comPOSERS: The Movie Score Podcast

On this week's episode we invent time travel, rock n' roll, and skateboarding, and have weird relationships with old men and our moms. Let's see if you bastards can do 90 with returning guest Ryan "The Murman" Murray as we discuss Alan Silvestri in his prime and his score for Back to the Future.

On this week's episode our 3-man posse rides again in the Old West to discuss an O.K. score about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Join us as defend, and sometimes fire shots at, the score from 'Tombstone', composed by Bruce "it's already been" Broughton.

On this week's episode we discuss the Oscar winning score for 'Black Panther' by Ludwig Göransson. Is this the best score in the Marvel cinematic universe? Did it deserve to win an oscar? We attempt to answer those questions and many others. Also if you can spot the moment where we splice in "take 2" of the episode we'll give you a high-five.

On this week's episode we discuss a critically acclaimed score by an academy award winning composer who is younger than 2 of the 3 hosts of this podcast. We're not jealous at all. Join us on our journey to the moon with Justin Hurwitz's "First Man".

On this very special midweek episode, comPOSERS chats with a former Hans Zimmer intern and current film/tv/media composer Christian Jessup. Recently, Christian listened to our 'Pirates of the Caribbean' episode and contacted us saying he had some inside info on Hans Zimmer and his Remote Control Productions team. Today, we get the inside scoop.

Some lady said we do too many "guy films" so on this week's episode we take a wholesome trip down to Central America and engage a small, local village. Between viewing the scenic waterfalls and applying mud facemasks to each other, we run into a predator. And it's not Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also there's an insane amount of guns. Fuck, we did it again. Alan Silvestri nails the music though.

This week we discuss the 1988 classic action-comedy 'Midnight Run', composed by Danny Elfman. We are joined by Aaron's dad "Tony", the first father ever to not be disappointed by his son being in a movie-related podcast in his 30's. By the way, if you haven't watched this movie we really recommend doing so because it's awesome.

On this midweek special episode we listen live to the soundtrack of the new Lion King film and compare it to the 90's version, both composed by Elton John. Our Disney expert Katrina Kelly returns to complete her hat-trick of guest appearances as we delve into the 2019 remake of the 1994 classic.

On this week's episode we hang with our good pal Ryan "Murman" Murray and go over John Williams' spectacular score for Hook, the epitome of our often discussed "great score, bad film" conversation.

It's Series 2 and we open up with a banger in Hans Zimmer's critically acclaimed film score for 'Interstellar'. Join us as we try to figure out whether or not this score is generic, spectacular, or just another score that Hans Zimmer wasted a bunch of time/money on by hiring 1,000 ghostwriters.

On today's special midweek episode we take a look back at the 15 movie scores we reviewed in Series 1 and call each other out on any bullshit scorecards. This is the last call to defend our shitty opinions before Series 2 starts this coming Sunday.

Since Alex and Jay don't talk about Star Trek enough already in our episodes, we decided to dedicate a whole episode to it. For the second time. This is J.J. Abram's 'Star Trek (2009)', composed by the great Michael Giacchino.

On this week's episode of comPOSERS we go to space hell and back as we continue our long journey to find the perfect score. By the way, our journey does not end with 'Event Horizon'. Not even close.

WELCOME TO EARF! On this week's episode we have a close encounter with the criminally underrated score for Independence Day, composed by the once great David Arnold. Side note: Maybe if Roland Emmerich kept Dave Arnold around as his go-to composer, his films wouldn't be so shit these days.

On this special midweek episode of comPOSERS we sit in front of the telly watching cartoons until we go blind, just like the old days. This is the Saturday Morning Cartoon Spectacular, where we rank our favourite cartoon theme songs from a time when Saturday mornings meant something more than just a horrible hangover.

This week comPOSERS discusses the Danny Elfman score for 'Mars Attacks', a Tim Burton film that proves illegal aliens really are a threat to America.

On this week's episode we're in Middle Earth, wherever the hell that is, as we discuss the highly acclaimed score for 'The Fellowship of the Ring', composed by Toronto's very own Howard Shore.

On this special midweek episode of comPOSERS we listen live to the soundtrack of the new Aladdin film and compare it to the classic 1992 version with the hope that it retains a fraction of the quality. How does Will Smith's genie size-up against Robin Williams'? Hopefully the new version doesn't leave us feeling BLUE.

The film may be silent but we are certainly not on this week's episode of comPOSERS, as we discuss the critically acclaimed score for the equally praised film, "The Artist", composed by Ludovic Bource.

Somehow we forgot to release this episode as our 007'th episode. This week we're talking James Bond and the 1963 spy classic 'From Russia With Love', the first of many in the series to be scored by the great John Barry. Join us as we try to figure out who actually wrote the main themes and how we're supposed to attribute them to the film.

On week 8 of comPOSERS, we travel to Hogwarts with special guest and local Harry Potter freak Katrina Kelly. The film is of course scored by the same guy who did Minority Report, SpaceCamp, Sleepers, and maybe a few others...

On this week's episode we discuss Alan Silvestri's wacky cartoon / jazz score for the live action / animated comedy film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. It was a childhood staple for the 3 comPOSERS, but does the film and its score still hold up after all these years? Join us in Toon Town as we continue our search for the perfect movie score.

This week we discuss Nick Cave's score for the gourmet-pasta-western, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford', starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. That was a lot of names in one sentence. Does our quest to find the perfect score finish here? Hell no.

We know what you're thinking. " Boy this Movie Score Podcast sure would be great if it wasn't for all these boring old movie scores ." Well, have no fear! On today's very special episode we take a well deserved break to listen to some bleeps and bloops as we uncover some of our favorite Nintendo music of the NES and SNES eras - and perhaps some childhood trauma as well!

On episode 5 of comPOSERS, we take on the movie score from the classic fantasy, adventure film 'The Princess Bride', composed by Mark Knopfler. "The very same Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits?" you ask. That's correct. "But why is he scoring a film?" you also ask. We don't know either.