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View ArticleAn interesting year in soundtracks
I’ll leave it to Dana Stevens to suggest the best film music of the year. I just want to point out 5 scores that are worth your attention even if you have not seen and have no intention of seeing the...
View ArticleFrom the Vaults: Composer John Barry with David Garland
John Barry, the five-time Oscar-winning composer of films such as "Born Free" and "Out of Africa," and who wrote the signature music for nearly a dozen James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice"...
View ArticleJohann Johannsson: Miners' Hymns
Iceland is home to one of the most vibrant music scenes in the world, and Johann Johannsson is one of its leading composers. He creates haunting and evocative soundscapes for orchestral brass or...
View ArticleStar Trek - The Original Music for the Original Series
The original Star Trek television series ran for just three seasons (1966-1969), but it made an indelible impact on viewers, fans, and American culture. Along with the stories, characters, and visuals...
View ArticleJames Ivory on Richard Robbins
Film director James Ivory (b. 1928) visits Movies on the Radio to discuss his films and his collaborations with composer Richard Robbins. Merchant Ivory films such as A Room With a View, Howard's End,...
View ArticleThe Thrilling Sounds of Late Hitchcock
A new restoration of Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" is just out, and recently John Williams's music for Hitchcock's "Family Plot" (1976) was issued for the first...
View ArticleThe Surprising Sounds of 'Looper,' with Composer Nathan Johnson
The movie "Looper" gives us a science-fiction action-thriller strong on character and setting, with an intricate time-travel plot. To score the unusual film, composer Nathan Johnson created a virtual...
View ArticleThe Scintillating Sounds of Sword and Sorcery
Tales of swords and sorcery have been lighting up screens for many years. These adventures can be traced back to ancient myths, and encompass movies from "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" and "Conan the...
View ArticleDanny Boyle on Picking Music for 'Trance,' 'Trainspotting' and More
In the films of English director Danny Boyle, music frequently emerges as an important (if unseen) character. The drug-addict drama Trainspotting was fueled by a jam-packed, manic soundtrack of songs...
View ArticleThe Animating Spirit of Ray Harryhausen
Special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen died on May 7 at age 92, but his legacy lives on. His genuinely awesome stop-motion animation, which he called "Dynamation," brought dinosaurs, sea monsters,...
View ArticleSummer Of '93: Digable Planets' Ishmael Butler; Movie Soundtracks; Minor Empire
Join Soundcheck all this week as we revisit landmark albums, singles and watershed moments that sizzled in the summer of 1993. Plus, special guests join us to look back at movies, pop culture and city...
View ArticleSummer Of '93: Blockbuster Soundtracks With 'Movie Date'
There was a lot happening musically during the summer of '93 -- and there was also a lot happening in the movie theaters. The blockbuster hit "Jurassic Park" -- directed by Steven Spielberg and scored...
View ArticleSummer TV Reruns: Music from TV Classics of the 1960s
In ye olden days of television, back when viewing choices were limited to ten or so channels (plus maybe a couple more in the snowy UHF hinterland), the three networks would air repeats during the...
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In a Woody Allen State of Mind
Woody Allen’s latest film "Blue Jasmine" is getting great reviews and although it doesn't feature any classical music on the soundtrack, there are plenty of well-known uses of classical music in...
View ArticleDirector Danny Boyle; Omar Sosa Gets 'Kind Of' Blue'; Adam Davidson On Ticket...
In this episode: Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle talks about an unseen character from most of his films, the soundtrack. Boyle tells Soundcheck about handpicking music for Trainspotting, 28...
View ArticleHouse Of Horrors: Movie Date's Scariest Sounding Films
It takes a lot to make a great horror film: creative makeup, realistic special effects, tight close ups, and passable acting. But great sound also plays a massive role in scary movies.Sonic moments are...
View ArticleHouse Of Horrors: Scaring Us Through Sound Design
Sound is an essential ingredient to any scary movie or scary TV show. Yesterday, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman from The Takeaway’s Movie Datepodcast offered up some classic soundtracks from The...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: "Movies on the Radio LIVE!" Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner host a live event with WQXR's David Garland to discuss music in film and are joined by prolific film composer Howard Shore.
View ArticleGet To Know This Year's Best Original Song And Score Oscar Nominees
Music is a major part of what makes going to the movies an experience. This year's Academy Award fields for Best Original Song and Best Original Score are dominated by a who's-who in the pop and...
View ArticlePulp Fiction, 20 Years Later; Wyatt Cenac At RadioLoveFest; Amen Dunes Plays...
In this episode: The summer of ’94 was full of big movie releases, from Forrest Gump to The Lion King. It also saw the release of the Quentin Tarantino indie classic Pulp Fiction– whose surf-and-soul...
View ArticleSummer '94: 'Pulp Fiction' Soundtrack Ricochets Into Release
All this month, Soundcheck is taking a look at the summer of 1994, 20 years ago. We're looking at the music, of course, but also re-examining the movies, books, and other cultural high points of that...
