comPOSERS: The Movie Score Podcast

Unlike what Aaron says a few seconds in, it wasn't two episodes in one month,  was it ? Well, like Jay says right after that, we decided to space these out since we have no set schedule anymore. So here it is! Jay's birthday episode! Not a Bond, but featuring one—and featuring the music of St. John Williams —it's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ! 

The Three Musketeers of Mediocrity have returned, and we are live (not really) and in person (yes really, thanks to the baffling generous support of our Patreon listeners ). Joined by special guest Amanda Factor (better known as "Jay's girlfriend who's been on the show before") the boys gather in Jay's front room to discuss the excellent 2024 Jason Reitman outing Saturday Night , and its score by...

Happy 2025 everybody! Last year ground to an ignominious end here in comPOSERS territory. A failed attempt at recording an episode about the Jim Carrey Grinch movie robbed us of our holiday spirit, and scheduling conflicts didn't allow for another kick at the Christmas can before the new year was upon us.  But thankfully Krueger and friend of the show Andrew Young took a trip out to the Newd (the...

On the second and final episode of this year's decomPOSERS month, the boys celebrate a SECOND Krueger's 40th birthday! Join us as we bid farewell to the Stude (1.0) to the chilling sounds of Charles Bernstein's iconic score for Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street ! KRUEGER NOTES! 1) For those hoping to hear from our perennial spooky guest, Andy Sell of the Ghoul School podcast, don't worry: jus...

Just in time (sort of) for decomPOSERS month, the boys are back! Now how's  that for a slice of long-awaited fried gold? On the first of two decomPOSERS episodes, we complete the Cornetto Trilogy with the apocalypse that started it all. It's Shaun of the Dead , with music by Pete Woodhead and Daniel Mudford !

This week, the boys are back in Aaron's backyard to talk about a guest pick! The Fifth Beatle, Andrew Young of Geek Hard, joins us to talk about Uncle Hans Zimmer's kinda-bizarre (and kinda-original) score for Quentin Tarantino's first-ever script. It's True Romance and we are comPOSERS: the movie score podcast! 

Like the Americans joining World War 2, we're here in the nick of time (just before you unsubscribed, probably) to save the fucking day! This week, the boys gather in Aaron's backyard for a long-awaited recording session to tackle a long-awaited listener request (sorry Mitch). And we have a guest— our friend and fifth Beatle Andrew Young of Geek Hard ! It's 1990's Memphis Belle , with music by Geo...

Pour a tall glass (?) of applejack and watch for flying dip, because the comPOSERS are ringing in Krueger's 40th birthday (and Father's Day, as it turns out) with one of the weirdest and most-fun movies we've ever covered on this show. It's 2022's Hundreds of Beavers , with music by Chris Ryan*! *As you'll hear, we looked high and low for the score/soundtrack to this movie, but it does. not. exist...

Set speed to warp factor FUN because we're fucking  back baby.  After an extremely long hiatus thanks to various Krueger calamities (Kalamities? probably not, right?), we celebrate the old man's 40th birthday with a journey to the Final Frontier...literally! It's  Star Trek 5: The One Shatner Directed , with music by the inestimable "King" Jerry Goldsmith ! 

Hello listeners. As you might have guessed by now, comPOSERS is on a bit of a break. Jay, Aaron and I are all working a  lot right now, and I've had a lot of insurance- and physiotherapy-related bullshit on my plate to boot, so we're struggling to find time. We do plan to be back soon, so please watch this space for updates. In the meantime, thanks to those of you who've reached out through email...

You thought "oh no, March is over and they haven't released the last of Jay's Bond", didn't you? Well April Fool's, you maniacs: now have a Moonraker ( with music by the OG, John Barry )!

Bond. JAY'S Bond. Yes, it's our funniest comPOSER's 40th birthday, so we're giving him both episodes this month, which means of course two weeks of gadgets, girls and guns (and martinis, but it doesn't fit the alliteration). First up: it's Tomorrow Never Dies with music by the incomparable David Arnold !

It's a Krueger weekend update! Give it a listen! And sorry there's no episode. 

HORNSMITH continues this week as we revisit a perhaps-underappreciated score from the golden age of thrillers. It's Hannibal Lector versus a motherfucking bear in 1997's The Edge with music by King Jerry Goldsmith ! 

HORNSMITH IS UPON US! This month we're covering one film each from the electrifying compositional duo brought together by the power of Jerry Goldsmith's daughter. This week: 1995's epic historical drama about a time when Mel Gibson was a sought-after actor. It's Braveheart with music by the inestimable James "Horny" Horner!

Time to grow a stupid braid and murder some Tuskens, everybody, because Johnuary continues with our second foray into the much-maligned prequel trilogy. It's Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , with music by Old Whatsisname . NOTE: This was supposed to go up last week, but I got screwed up by the new "two episodes a month" schedule and forgot. Sorry everybody. Tune in next week for us bei...

Get ready to punch some Nazis and retrieve some artifacts, because the boys are going on one last (?) adventure with Harrison Ford's hat and whip. What better way to kick off JOHNuary than with the final ride of the icon he helped shape? It's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , with music by that young up-and-comer John Williams . 

It's the last (regular) episode of the year, quite unexpectedly, but a series of  hilarious mishaps before and during recording nearly led to no show, so we're getting while the getting's good. And it's good this week with  Tan Dun's Oscar-winning score to the martial arts classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . Watch this space for maybe a special, otherwise we're back in 2024! Happy holidays fr...

Don't forget to lock up when you're done screwing around on your wife! This week the boys are  in the Stude and joined by the Fifth Beatle, Andrew Young of the Geek Hard show , who's brought a delight from yesteryear: 1960's The Apartment , with music by British composer (we're serious) Adolph Deutsch !

Whether themed months remain a thing on this podcast remains to be seen, but for now let's pretend it's No Nonsense November, a month about serious movies. And we begin with a seriously-good movie that also happens to star Ron Perlman as a caveman. Check out  Quest for Fire (1981) , with it's  seriously-good score by Phillipe Sarde !

Something dorky this way comes as Jay and Krueger embark on a rare Aaron-free special: a spiritual sequel to  our horror game soundtrack special . Join the Statler and Waldorf of film composition podcasts for a  frighteningly civil conversation about their favourite spook-adjacent video games. Bleep! Bloop! BOO! 

It's the final movie installment of this year's DEcomPOSERS, and that can mean only one thing: the return of horror movie expert (and host of the Ghoul School podcast ) Andy Sell ! This year, Andy helps us break the curse of Dario Argento's Three Mothers trilogy (and the curse of podcasting technical difficulties) with 2007's Mother of Tears and its music by Claudio Simonetti ! NOTE: We don't have...

DEcomPOSERS gets schlocky this week as Jay/Aaron bring us the cult hit Re-Animator , with music by Richard Band ( very special thanks  to Bernard Hermann too). 

Another year, another comPOSERS reminder to stay  out of the ocean . DEcomPOSERS month continues with 1998's  Deep Rising , with  music by "King" Jerry Goldsmith !

As was foretold, comPOSERS has returned! And, thanks to our new two-episodes-a-month schedule, we're diving directly into our yearly spooky season. First up for DEcomPOSERS, a quirky Krueger pick that we're hoping was worth waiting for (spoiler alert: probably not). It's Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon , with music by Gordy Haab !