CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

Composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) had a long, diverse career in music; tackling both film & television. In his honour, we'll tackle as much as we can with a focus mostly on his soundtrack to the 1977 miniseries Roots. Beware the Pon Farr. 1. Operating Theatre: Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth (Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth/Rapid Eye Movements, 2023) Allchival 2...

Spring in North America means baseball! As the major league season starts and the minor leagues do so later this week, we'll look at music from the various adaptations of A League of Our Own: the 1992 film and the 2022 series. Sports! 1. Yellow Magic Orchestra: Taiso (Technodelic, 2019) Alfa 2. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Participation Mystique (B-2 Unit, 1980) Alfa 3. Musica Intima, Ariel Barnes & Owen...

In light of radio station business happening at the same time as airtime, we'll have a pre-recorded episode that marks Part 10 of our all-ambient series, featuring recent ambient works and rereleases. 1. Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau: Dusk Bells (Valo Siroutuu, 2022) Beacon Sound 2. Roman Angelos: Foghorns (Music for Underwater Supermarkets, 2022) Happy Robot/Cargo 3. Bryozone: Ambiency (Eye of Deliriou...

As noted earlier, the songwriter Burt Bachrach (1928-2023) passed away, so we'll dip our toes in some of his famous songs from films such as Casino Royale, Arthur and others, ranging from covers to Broadway bits. This show becomes more easy listening as it goes; this is not by design. 01. Chaim Topol & John Williams: If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Ed...

Oscar season is over, so as we pay tribute to the big winners from the 95th Academy Awards handed out last night, we profile some of Hildur Guðnadóttir's ineligible yet impressive music from the 2022 film Tár. Here are the winners for Best Original Playlist: 1. John Williams: Timpani Fanfare (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land 2. Rahul Sipligunj & Ka...

For Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile, this pre-recorded episode focuses on the nominees for Best Original Song. We'll hear songs from the films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Tell It Like a Woman, Top Gun: Maverick, RRR and Everything Everywhere All at Once. We'll also hear some songs that missed the cut whilst gak celebrates some birthday or other from far away. 1. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Ha...

Oscar season continues with the 5th and final of the best original score nominees: Volker Bertelmann's music from All Quiet on the Western Front. 1. The Zombies: Butcher's Tale [Western Front 1914] (Odessey and Oracle, 1968) CBS/Date 2. In Mirrors: An Introduction (Only Time Will Tell: Leopard B-sides, 2022) self-released 3. Big Thief: Time Escaping (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022...

It's Week 4 of our annual Oscars profile so for your Family Day programming, we'll hear cues from John Williams' nominated score from Steven Spielberg's pseudo-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. We also embrace Carnaval, Mardi Gras and the start to Lent as we acknowledge the recently deceased, one year of Ukraine's invasion and other news. 1. Desi Arnaz & His Orchestra: Carnival in Rio [w. L...

Our Oscars profile continue with Justin Hurwitz's nominated original score from Babylon. We also talk about earthquakes, many a live event in Vancouver this week -- including Hotham Sound's Drop Cities 2-day hoedown -- and a weird blend of jazz age remixes and what Babylon is. Thanks to everyone who donated to Fundrive 2023! 1. Altin Gün: Yali Yali (Âlem, 2021) self-released 2. Ted Quinlan: Babylo...

We press on in the multiverse of Oscar nominees for the 95th Academy Awards with a redux on Son Lux's nominated score to Everything Everywhere All at Once along with a nominated song featuring Mitski & David Byrne. Fundrive 2023 is on! Visit http://citr.ca/donate to help CITR upgrade its transmission tower and FM antenna. 1. Shakespears Sister: Hello [Turn Your Radio On] (Hormonally Yours [rem...

The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's the start to our annual Oscars profile! We'll kick off with Carter Burwell's nominated score to the film The Banshees of Inisherin as we mix the usual tributes and newish songs, though there'll be a spot of vintage Irish folk to further confuse the fields. CITR Fundrive 2023 starts this week! Go to www.citr.ca/donate already...

The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, so amongst some bunny related songs, we'll have tributes to guitarist Jeff Beck, singer David Crosby and Hong Kong composer Joseph Koo (1931-2023) as we profile some of his action film soundtracks. 1. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Mr Rabbit It Is (Utopia OST, 2013) Silva Screen/Kudos 2. Phil Western: Rabbits (Laborandum, 2012) Rustblade 3. Bad Waitress: Rabbit Hole (N...

gak is back for another two hours of radio art, though he had plans for eight hours, so prepare for four separate layers of sonic mayhem, mixing spoken word, field recordings, soothing drone and not-so-soothing noise, highlighting the creative minds that inspire us all. there are eulogies for some brilliant souls who left us in 2022: vangelis, george crumb, mira calix, norm chambers, klaus schulze...

