CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

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 "autobiographical" film 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...

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...

For your Thanksgiving episode, you get some leftovers. gak's on the road but after August's podcast server outage, he's dug up two lost episodes (615 + 616 from August 2022) and mashed them together into an odd pre-recorded hybrid so podcast listeners can enjoy a condensed version of profiles tied to The Northman, Das Boot & The Neverending Story whilst the radio folks hear less crackle and snap b...

October primarily means a horror month in the lead to Hallowe'en but with the Vancouver International Film Festival bringing Michael Abels to town for a talk, we'll profile his score to Jordan Peele's latest scary film Nope. We'll also do the usual film listings, tributes to the recently deceases, acts in town and some Iranian noise in support of protestors. 1. James Devane: Sudden Oak Death (Beau...

In tribute to French new wave director Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022), we hear an array of music from his definitive Nouvelle Vague films from the 1960s. We also mark the upcoming National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, finally hear the 2022 Polaris Prize winner and prepare for the 41st annual Vancouver International Film Festival starting later this week. 1. Pierre Kwenders: Coupé (José Louis and t...

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), we pay tribute to her as a person whilst wondering what a monarchy means in the 21st century. We'll profile Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2006 film The Queen as we juggle other queens amongst the usual round of other topics, including some Polaris Prize nominee catch-up -- along with a Waiting for Godot moment for a winner that happened well a...

In honour of director Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022), we'll profile music from two of his best known films: 1981's Das Boot and 1984's The Neverending Story. We also survey what's left of August as school starts to return. [The podcast logger had run out of memory so this episode is lost to the æther. I may attempt to reconstruct in the future upon demand.] 1. Gaten Matarazzo: Never Ending Story (S...

This week, we profile Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough's score to Robert Egger's Viking-inspired 2022 film The Northman. [The podcast logger had run out of memory so this episode is lost to the æther. I may attempt to reconstruct in the future upon demand.] 1. Folklore ensemble of the village of Krivonosovka: Picking Berries in the Forest [Summer Berry Picking song] (Ukrainian Music: Antholo...

Wanna hear a story? As late summer soldiers forth in the northern hemisphere, we'll profile Mica Levi's beguiling score to the 2020 Twitter-based film Zola. We also pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John, Jim Seals from Seals & Crofts and play catch-up on the 2022 Polaris Prize nominees. Are there weird starts to songs and gaps in others? Why yes, sigh. And is there a weird crackle in the audio? Also y...

In honour of the actress Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022), we'll deep into the first two Star Trek films and their scores by Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner. We also have various summer songs also in mind as we juggle technology and astronomy simultaneously. 1. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Black Holes (Great White North, 1981) Anthem 2. Meco: Star Trek Medley (Music from Star Trek and The Black Hole, 1980) C...

For your civic holiday in Canada, BC Day specifically here in Vancouver, this episodes goes 80s chirpiness with selections from Harold Faltermeyer's soundtracks to Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch and a bit of Top Gun. Dollar days are upon us, pray tell. Ze tunes: 01. Sally Shapiro: Holiday (Italians Do It Better, 2021) Italians Do It Better 02. Arushi Jain: Under the Lilac Sky (Under the Lilac Sky, 2021...

Plan B is go as gak deals with substantial home music library problems, so we'll dig up Francis & Carmine Coppola's score to the 1979 epic war film Apocalypse Now and the unused David Shire score that was released a couple years ago. Let's all head up river with our grocery list. 1. UNKLE: UNKLE Main Title Theme (Psyence Fiction, 1998) Mo'Wax/London 2. Marc Sabat: Swing in Sweetest Summer [for Gli...

gak's back after a few weeks in both literal and figurative wildernesses. At long last, we pay tribute to the Greek composer Vangelis (1943-2022) and only some of his synthetic epics. 1. Kraftwerk: Home Computer [2021 single edit] (Remixes, 2022) Kling Klang/Parlophone 2. Ingram Marshall: Prelude/The Bay (Alcatraz, 1994) New Albion 3. Alexandra Spence: Blue Waves (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 4. M...

gak went away to Finland for a few weeks to the only pre-recorded episode made available is Part 9 of our all-ambient series, focusing on mostly Canadian artists for the then-leadup to Canada Day. He doesn't talk over Sarah Davachi for once and there are longer drone pieces in the back half. 01. ProtoU: Somniat Praeterita (Memory Alpha, 2022) Cryo Chamber 02. Museum of No Art: Flight on Carpet (Mu...

All the holidays are upon us as Bloomsday and Juneteenth have passed, then National Indigenous Peoples Day and Midsummer approach. We'll tackle all that along with Joe Strummer's score to the 1987 film Walker plus a preview of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. 1. Fontaines DC: Bloomsday (Skinty Fia, 2022) Partisan 2. Brian John McBrearty: Second Story Tune (Blue Twenty-Three, 2017) Blue T...