In Volume 5 of the Soundcast Six series, Kristen Romanelli, Erik Woods and Christopher Coleman reunite to talk about some of the biggest stories in the soundtrack-world over the past two months including: The two tracks released/leaked from Danny Elfman's score for "Justice League," recent trailers like: Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Black Panther and their music, Star Trek: Discovery, whether we have reached "peak Zimmer" or not, and reaching Tracksounds' 20th anniversary on the internet. Ep...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Blade Runner 2049 (Ep. 96) Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman discuss their deepest and thoughts and feelings about the latest Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch collaborative score for Denis Villenueve's visual and philosophical feast, BLADE RUNNER 2049 Before that, they set the table by talking through their relationship to the classic, original film BLADE RUNNER from 1982 as well as Villenueve sequel overall. Even more spoilery and speculative discussion takes place after the official ...
Oct 23, 2017•1 hr 20 min
"The Spoils of War" (Season 7, Episode 4) of the hit series GAME OF THRONES may have provided our first look at the future of Westeros. Christopher Coleman speculates that we might have not only gotten our first look, but our first listens to, not one, but two, potentially new motifs/themes introduced in one, key scene in the episode. Spoiler warning for those who have not watched the series up through episode 4 of season 7. Music Selections 00:41 - "Clip 1 - The Spoils of War" (Game of Thrones)...
Aug 20, 2017•8 min
In response to a recent, IndieWire article, Kristen Romanelli joins Christopher Coleman share who their 12 favorite composers of the 21st century are thus far (or mostly, as they forgot a couple of biggies!). They both define how they made their selections and then attempt to guess which composer made the other's list! You might be able to guess a few, yourself, but there are some guaranteed surprise entries as well. Episode Highlights 01:34 - Intro - 21 21 12, The Indie Wire Article 07:22 - How...
Aug 18, 2017•52 min
In volume 4 of the Soundcast Six series, Justin Craig and Kristen Romanelli, join Christopher Coleman to talk thew a brand new set of six stories from the soundtrack world: Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch Join Blade Runner 2049, who should score a Willow sequel, three trailers and their music (Ready Player One, Stranger Things Season 2, Thor Ragnarok), and John Powell announced as composer for the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo film. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Back to the Six - Intro 03:30 - #1 ...
Aug 03, 2017•1 hr
Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer are back with their collaborative effort, DUNKIRK. Justin Craig and Kristen Romanelli are back to collaborate with Christopher Coleman in breaking down the film and score: their reaction to the film and score, where the film ranks in the Nolan portfolio, and whether Zimmer's score was the most effective approach for the film. Episode Highlights 00:15 - Intro and Welcome and what we're not talking about 03:54 - What did we think of the film? 14:45 - Where Dunkirk...
Jul 28, 2017•44 min
Episode 93 - War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves and Michael Giacchino team up to deliver another cinematic hit with WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. Kristen Romanelli and Justin Craig team up with Christopher Coleman to breakdown their thoughts about the film and Giacchino's original score. They share, at length about what they love about the film and score and even find one or two things they didn't love so much. Each try to rank the film score among the trilogy and in Michael Giacchino'...
Jul 18, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Episode 92 - Millennial Thematic Universe Justin Craig joins Christopher Coleman to navigate the tricky web of discussion regarding Michael Giacchino's recent original score for SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING. They not only share their reactions to the film and score as a whole, but also talk about where the film and score ranks among previous Spider-Man efforts and within Michael Giacchino's already vast body of work. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Intro and Welcome 02:06 - The Summer so far 07:51 - About ...
Jul 09, 2017•52 min
Episode 20 - Justice XLFman Justin Craig joins Christopher Coleman to discuss the recent news that composer DANNY ELFMAN would be replacing JUNKIE XL (TOM HOLKENBORG) as the composer for the original score for JUSTICE LEAGUE. They discuss their initial reactions, speculate on what might be behind the move, how it compares to the Age of Ultron situation, and what this change might signal for the future of the DCEU. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Audio* and Intro 02:54 - Breaking News and our Reaction...
Jun 22, 2017•35 min
Episode 91 - Millennial Thematic Universe After the video, “MARVEL SYMPHONIC UNIVERSE” by Every Frame A Painting went viral on Youtube in 2016, Christopher Coleman sat down with three family members who are a part of the “Millennial” generation to: talk about their feelings about film, tv, and game music, see how much film music they recognize, and which film composers they are familiar with. The resulting conversation is an entertaining peek into some of the ways this generation relates to much...
Jun 17, 2017•27 min
Episode 19 - Does the Wonder Woman Motif Work? Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman tackle perhaps the biggest question surrounding the new "Wonder Woman" film score, "Does the Wonder Woman motif work?" Before doing so, they have a spoiler-laden discussion regarding their thoughts about the film, itself, as well as Rupert Gregson-Williams score, overall. You'll find out just where each of them rank the film and respective score in the DCEU and what their hopes and expectations are for the n...
Jun 04, 2017•36 min
Bonus Episode - Star Trek: Discovery Trailer Christopher Coleman, Kristen Romanelli and Erik Woods share their thoughts about the recently released trailer to STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. They discuss the look for show and what may be in store for our ears in the series' music. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Intro ... and announcement about an announcement 02:29 - A Uniform Reaction 05:00 - What Sort of Score? 06:30 - Who Is Going to Watch This? Music Selections 00:00 - "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Epic Cov...
May 27, 2017•10 min
In this volume, Kristen Romanelli, Erik Woods, and Christopher Coleman a new set of six stories from the soundtrack world: The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 vs Vol. 2 twitter poll, The Orville with music by Bruce Broughton an Joel McNeely, The death of the MP3, The Star Trek; Legacy mashup, Henry Jackman on Jumanji and Jerry Goldsmith finally gettin his star on the Walk of Fame. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Burnin' the Six Mix - Intro 03:29 - #1 - Guardians Volume-Off, Bro 24:13 - #2 - The Orvill...
May 20, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Episode 89 - The Soundcast Six Vol. 2 Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio, Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly Online) and Christopher Coleman return to tackle six hot-topics from the world of soundtracks. In volume 2, they talk about: John Williams internet "May the 4th be with You" greeting, the fall-out from the false revelation of Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg) as "Godzilla: King of Monsters" composer, Junkie XL's recent Youtube video commenting on the disappearance of the "film theme," no CD re...
May 07, 2017•1 hr 15 min
Episode 88 - Herrmann, Williams or Zimmer? Marty and Will Brueggemann (Underscore Podcast) join Erik Woods and Christopher Coleman to discuss the results of the recent Tracksounds' Twitter polls which asked, "Which composer has had the most impact on film music: Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, or Hans Zimmer?" In addition to discussing the surprising poll results, they dive into the substantial merits of each composer for such a title. Lastly, each shares which composer they feel has truly made...
Apr 28, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Episode 87 - The Soundcast Six Erik Woods, Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly Online) and Christopher Coleman tackle six hot-topics from the world of soundtracks. In this soundcast-experiment, they talk about: the inclusion of Led Zeppelin in the recent "Thor: Ragnarok" trailer, Michael Giacchino's drum-teasy-video from the "Spider-Man Homecoming" recording session, Spin Magazines 2015 article listing their Top 30 Soundtracks from 1995, the recently "leaked" track "Alien: Covenant Theme" on S...
Apr 15, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Episode 18 - Do Songs + Score Soundtracks Still Work, Today? Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly Online) is back to, along with Christopher Coleman, examine the quasi-resurgence of the era-specific-song inclusions in big-budget-blockbuster-film soundtracks. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and they bat around examples of both. Lastly, they make a prediction on the future of such soundtracks in the near future. Episode Highlights 00:04 - Intro and It's because of Kong 03:34 - Songs +...
Mar 25, 2017•37 min
Episode 17 - The Musical Possibilities for The Matrix: Redooded Eric Woods and Christopher Coleman jack back in and talk over the musical possibilities of the apparently inevitable reboot of The Matrix franchise. Could composer Don Davis return? If not, they discuss who they'd like to see write the score and, lastly, we asked you Twitter, who YOU would like to write the score aside from Don Davis. Episode Highlights 00:04 - Intro and What is The Matrix Redooded? 02:43 - Does Don Davis come back?...
Mar 20, 2017•33 min
Episode 16 - Does Soundtrack Cover Art Matter? Kristen Romanelli of (Film Score Monthly Online) jumps into the "channel 2 seat" to discuss, with Christopher, just how important soundtrack cover art is today (or not). They discuss the cover art for the upcoming release of "The John Williams - Steven Spielberg - The Ultimate Collection and then dive into other "artwork atrocities" from recent memory. Kristen and Christopher grapple with the question whether artwork remains important in this "digit...
Feb 26, 2017•43 min
Listener Reaction #3 - Composer Dominance When listeners turn into commentors, the Soundcast Stereo is at its best. In this third listener reaction show, Christopher and Eric take four recent responses to episode 15 "Composer Dominance." Don't miss out on these interesting takes on King Giacchino, the Mount Rushmore of Composers, Dominance or Prominence, and how Williams and Zimmer are the same! Episode Highlights 00:08 - Intro and The Return of the Reaction 02:50 - The Crowing of Giacchino - Th...
