Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. To finish off our four-part tribute t...

In today's special edition of THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST, Jason Drury continues his look at the television music of John Williams. Part two begins with THE MISSION THEME FOR THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. Jason then plays selections from the episode "The Bronze Locust" from the 1963 TV series, THE ELEVENTH HOUR (FSM RECORDS). You'll then hear a suite from the pilot episode of the clas...

Anime Spectacular 18 brings us new music from the Netflix original anime CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS. Then you’ll hear music from the haunting and brilliant SPRIGGAN with music by Taisai Iwasaki. In our retro look back section you’ll hear music from BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2033 DOUBLE VISION with fantastic music by Kouji Makano. And finally, our movie selection will be from the psychological thriller PERFECT B...

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. In part 3 of this 4-part series, Koic...

In June 2021, for TALKING SOUNDTRACKS, Jason Drury talked to the four-time Emmy nominated journalist, writer, and producer of over 200 documentaries about music and cinema, Steven C Smith, about his book MUSIC BY MAX STEINER: THE EPIC LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSER. In May 2022, Jason had the opportunity to talk to Steven again about his first book, published in 1991, about another...

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. In part two of this four-part series,...

Episode 17 of Anime Spectacular begins with the alluring and colourful TAKT OP DESTINY with music by Yoshihiro Ike. Following that you’ll wander into the silent and yet colourful world of KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE with music by Yakari Hashimoto. Then in our Retro Look Back section, you’ll get to hear music from BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2033 RED EYES with music by Kouji Makano. Lastly, you’ll get brand new mu...

Today, on a very special episode of THE 1UPBEAT, we remember the legendary game composer Koichi Sugiyama, the grandfather of game music. Following his death at age 90 in 2021, Eric Silver will take you through a comprehensive look at his career starting in the late 50s, through the 80s as a composer for a game music career, and finally to the end of the 2010s. This four-part special will cover eve...

After a six-month hiatus, Ley Bricknell is back! In this twelfth FILMIC episode on THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST you'll hear a mix of new and old featuring the works of Chris Egan, Robin Caolan, Sebastian Gainsborough, Joseph Trapanese, Piero Pichioni, Conrad Pope, Vangelis, Henry Mancini, Cliff Martinez, Howard Shore, Michael Giacchino, Fahir Atakoğlu, and Bear McCreary, Enjoy! —— Special tha...

In today's program, it's our 2022 Christmas Special. We've been putting this show together annually since 2018 and I want to thank personally J. Blake Fischa for making sure we did produce this show this year. I've been so ridiculously busy during the latter stages of this year that I didn't think I'd have time to put this together. I really thought that All Request Christmas was going to be our C...

Today we present part one of the fifth ALL REQUEST SHOW and the first ever CHRISTMAS ALL REQUEST SHOW on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. Since launching the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST Patreon in April 2021, we've offered our patrons exclusive perks based on the tier they signed up for. One of those perks is participating in all request programs. If you want to participate in future all-reque...

Today you get to enjoy the third show programmed by one of our patrons from the CONDUCTOR TIER over at our Patreon page.  In this tier, which is $10 USD ($14.50 CAN), donors get all of the benefits of lower tiers PLUS they earn the opportunity to program their very own personal one-hour(ish) show once a year. Don Mase, a fan of the show for the last couple of years, took advantage of this opportun...

Welcome to part one of yet another edition of THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. Jason starts the show with “The Enterprise” from Jerry Goldsmith’s classic score for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (LA LA LAND) from the reissue album commemorating the recently released new 4K transfer of the film. The show continues with more Goldsmith with a suite from another recent release, L.A. CO...

Today, on the 1UPBEAT, Eric Silver goes back in time 25 years to explore the best video game music from 1997. On the show, you will hear selections from YOSHI'S STORY (Totaka), DIDDY KONG RACING (Wise), GANBARE GOEMON-NEO MOMOYAMA-BAKUFU NO ODORI (Araki / Kato / Miki / Kitagawa / Goemon Production Committee), STARFOX 64 (Kondo / Wakai), GOLDENEYE 007 (Kirkhope / Beanland), AKUMAJO DRACULA X - GEKK...

