comPOSERS: The Movie Score Podcast

Today we discuss a Schwarzenegger fantasy-action-adventure-comedy-film-within-a-film that studio execs were so convinced would sell, they released it up against Jurassic Park in theatres. Spoiler: it lost. Michael Kamen's hard rock score, however, just might win us over.

On this week's episode, we bid farewell to a genuinely terrible year with a bizarre film everyone hated (but we kind of liked). Join us in raising a hearty middle finger to 2020 as we discuss Four Rooms, a New Years movie scored by lounge revival act Combustible Edison, with a little help from Juan Garcia ESQUIVEL! 

On this week's episode we celebrate what's left of Christmas with everyone's favourite jolly old bearded man: John Williams. Join us as we unwrap the present that is St. John's wonderful and unforgettable score for Home Alone.

This week, the boys try to recover from the Star Wars Holiday Special by enjoying a very 80s Christmas with returning guest Amanda Factor ! Join us as we get into the holiday spirit with Scrooged, featuring the Danny Elfman-est of Danny Elfman scores.

On this week's special, Alex commits the worst crime in his storied dossier: subjecting Aaron and Jay to the only Star Wars property even George Lucas refused to monetize. It's the Star Wars Holiday Special Special! 

May 25, 2001, a date which will live in infamy. The world was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer with the release of the film Pearl Harbor. Join us as we torpedo the film and discuss its very romantic score by Hans Zimmer.

This week, the boys journey to Klendathu with our old friends Paul Verhoeven and Basil Poledouris to prove once and for all that the best cure for a bug infestation is fascism! Join us as we cheer on Casper Van Dien and friends in the bizarre film reimagining of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. 

Join us this week as we listen to Alan Silvestri go FULL Silvestri in his score for the black comedy film Death Becomes Her.

On this week's episode we return to the 90s to watch a shiny new James Bond save the world to the tune of spy-themed elevator music.  Join us as we discuss GoldenEye and its mind-boggling, indefensible score by French synthesist Eric Serra.

This week we're heading back to the 90s to discuss a silly film that failed at the box office but succeeded in starting a film music trope - a person typing furiously on a computer must now be accompanied by an upbeat electro/techno song. Join us as we discuss the 1995 American crime film Hackers, and its soundtrack featuring previously released electronic dance music and original tracks by Simon...

On today's breaking news episode we bid farewell to a dead wifebeater, discuss Michael Giacchino's interesting list of favourite film scores, and reflect on Danny Elfman's dark, ironic and appropriately named new song, "Happy".

Just because DEcomPOSERS month has come to an end doesn't mean we don't get to talk about monsters (and we don't even mean John Lasseter!). Join us this week as we chat with returning guest Katrina Kelly about Randy Newman's score for Pixar's "Monsters, Inc."

This week, we send DEcomPOSERS month off with a BOO with returning guest and horror film expert Andy Sell. From the iconic to the weird, we list our top 6 horror movie themes, and Andy "Ghoul-Schools" us on some favourites of his.

On today's episode, we follow an exhausted Shelley Duvall at Overlook Hotel as she attempts to evade her abuser... Stanley Kubrick. Join us as we discuss The Shining and its original music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, plus selected music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Béla Bartók and György Ligeti.

It's been a while since we've done a video game episode and we needed a break from horror films, so today we kick back with a few cocktails and discuss horror video games. Join us as we each reveal the Top 3 Horror Video Game Soundtracks that traumatized us as children and adults.

If you like your horror films to be scary, "beware of Crimson Peak" . This week we discuss a ghost story that claims it's not a ghost story because its many ghosts aren't scary or useful to the plot. Join us as we examine Guillermo Del Toro's beautiful looking Crimson Peak and its score by Fernando Velázquez.

Today we take a trip back to the early 2000's and listen to a whiny genre of music where haircuts and fashion came before talent and songwriting. Special guest LP joins us to discuss why Jennifer's Body's pop-emo soundtrack, complete with Fall Out Boy, Panic At the Disco and Dashboard Confessional, is actually a good match for the film.

Somewhat fun fact: we were recording this episode the very moment that the fly landed on Pence's head in the debate. Totally unplanned. Anyways, join us for DEcomposers Chapter 2 as we discuss David Cronenberg's ' The Fly' composed by Howard Shore.

Welcome to DEcomposers: The MovieSCARE Podcast, where we discuss horror films all October leading up to the inevitably cancelled Halloween. We kick it off with Hans Zimmer's 'The Ring', which means if you listen to the entirety of this episode, in 1 week we'll crawl out of your headphones and steal your beers.

In the Series 5 Retrospective we do another round of trivia as we wave goodbye to the 16 films covered in Series 5. Join us and special guest LP as our very own Alex Trebek in this episode of "JEOPARTY".

This week, the boys cover "King" Jerry Goldsmith's delightful and trailblazing score for 1968's seminal "Planet of the Apes". We blow it all up. We're maniacs. 

On this week's episode we blaze a new trail and become the first ever people on the internet to discuss Alfred Newman's score for the film 'The Mark of Zorro' (not to be confused with 'The Mask of Zorro' starring Antonio Banderas, but very much to be confused with 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' which came out 2 years prior in 1938).

On this week's episode we watch a film our European friends will be familiar with that North American decided to skip. Join us as we discuss one of John Williams' finest achievements, in the highly intellectual and complex score for The Adventures of Tintin.

This week on the Rocketeer episode we make unnecessary jokes about plane crashes and necessary jokes about Alex's life. Join comPOSERS and returning guest Andrew from Geek Hard as we discuss The Rocketeer and its score by James "Horny" Horner.

This week, the boys delve into the most liberal interpretation of "based on the book" we've encountered yet. Join us as we tackle Alan Menken's score to the upsettingly-dark Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.