View ArticleSummer '94: The Staying Power Of Lisa Loeb's Biggest Hit
All this month, Soundcheck is taking a look back 20 years to the summer of 1994. We're looking at the music, of course, but also re-examining the movies, books, and other cultural high points of that...
View ArticleSummer '94: How 'Forrest Gump' Captured The Sounds Of The Sixties
This summer Soundcheck is looking back to the summer of 1994 to explore the hits, defining albums and pop culture of 20 years ago.Twenty years ago, Robert Zemeckis's huge blockbuster Forrest Gump had...
View ArticleSummer '94: The Music Of 'Forrest Gump'; Bebel Gilberto Plays Live; Nas'...
In this episode: "Rock, Forrest, Rock!" Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman from The Takeaway’s Movie Date podcast look back 20 years to a huge blockbuster from 1994, Forrest Gump, and its overstuffed...
View ArticleThe Liberator, Guardians of the Galaxy, and More
Acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel has composed music for the historical drama "The Liberator," and host David Garland presents some highlights, along with music from another action/adventure movie,...
View Article'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner On Music; The 'Garden State' Soundtrack, 10...
In this episode: Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner talks about his foray into film with the new comedy Are You Here, starring Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis and Amy Poehler. Plus: Weiner shares three...
View ArticleA World Of 'Pure Imagination' Covers; Thurston Moore Plays Live; The Met's...
In this episode: The band Primus has a brand new album on the way – and it’s inspired by the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, creatively titled, Primus and the Chocolate Factory. The...
View ArticleWhy Has 'Pure Imagination' Been Covered So Many Times?
On Thursday, Oct. 30 Soundcheck is hosting an afternoon Halloween costume party with the band Primus, who will be performing selections from its new Willy Wonka-inspired record. Go here for more...
View ArticlePrimus Plays Wonka In Concert; Movie Date's Scariest Sounding Films
In this episode: Primus is probably one of the strangest and most entertaining rock bands around. But with their new album, Primus and the Chocolate Factory, Les Claypool and the gang have gone above...
View ArticleSoundtracking 'Serial': The Musicians Behind the Podcast
Thursday morning, millions of people made a frantic dash to the iTunes store, and, for once, it wasn’t for Beyoncé. It was for the final episode of the unlikely hit podcast, Serial. The...
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Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Find The Musicality In Noise With 'Gone Girl'
Even from the very beginning, more than 25 years ago, Trent Reznor has proven to be a thoughtful composer and meticulous sonic manipulator. As the leader of Nine Inch Nails, Reznor has constructed...
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Mica Levi Gets 'Under The Skin' With Her Unsettling Score
There isn't a more gorgeously unsettling score this year than Mica Levi’s hair-raising soundtrack to Jonathan Glazer’s 2014 film, Under The Skin. Based on the Michel Faber novel of the same name, the...
View ArticleA World Of Sci-fi And Horror Classics In Two Songs
Last week I had to spend two days indoors, without exposure to the sun or any other bright light. It was the result of a procedure that required me to go home from the doctor’s office with a hat,...
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[Unedited] Gustavo Santaolalla with Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with composer Gustavo Santaolalla comes from the produced show "How Movie Music Moves Us." Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and...
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Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us
Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and musician Gustavo Santaolalla creates cinematic landscapes — movie soundtracks that become soundtracks for life. He's...
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[Unedited] Gustavo Santaolalla with Krista Tippett
Gustavo Santaolalla has composed film scores for over a dozen features including "Amores Perros," "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Brokeback Mountain," "Babel," "On the Road," and "Wild Tales." His latest...
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Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us
Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and musician Gustavo Santaolalla creates cinematic landscapes — movie soundtracks that become soundtracks for life. He's...
View ArticleMusic as Paint Colors: Making 'Swiss Army Man' Sing
The Manchester Orchestra is neither an orchestra nor from Manchester. They're an indie rock outfit from Atlanta, with a decade of composing and performing as a unit under their belt. But now, singer...
View ArticleOur Favorite Film and TV Soundtracks This Year (So Far)
The solstice has arrived, summer is officially here and we’re almost halfway through the year. It may not be time for year-end lists yet, but “partial-year” ones are more than appropriate. With the...
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Gustavo Santaolalla — How Movie Music Moves Us
Movies, for some of us, are a form of modern church. The Argentinian composer and musician Gustavo Santaolalla creates cinematic landscapes — movie soundtracks that become soundtracks for life. He's...
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[Unedited] Gustavo Santaolalla with Krista Tippett
Gustavo Santaolalla has composed film scores for over a dozen features including “Amores Perros,” “The Motorcycle Diaries,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Babel,” “On the Road,” and “Wild Tales.” His latest...
View ArticleTrent Reznor And Atticus Ross On The Sound Of 'Gone Girl' (Archives)
Trent Reznor is a thoughtful composer and meticulous sonic manipulator. With Nine Inch Nails, he has constructed ominous, seething and often abrasive songs and dense albums built upon infinite layers...
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