: Age of Ultron and just how much of a knowledgeable film music fan Kevin Feige truly is! Tyler goes on to talk about one of the biggest "film music twists" of the year with the announcement of composer Danny Elfman joining him to write music for the second Avengers film. Lastly, Brian Tyler talks about what it is like to have now worked on ...
Jul 24, 2015•29 min
Bonus - The Soundcast Remembers James Horner The Soundcast and Tracksounds team come together to talk about composer James Horner. The team has a bit of a group therapy session as they share their own stories of the first time they each took note of the name, "James Horner," their thoughts on his lasting legacy in the film music genre, the score that epitomizes James Horner's work. The main points of discussion are divided by clips from some of James Horner's lesser known, yet no less compelling...
Jul 06, 2015•57 min
A Composer Tribute to James Horner Twenty-one film, television, video game composers deliver their heart-felt thoughts and reflections about the man, James Horner, and his music. Listen to their thoughts set to many of James Horner's most memorable scores. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Introduction 01:00 — Austin Wintory 02:34 — Debbie Wiseman 03:51 — Greg Edmonson 05:21 — Frederick Wiedmann 07:12 — Jeff Rona 08:51 — Introduction to special tribute 09:23 — Jo Blankenburg 10:41 — Grant Kirkhope 12:0...
Jun 29, 2015•37 min
Interview: Brian Tyler (2015) Part 1 of 2 Having, not one, but two $1 Billion + box office smashes in less than two months, Brian Tyler shares his perspective on how long one can bathe in the afterglow of such success. He also talks about two of his recent forays into sports via his NFL theme for ESPN and, most recently, his new theme for the USGA's 2015 US Open. Finally, Christopher Coleman puts the ultimate question to him, "If you had to pick just one, which franchise would you choose to writ...
Jun 20, 2015•41 min
Episode 81 - Avengers: Age of Ultron Kristen Romanelli and David Kociemba return and join Christopher Coleman and Marius Masalar to discuss, in-depth, both the film and film score, by Brian Tyler and Danny Elfman, for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Also, WHYBLT? is back and they share three scores you might have recently missed that you should be listening to! Episode Highlights 00:37 — Opening and Welcome to Kristen Romanelli and David Kociemba 09:18 — WHYBLT? Madding Crowd, Pirates and Huck Finn. 17...
May 05, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Interview - Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind Forest) Marius and Gareth sit down for a detailed discussion about Ori and the Blind Forest—the game, the score, and the incredible stories behind its four-year development cycle. Naturally, they stray off topic too, tackling the future of game audio, the role of library music in modern scoring, the power of game music concerts, and the amazing resource that Twitch has become for gamers and developers alike. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Intro & music...
Mar 19, 2015•1 hr 15 min
Episode 80 - The 2014 Cue Awards The 7th Cue Awards are finally revealed! Christopher Coleman, Marius Masalar, Edmund Meinerts, Richard Buxton, Thomas Medina, and Steven Sharrat, are joined by award-winning composers and record industry professionals to accept their awards. All eleven award categories are announced as well as the winners of The Genius Choice Vote! Additionally, Richard Buxton's spotlight on scores and composers from Asia returns with The Monkey King Award. Episode Highlights 00:...
Mar 08, 2015•2 hr 12 min
Bonus - Superhero Rumbly Bumbly The crew welcomes Steven Sharrat (Tracksounds contributor) to his first SoundCast and talk recent superhero film news, rumors, and composer gossip including: Danny Elfman on the Avengers, Hans Zimmer on introducing themes for Aquaman and Wonder Woman, John Ottman on X-Men: Apocalypse and Philip Glass joining with Marco Beltrami on The Fantastic Four. Episode Highlights 00:30 — Those Menacing Avengers 03:30 — Hans Zimmer: Aquaman and Woman Wonder themes 03:28 — Dan...
Feb 27, 2015•27 min
Bonus - 2014 Cue Award Nominees Announcement Founded in 2002, The Cue Awards are the official awards of Tracksounds.com. The 2014 awards make for the seventh year the awards have given. The nominations are made by all eligible contributors to Tracksounds and The SoundCast in the last 12 months and seek to recognize “the best in soundtracks” for that year. Each contributor may nominate up to FIVE titles in each category. Each makes their nominations, 1-5, in descending order. The highest ranked r...
Feb 16, 2015•9 min
Episode 79 - Oscar Best Score Nominations Yes. The Oscar nominations have been public for a while, but it takes time for these things to settle in. The crew assemble (virtually) to discuss each of the five nominees in the BEST SCORE category for the 87th Annual Academy Awards. We give our predictions as to who we think will win and also who we'd like to see win. We also share some responses from Twitter and Facebook on the topic. Also in this episode WHYBLT? is back and Edmund Meinerts gets his ...
Feb 07, 2015•1 hr 46 min
Episode 78 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Author Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) joins Christopher Coleman and Marius Masalar to break down Howard Shore's score for the final Hobbit installment: The Battle of the Five Armies. Richard Buxton joins in for our first WHYBLT (What Have You Been Listening To) segment of 2015 and we also take a few twitter questions for Doug Adams about The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings scores. Episode Highlights 00:30 — Introduction a...
Jan 14, 2015•1 hr 46 min
Interview: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything) Christopher Coleman talks with composer Jóhann Jóhannsson about Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominated score for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. Jóhannsson shares his reaction to finding out about his Golden Globe nomination, his thoughts on some of the other scores nominated, his involvement in the production of the soundtrack and how the voicebox voiceover of Stephen Hawking effected the score. Episode Highlights 00:00 — Introduction to Joha...
Dec 16, 2014•23 min
Episode 77 - The Music of Marvel Phase 3 - Part 2 For part 2 of of this Marvel Phase 3 discussion, Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly), David Kociemba, Wendell Jones (Sideshow Sound Radio) finish out with Christopher Coleman and Richard Buxton on Captain Marvel, Inhumans and Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2. Episode Highlights 00:21 — Let's Talk About Phase 3 ... part 2 01:42 — Captain Marvel 24:07 — InHumans 36:44 — Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2 58:13 — Will Marvel Pull It Off? Mu...
Nov 14, 2014•1 hr 13 min
Interview: The Flight (Joe Henson, Alexis Smith) Marius Masalar talks to Joe Henson and Alexis Smith of ‘The Flight’ about their work on the multiplayer segment of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, as well as the full score to Alien: Isolation. From performing things live on esoteric instruments to the challenges of building on Jerry Goldsmith’s work, the duo discusses their process and offers a glimpse into their workflow and how their extensive experience producing for pop artists has informed ...
Nov 07, 2014•40 min
Episode 76 - The Music of Marvel Phase 3 - Part 1 Kevin Feige recently unveiled the titles for the next massive phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nine films will comprise Marvel's Phase 3 and will take us through 2019. Christopher and Richard are joined by Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly) David Kociemba (Adjust professor at Emerson College) and Wendell Jones (Sideshow Sound Radio Podcast) to discuss the announcement and who we'd like to see compose the scores for each of the upcoming...
Nov 04, 2014•1 hr 15 min
Ep. 75 - Top 10 2014 Summer Scores! Christopher, Marius, Richard and Edmund reconvene to countdown their top ten scores from the very ripe, 2014 Summer movie line up! It's been a few months, but we're back with almost two-hours of episodic vengeance! Episode Highlights 00:00 - Summer Countdown Mix 01:00 - Intro and How We Spent Our Summer Vacation 09:31 - #10 27:35 - #9 37:10 - #8 45:08 - #7 64:49 - #6 73:10 - #5 76:07 - #4 80:00 - #3 93:19 - #2 97:14 - #1 99:31 - Scores that didn't make the lis...
Oct 03, 2014•1 hr 48 min
Interview: Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy) Composer Tyler Bates talks about the reaction he has been receiving for his latest project, about working on the score early enough for scenes to actually be filmed to, his special connection to Star Lord aka Peter Quill, and the piece of music that brought tears to his eyes while composing it. Christopher Coleman also asks him about any potential involvement in the recently announced sequel and animated series to debut on Disney XD. Episode Highl...
Aug 03, 2014•33 min
Ep. 74 - Summer Catch Up The Soundcast crew reconvenes with guest, Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly), to get caught up on the first half of the Summer of 2014 big movies and big move scores: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Edge of Tomorrow. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Summer Catch-Up Mix 00:55 - Welcome to the Summer 08:10 - Feelings about the first-half of the Summer 13:22 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 25:00 - Godzilla 44:30 - X-Men: Days of Future Past 60:39...
Jul 02, 2014•1 hr 40 min
Interview: David Buckley (The Good Wife) Composer David Buckley talks about his work on one of television's most popular series, THE GOOD WIFE. He shares specifically about how he came on to the show, the evolution of the music over the five seasons, the impact the dramatic shift in musical style made, not only on the show, but on the fans, and what fans might expect in the hotly anticipated season 6. He also talks briefly about one of his next big projects: BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT. Episode Highli...
Jun 26, 2014•34 min
