Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast

Here is part two of my favourite scores of 2025, which will be presented in alphabetical order. On the program today, you will hear music by Michael Giacchino, Fil Eisler, Alan Silvestri, Sonya Belousova, Johna Ostinelli, Cameron Moody, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz. At the end of the show I will unveil my favourite score of 2025. Enjoy the music and the commentary! —— Special thanks to our Pat...

Back in May 2025, my friend and David Arnold super-fan Brendan Anderson reached out to me with an idea of producing a podcast episode celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Roland Emmerich epic sci-fi-action film INDEPENDENCE DAY. In that message, he mentioned the possibility of interviewing David Arnold while on vacation in the UK that summer. On a personal note, we've been trying to get Da...

Our guest is a long-time host of the Canadian film music radio program VISIONS IN SOUND. His score knowledge is impressive, and our conversation, as well as the interesting selection of music, much of which is by composers who have never appeared on our program, will undoubtedly pique your interest. Enjoy our conversation with Robert Daniels. Enjoy! —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Dav...

Better late than never, here is part one of my favourite scores of 2025, which will be presented in alphabetical order. On the program today, you will hear music by Mathieu Alvado, Simon Franglen, Jerskin Fendrix, Gordy Haab, Evan Call and Romain Paillot.  I'll conclude my look at my favourite scores of 2025 on the next episode, where I will unveil my favourite score of the year! Enjoy the music a...

Jaz Wiseman, an author and historian, is our guest today on WHAT'S THE SCORE. Jaz primarily writes about British TV shows from the 1960s, such as THE SAINT, THE PERSUADERS, and DANGER MAN. These were all created by ITC, a firm owned by Sir Lew Grade. On the program, Jaz shares some behind-the-scenes stories about those shows, his collaboration with Roger Moore on DVD commentaries, and some excelle...

Kara Talve is a Grammy and four-time Emmy Award-nominated composer for film and television, and she is a principal composer at Bleeding Fingers Music. Founded by Hans Zimmer and Steve Kofsky, Bleeding Fingers Music is a custom scoring company in the film and television industry. Talve is known for scoring the first two seasons of Apple TV+’s PREHISTORIC PLANET, narrated by David Attenborough and p...

On today's program, I'll be playing for you music from Varese Sarabande's CD Club releases, including music from their new release of Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell and John Debney's score to the 2005 comic book film, SIN CITY. You'll also hear selections from previous club releases like THE SCORPION KING (Debney), NIGHTFLYERS (Timm), PETE N' TILLIE (Williams), and WE'RE NO ANGELS (Fenton) We her...

In this final part of our seven-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we will conclude the countdown with the presentation of scores 5-1. In this episode, you'll hear selections from Conrad Pope, Daft Punk, John Williams, John Powell and James Newton Howard. Enjoy —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: David Ballantyne, Joe Wiles, Maxime, William Welch, Alan Rogers...

This episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME explores the sordid world of 80's & 90's erotic thrillers—flippantly described as "bunny boilers" in the trades. The genre exploded into the mainstream with FATAL ATTRACTION, saw the rewriting of its musical DNA with BASIC INSTINCT, and exists today in a hibernative state, a reminder of a pre-Marvel movie pop cultural landscape for mature audiences. Enjoy! ——...

Jeff Beal is a prolific composer who has scored hundreds of films and series, including House of Cards (Netflix), Rome (HBO), Carnivàle (HBO), and Monk (USA Network), as well as the films Pollock and Appaloosa and numerous acclaimed documentaries. His recent project is a new symphonic score for the 1927 silent film classic Metropolis, widely regarded as one of the most influential films ever made....

CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO has added a new podcast to the network. WHAT'S THE SCORE and its host, Frank R. Wilson, decided to produce a podcast introducing him to his new listeners.  In this episode, you'll learn about Frank's background, some of his favourite film music, and his opinions on how music improves a picture. Even if you've heard this program previously, you may discover something new. And...

Welcome to the first-ever FREE edition of the SIX DEGREES OF SCORES. This is a new sub-genre show that connects one score to the next through composers, genres, actors, directors, and music styles. Episode one premiered on Patreon last month and was named by CSR patron Angela Rabatin. On this third episode, we begin with music from 1995's MORTAL KOMBAT. The show continues with selections from Grae...

This episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME gives Eastern Westerns (and/or Western Easterns) their close-up. Featuring music from fish-out-of-water stories about martial artists, samurai, and other Asian action heroes in the Old West, like RED SUN, THE STRANGER AND THE GUNFIGHTER and SHANGHAI NOON, as well as movies from Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and India that present western-s...

In part six of our seven-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we will continue the countdown with the presentation of scores 10-6. In this episode, you'll hear selections from Don Davis, Edward Shearmur, Bear McCreary, John Powell, and Howard Shore.. Our final episode in the series will be available soon. Stay tuned. —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: David Ba...

As customary on THE ARCHIVE, today's episode is packed with excellent music. Jason Drury opens the show with ‘On Earth as It Is in Heaven’ from Ennio Morricone's award-winning score for THE MISSION (Virgin Records), honouring its 40th anniversary. Jason then continues with music from the 35th anniversary release of THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE ( La La Land Records), composed b...

Today on THE ESSENTIAL SOUNDTRACKS, Erik Woods, Robert Daniels, and Randy Andrews continue their journey through the STAR TREK films and their soundtracks as they discuss the eighth movie in the series, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT. You’ll hear them discuss the film in great detail, including such topics as the selection of Jonathan Frakes as director, the design of the new Enterprise E, Worf's return...

Play Morricone For Me salutes Hollywood's King of the B's on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. Roger Corman mentored a generation of New Hollywood talent and produced, directed and/or distributed some 500 feature films in his 70-year career, including gothic horror, atomic sci-fi, b-westerns, teen delinquent melodramas, biker flicks, Depression-outlaw actioners, wry social satires, and e...

Today's episode is a countdown of the best game scores of 2025. This is part two of the two-part series going deep into the ten best musical scores of the past year. You'll hear selections for such composers as Noriyuki Iwadare, Shogo Sakai, Akira Miyagawa, Lorien Testard, Miwako Chinone, Yuna Hiranuma, Akiyuki Morimoto, Atsuko Asahi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda, Yutaro Takakuwa, Jan Valta and A...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME on CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO. You have no idea how thrilled I am to welcome Jack Criddle and his terrific program into the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO family. I've been an admirer of Jack's show for quite some time; it reminds me a lot of Ley Bricknell's FILMIC program... eclectic, unique, exceptional, and downright entertaining. Similar to Ley, he p...

Today's episode is a countdown of the best game scores of 2025. This is part one of the two-part series going deep into the ten best musical scores of the past year. You'll hear selections for such composers as Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Christopher Larkin, Yasunori Nishiki, Gareth Coker, Mick Gordon, Yuka Kitamura and Motoi Sakuraba. Enjoy! —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt...

Over the past decade, CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO has produced numerous programs celebrating the life and music of James Horner, including a standout three-part documentary by Jason Drury that remains essential listening. I’ve also contributed several Horner-focused episodes myself, from explorations of his re-recorded works and end credit suites to in-depth analyses of Sneakers and Aliens alongside Ran...

Jason Drury kicks off the 2-hour-plus show with music from the 40th anniversary release of Jerry Goldsmith's classic score KING SOLOMON'S MINES (La La Land Records). Jason then moves on to music from Jack Nitzsche's 1984 reissue of THE RAZOR'S EDGE (Dragon's Domain Records), Georges Delerue's short score for the 1973 thriller THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Quartet Records), and selections from Jerry Golds...

In part five of our seven-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we will continue the countdown with the presentation of scores 15-11. In this episode, you'll hear selections from Philippe Rombi, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Marco Beltrami and Elliot Goldenthal. Part six will be available soon. Stay tuned. —— Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Matt DeWater, David...

Simon Franglen is a multi-award-winning British composer and record producer whose music has been included in some of the most critically acclaimed films of recent decades. Franglen composed the acclaimed score for James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER in 2023, after his collaboration with the late James Horner on the original film in 2009. He received a 2023 World Soundtrack Award and a 2022 I...

This is part two of Jason Drury’s conversation with Emmy-nominated documentarian and award-winning author Steven C. Smith about his latest book, HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN: THE FRIENDSHIP THAT CHANGED CINEMA, which chronicles the rise and fall of one of the major composer/director collaborations in the history of cinema. In part one, they discussed how the book came to be, how Herrmann and Hitchcock m...