Welcome to part one of yet another edition of THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. Your host Jason Drury starts the show with a cue from Daniel Pemberton's score to SEE HOW THEY RUN (Hollywood Records). You'll then hear selections from Jerry Goldsmith's epic score for HOLLOW MAN (Intrada Records), Bear McCreary’s stunning score for LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (Amazon) as wel...

Today we present part two of a chat between host Erik Woods and Patreon member, William Welch, on THE FLAGSHIP SHOW on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. William is one of three CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST patrons who signed up for the exclusive top COMPOSER TIER at the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST Patreon. He took advantage of the tier's exclusive perk to co-host a program with Erik Woods and...

Today, on the 1UPBEAT, Eric Silver goes back in time 25 years to explore the orchestral video game scores from 1997. On the show, you will hear selections from I.Q. INTELLIGENT QUBE & I.Q FINAL PERFECT MUSIC FILE (Totaka), TOTAL ANNIHILATION (Soule), NESSA NO HOSHI (Yoshikawa), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (Giacchino) and GRANDIA (Iwadare). This is part one of a two-part series. Enjoy the show! —...

Today we present part one of the fourth ALL REQUEST SHOW on THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. Since launching the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST Patreon in April 2021, we've offered our patrons exclusive perks based on the tier they signed up for. One of those perks is participating in all request programs. If you want to participate in future all-request shows, please head over to...

Halloween is upon us, and to celebrate the season of fright, host J. Blake Fichera welcomes horror/film music journalist extraordinaire Rachel Reeves to discuss the films & scores of the post-Scream slasher boom of the late 1990s. Follow Rachel on Instagram @thevinylgrrrl & on Twitter @VinylGrrrl And help create the definitive documentary about horror film music, Scored to Death: The Dark Art of S...

Today we present part one of the fourth ALL REQUEST SHOW on THE ARCHIVE on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. Since launching the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST Patreon in April 2021, we've offered our patrons exclusive perks based on the tier they signed up for. One of those perks is participating in all request programs. If you want to participate in future all-request shows, please head over to...

In today's program, I'll be playing for you music from the newest release in Varese Sarabande's CD Club: RUDY with music by Jerry Goldsmith. This new album was released today featuring an expanded 67-minute running time from the original 37-minute running time back in 1993. The first suite you will hear from this new album will be all previously unreleased cues.  Later on in the show, you will hea...

Welcome to the latest edition of TALKING SOUNDTRACKS WITH JASON DRURY on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. MY TINDER WITH ANDRE follows a young couple over the course of an unforgettable first date. Chloe, a pragmatic realist, meets Andre, a romantic idealist, and the two navigate together their opposing world views and the complex nature of modern romance. Logan Austin, who spoke with Jason abou...

In today's program, I'll be playing for you some of my favourite scores that were released or that I heard in August 2022. This is a new sub-series of shows that I will be producing monthly that resurrects programs dedicated to newly released soundtracks. The last new release program I produced was in the spring of 2018. In this program, I will review some of my favourite scores from August 2022 i...

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the band Goblin helped shape the sound of Italian and horror cinema, not only through their own scores but also through the many scores they played on for other composers. On this episode of Scored to Death Radio, host (and author) J. Blake Fichera continues his detailed exploration into Goblin’s history and work with another deep dive into the band’s studio work as...

Welcome to the latest edition of TALKING SOUNDTRACKS WITH JASON DRURY on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST. In 2019, Jason Drury talked to composer and classically trained pianist Juliet Merchant about her career to that point and the problems she had encountered pitching for assignments as a woman in the composing industry. At the end of 2021, Juliet reached out again to the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO...