comPOSERS: The Movie Score Podcast

On this week's episode we're listening to Michael Kamen's score for Die Hard and discussing one of the world's most serious and divisive ongoing debates: "is Die Hard a Christmas movie?"

Some say Obi Wan is the best ever Jedi. Others say Luke. Some new fans may even think Rey's the best. But the real answer, the real best ever Jedi in the Star Wars universe, is John fucking Williams.

This week we get into the Christmas spirit by breaking down Arnold Schwarzenegger's costly and unlawful path of destruction in 'Jingle All The Way', while listening to David Newman's score for the film.

We've somehow made it this far without talking about a Batman film so tonight we break our only rule... and talk about Batman films. Join us as we rank our favourite Batman cinematic theme songs, from 1966 to 2016.

This week the trio is on Mars (OR ARE WE?!) to chill with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his weird Dutch buddy Paul Verhoeven. Join us as we discuss and listen to Jerry Goldsmith's very popular score for the original 'Total Recall', the film with 3 space titties.

This week the trio is rushing and dragging and not quite on JK Simmons' tempo while discussing the dramatic jazz joint "Whiplash".  We'll cue you in; join us for another Damien Chazelle film composed by Justin Hurwitz.

On this week's special, we use a listener's request as an excuse to get drunk on a weekend. Join us as we give our opinion on "how to get into film scores" despite our woefully limited credentials and qualifications in the field.

The fucking gang hangs with special fucking guest Amanda fucking Factor this week to discuss the fucking classic comedy 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' composed by fucking Ira Newborn. 

This week we order doubles instead of singles, meaning we are in way over our heads discussing a film that most critics consider the greatest of all time. Join us as we try not to embarrass ourselves over Citizen Kane and its legendary score by Bernard Herrmann.

The gang takes a trip to Westeros to listen to Ramin Djawadi's music from Game of Thrones in this very special Jay-centric episode where Aaron struggles to follow along and Alex struggles to stay awake. Join us as we discuss our Top 6 Songs from Game of Thrones!

On this week's episode, we commemorate Remembrance Day by discussing Hans Zimmer's score for the epic World War 2 film, "Dunkirk", directed by Christopher Nolan. After listening to Uncle Hans' frantic and often ridiculously excessive score, our ears may need a moment of silence.

In our Series 3 opener, we finally get around to doing a film from the Cornetto Trilogy for The Greater Good... THE GREATER GOOD . Join us as we discuss Edgar Wright's brilliant action-comedy film 'Hot Fuzz' and its equally clever score composed by David Arnold.

In this Series 2 Retrospective, we pit score vs score in a vicious playoff bracket to find out which score from our 16 episodes reigns supreme. Sports metaphors abound as we test the limits of Alex's shoddy athletic knowledge, and look back at the highlights and lowlights of Series 2. Things may get a little off the rails, so buckle up, Bob.

In our final episode of Shlocktober , we're discussing John Carpenter's 'Halloween', the quintessential popcorn horror film that spawned many imitations and unfortunate sequels. Despite its low budget and simplistic, repetitive structure, the film's score has become an iconic household staple, and we attempt to discuss how it's accomplished that.

In this special Shlocktober midweek episode we're hangin' down on Skid Row in the 1960's to listen to music that was written in the 70's and recorded in the 80's. Join us as we listen live to the Alan Menken / Howard Ashman musical 'Little Shop of Horrors', the production that paved the way for the Disney Renaissance.

Shlocktober continues as we discuss J.A. Bayona's unnerving, yet well crafted horror-thriller, "The Orphanage", composed by Fernando Velazquez. No cheap scares here so it's not exactly shlocky , but ah well, we're doin' it anyways. Note: If you'd like to avoid spoilers on the film skip to the 32:00 mark when we get into the scorecard.

This week we're discussing 'Near Dark', a neo-western vampire biker romance billpaxton comedy horror  film. Join us as we discuss this Kathryn Bigelow joint and its near good score by the German electro band Tangerine Dream.

On this first special episode of Shlocktober, comPOSERS makes a call to California to speak with horror-film expert, comedian, and podcaster Andy Sell. Way to hang in there, listeners... you finally have someone on this show that actually knows what he's talking about.

Welcome to Shlocktober! To celebrate Halloween we'll be doing horror film episodes every Sunday of the month, starting with 'Rosemary's Baby' directed by REDACTED REDACTED . Join us as we discuss Krzysztof Komeda's very interesting and unique jazz-inspired horror score.

"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"... is not something we'll be saying in this week's episode because we're drinking in plenty of Snakebites (the beer + cider drink) while discussing Raiders of the Lost Ark and its iconic score composed by John Williams.

This week's special midweek episode is all about over-drinking and over-sharing. Join us as we tip back a few free beers (thanks to the fine folks at Side Launch) and share the tall tale of how the 3 hosts of this podcast met many years ago and started comPOSERS. 

On this week's episode we go back to the good old days; the Great Depression, long before even Alex was born to discuss what's considered "the grandfather of movie scores" from the 1933 film King Kong composed by Max Steiner. 

This week we're talking about the film 'Spider-man'. No, not the one with weird hot Aunt May; no, not the new one with Jake Gyllenhaal for some reason; no, not the one where Uncle Ben dies yet again; no, not the one with emo Toby McGuire where he dances in the streets; no, not the cartoon one that everybody constantly raves about. The point is they make a shitload of these films and I'm way too hu...

On this week's episode we discuss the score for 'The Terminator (1984)', a film about a dude sending his dad back in time to bang his mom. Brad Fiedel's score has divided and perplexed music experts for decades, and we find out tonight that it bewilders half-drunk amateurs as well.

On this special midweek episode, we overclock our systems and join the PC Master Race. Pour yourself a glass of Mountain Dew (with lots of Vodka) and join us as we discuss our favourite PC Games Original Soundtracks.