In honour of composer Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022), we pay tribute to only a modest selection of his wide varied musical career, definitely leaning on the David Lynch collaborations we primarily associate with him. gak also marks 15 years at CITR with a mix of moody melodies. 1. Guy Smiley: The 15 Commercial [w. The Count] (The Count Counts, 1975) Sesame Street 2. Henry Mancini: Main Title from...

As we crawl into 2023 properly, we pay tribute to Seattle composer Norm Chambers (1972-2022), who recorded ambient music under various aliases. We'll focus on his score to the 2017 documentary Graphic Means amongst other bleepy bits, eulogies, quality tunes from 2022 and a taste of the music already out in the new year. 1. Reindeer: 2023 (Reindeer, 2014) self-released 2. Esmerine: Entropy - Incant...

Before closing the book completely on 2022, we'll bid adieu via our annual year-in-review episode. I'm unable to do a best of in a limited amount of time, so we'll touch upon the acts that put out new music over the past 12 months and dive into Nicholas Britell's score to the surprising Star Wars TV prequel series Andor. 1. Nicholas Britell: We Begin [Time Grappler] (Andor OST: Volume 1, Episodes...

We're in the midst of Hanukkah so since we got our counter-Christmas episode taken care of last week, this one focuses on the Jewish festival of lights though there are some songs about default holidays and December in the mix. Our soundtrack profile is not tied to Hanukkah per se but a very dear soundtrack to me: 1971's Fiddler on the Roof, the film based on the legendary musical. L'chaim! We had...

As the holiday season feels like it's becoming normal, for our 15th annual counter carol episode, we'll go abnormal as we profile the 1974 Canuxploitation film Black Christmas and all sorts of darker Yuletide material. We've lost some key cultural folks tied to Christmas and music, so embrace the mix. We're doing this early so you don't feel utterly weird so if past episodes were your baking sound...

This episode attempts to fill the empty dancefloor with a profile on the Belgian production duo Soulwax and their soundtrack to the 2016 film Belgica. 1. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Bel Deewee (Topical Dancer, 2022) Deewee/Because Music 2. Du Tonc: Rise [Mighty Mouse's Discolife dub] (La. Ga. Sta Late Summer Compilation: Volume 5, 2015) Lagasta 3. Mighty Mouse: The Spirit [extended mix] (The...

Finally breaking free of all the horror, we pivot to parody performer Weird Al Yankovic. Not only do we listen to selections from his new "autobiography" Weird, we go back to 1989's UHF. We also prepare you for the 2022 Shindig Finale in Vancouver as CITR's battle of the bands wraps up this Friday. 1. Diedrich Bader: You Don't Know Anything (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story OST, 2022) Legacy 2. Shirle...

We're overdue on a listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto so we'll mostly focus on his score to the Netflix anime series Exception amongst other experimental/classical music from 2022. 1. Dixia Sirong: Qatarsea [XLR8R edit] (Di Er EP, 2016) Inner Balance 2. Loscil: Still (The Sails Pt. 1, 2022) Frond 3. Okay Kaya: In Regards to Your Tweet (SAP, 2022) Jagjaguwar 4. Erich Leinsdorf & the Boston Symphony Orchest...

This mostly moody episode focuses on Blanck Mass' score to the 2021 film Ted K, detailing the life of the feared Unabomber. We also pay tribute to Nik Turner of Hawkwind, queer country pioneer Patrick Haggerty, singer Gal Costa, rapper Takeoff from Migos and composer Norm Chambers. 1. Hawkwind: Master of the Universe (In Search of Space, 1971) United Artists/Liberty 2. Ian William Craig: Sentiment...

Alex G's score to the 2021 horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair sorta extends our usual Hallowe'en October theme a bit but the emphasis here is more on indie rock. We also pay tribute to Rodney Graham and Mimi Parker. 1. Sparks: Pacific Standard Time (A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, 2020) BMG 2. Offseason: Snakedriver (2022) self-released 3. UJ3RK5: Naum Gabo (Vancouver Complication 1979, 20...

Hallowe'en is here as we get vampiric with music by Tara Busch for the 2021 film Jakob's Wife along with music from a recent Italian tribute album to the original Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. We also talk about the year and film 1922 in this mostly very goth synth episode. Guest host: the ghost of Bobby "Boris" Pickett. 1. Anna Preston: Vampire GF (2021) self-released 2. Roza Terenzi & D Tiffany:...

Lucrecia Dalt is a Colombian composer based in Berlin who plays with a lot of eclectic elements. It's primarily dark electronics, which is highlighted by her score to the 2021 film The Seed, which is this week's profile amidst the slow creep to Hallowe'en horror. 1. Vesa-Matti Loiri: Väinämöisen Laulu (Eino Leino 1, 1978) Gold Disc/Flamingo/Fazer 2. Kristen Roos: Musmusik Till M (Calliope, 2022) H...