Feb 11, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Episode 15 - Composer Dominance Will the director-change for the DCEU's upcoming "The Batman" mean a composer change? Could that composer change somehow be Michael Giacchino? Erik and Christopher discuss the possibilities and the potential repercussions. That discussion leads to a dive into some reflection on some of Hollywood's most dominant composers over the last 40+ years and those who may be poised to dominate in the near future! Episode Highlights 00:04 - Intro & Affleckting the DCEU ....
Feb 04, 2017•37 min
Episode 14 - Best Original Score Oscar Nominees And the nominees for Best Original Score for the 89th Academy Awards are ... reacted to by Erik and Christopher! They discuss each nominee, discuss who, of the five noms, they think should win, but will win as well. Lastly, they chime in with their own five nominees. Some definite surprise nominees in their lists! Episode Highlights 00:04 - Intro & The Nominees Are ... 04:00 - The Official Noms 15:53 - Should Win/ Will Win 23:36 - Our Five Nomi...
Jan 27, 2017•57 min
Episode 13 - Most Anticipated Film Scores of 2017 Soundcast Stereo is back and peering into the future! Erik and Christopher run down just which original film scores they are most looking forward to in 2017. They hit all the biggies (well, mostly) but also serve up several film scores that may be flying under your radar. Dive into this double-sized episode for an early look at what 2017 holds for us. Episode Highlights 00:04 - Intro & The Rules of Anticipation 03:45 - The "Big" Ones 28:29 - ...
Jan 20, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Episode 86 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Michael Giacchino Marius Masalar, Erik Woods and Christopher drop in from hyperspace to talk about ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY and its original score by Michael Giacchino. Following the latest edition of WHYBLT? (What have you been listening to?) the trio dive into Disney/Lucasfilm's prequel to Star Wars: A New Hope and break down their personal reactions to the film, itself, how the score operates in context and lastly how it works as a stand-alone ...
Dec 22, 2016•1 hr 28 min
Soundcast Interview - Chad Seiter (Recore) Chad Seiter is a prolific composer, arranger and orchestrator for film, television, video games and symphonic concerts, Chad Seiter has composed and produced original music for major Hollywood franchises including Star Trek, Fringe and LOST. In this episode, he talks about his most recent video game project for the XBOX One and Windows 10, RECORE: how he came onto the project, his biggest challenges, working with vocalist Laura Intravia and cellist Tina...
Sep 22, 2016•25 min
Episode 12 - Reacting to "The Marvel Symphonic Universe" Tony Zhou's Youtube channel "Every Frame a Painting" recently posted one of their most viewed videos to date, "The Marvel Symphonic Universe" where the MCU's original scores are critiqued and demonstrated to be "forgettable" by the general public. Erik and Christopher react and discuss several of the key points made in the video essay ... some of which they agree with but several of which they do not. Is the music of the Marvel Cinematic U...
Sep 16, 2016•37 min
Episode 11 - Unexpected Composer Assignments Erik and Christopher react and discuss the recent announcement of Mark Mothersbaugh as composer for the original score to the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok. They go on to have a lengthy discussion about Michael Giacchino for Doctor Strange and a firey discussion about Johan Johannsson for Blade Runner 2. Lastly, they take a quick dive into some of history's other "unexpected composer assignments" that would have rocked the Internet, had it existed. Soundcas...
Sep 02, 2016•42 min
Episode 10 - 21st Century Fav Scores (So Far) In reaction to The Playlist's recently published article "The Top 50 Film Scores of the 21st Century So Far," Erik and Chris share their own favorite ten scores of the century through 2015. Their lists contain a few expected titles, but certainly a number of surprise entries as well! Soundcast Stereo episodes are two channel, 30 minute conversations about a single topic from the world of film, television and game soundtracks. This episode includes 22...
Aug 26, 2016•53 min
Episode 9 - Listener Feedback #2 "China, Millennials and the Theme" It's time for listener feedback, so Christopher and Erik take one mega-voice-mail from a long-time listener who responds to the most popular Soundcast Stereo episode to date (Ep. 3 - The State of the Film Music Theme) Specifically, our listener discusses cultural differences over the "dumbing down" of Hollywood movies and why the film music tastes of the Millennials might be as they are - less appreciative of the classic film mu...
Aug 19, 2016•48 min
Episode 9 - Listener Feedback #2 "China, Millennials and the Theme" It's time for listener feedback, so Christopher and Erik take one mega-voice-mail from a long-time listener who responds to the most popular Soundcast Stereo episode to date (Ep. 3 - The State of the Film Music Theme) Specifically, our listener discusses cultural differences over the "dumbing down" of Hollywood movies and why the film music tastes of the Millennials might be as they are - less appreciative of the classic film mu...
Aug 19, 2016•48 min
