Soundtrack Your Life

Photographer / Band Manager / and Producer of the Steve Keene Art Book, Daniel Efram joins Ryan and Brandice this week to talk about George Armitage's 1997 film, Grosse Pointe Blank and it's very Joe Strummer infused soundtrack. Even though the film was enjoyed by all, there are some very differing opinions on the use of music in the film. (none of the differing opinions are about the awesomness o...

All the way from Egypt, poet/writer, Jaylan Salman, joins Ryan and Nicole to talk about the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill, Vol. 1. Just like the film on a visual level, the soundtrack pays homage to many films on an audio level, both famous and obscure. The soundtrack was certified Gold but its influence extends far past the amount of units that it sold. We discuss: The mo...

Paolo and Sophia from The Song Will Go On Podcast join Ryan and Nicole to talk about the 2023 Oscar's Best Original Song Category. This year has some big names so we partnered up with our fellow soundtrack podcasters to break it down. We discuss: Is this finally Diane Warren's year? Will Rihanna continue take the momentum from her Super Bowl Halftime performance to take home the statue? Will Gaga...

Brittney Williams, aka The Reclusive Blogger is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the 2015 Lin Manuel Miranda musical phenomenon, Hamilton, which captured the zeitgeist in ways that few musicals have. There's a lot to unpack and luckily for our hosts, Brittney knows her Hamilton lore. We discuss: The lyrical density of Hamilton The Hamilton Mixtape and Hamildrops Lin Manuel Miran...

Lacy and Josh Vetter from the When Cinephiles Attack Podcast are the guests for our 2023 Valentine's Day episode and they're joining Ryan and Nicole to talk about the soundtrack to Michel Gondry's 2004 film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which bounces between Jon Brion's score and songs from artists such as Beck, The Polyphonic Spree, and The Willowz. From discussing the importance of the...

Indie Rock Legend, Lou Barlow, is our guest this week and it was truly an honor to interview him. He soundtracked the 1995 cult classic Kids with John Davis as the Folk Implosion. We covered this soundtrack for our very first episode. The movie also features a previously released song from Lou's band Sebadoh, and a song from his other other side band, Deluxx Folk Implosion. The soundtrack spawned...

Dave Zalatoris from the Beer in Front Podcast is our guest for this episode to talk about the many song used throughout the 6 season run of The Sopranos. We go from the opening notes of The Alabama 3's "Woke Up This Morning" to the abrupt end of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" with Dave's favorite music selections in between. From The Rolling Stones to TLC's "No Scrubs", the show weaved a lot of...

Happy Holidays! Scott Interrante (of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life) returns to talk about the soundtrack to Jon Favreau's most famous Christmas film, Elf (2003)! From Louis Prima to Zooey Deschanel singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside", we cover the Gold certified soundtrack for this Christmas classic. We also discuss:How the film launched careers of Jon Favreau (as a dir...

Our guest for this week is Tyler, host of I Turn My Podcast On, the best Spoon podcast out there. He joins Ryan and Nicole to talk about the blockbuster soundtrack to the blockbuster 1995 Joel Schumacher film, Batman Forever. From U2 to The Flaming Lips, we bounce around between talking about the stacked music from the soundtrack and the stacked rumors surrounding casting Batman, Robin and The Rid...

Michael Lockwood (guitarist for Lions and Ghosts, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Carly Simon, among others) somehow has found some time in his crazy busy schedule to talk about his score for the 2022 film As the Village Sleeps, which was just released digitally. His label, Sparkle Plenty, has also just released the album Lagoon, from Bird Streets, and it has also digitally reissued the debut album from...

As we approach the end of 2022, we look back at some of our favorite conversations that we had to cut out of our regular episodes of Soundtrack Your Life. We'd like to thank all of our guests in 2022! This should would not be the same without you. In this episode: Ryan talks to Craig Wedren about performing with the Foo Fighters on Letterman and growing up with Dave Grohl in the DC punk and hardco...

Branden Palomo from the Better Band Podcast, Danny Prokup, and Mike Boroski (regular guests on the Music Rewind Podcast) join Ryan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cameron Crowe's love letter to Seattle, the 1992 film, Singles. The film and the soundtrack are both fondly remembered by our guests and both were put together before many of the bands featured on the soundtrack became household nam...

Ryan and Nicole welcome Scott Interrante from the This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life Podcast to talk about the soundtrack to the 2007 Marc Lawrence film, Music and Lyrics. The soundtrack contains a ton of original music, mostly from Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), 2 veterans of writing songs for fake artists in movies. Clive Lawren...

Jesse Jackson of the Setlisting Bruce Podcast joins the podcast to talk to Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2019 Gurinder Chadha film, Blinded by the Lights, a film that is centered around a character's discovery of the music of Bruce Springsteen. Naturally, Jesse is the perfect guest to talk about The Boss, who contributes 12 songs to the soundtrack. Jesse is also familiar with the book that the...

Andres from The Latin Jukebox Podcast was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, and he's on the podcast to discuss the Oscar winning animated film Encanto (2021), which takes place in a fictional version Columbia. By growing up in the country and understanding the culture, he has a unique perspective on the 2021 animated blockbuster. He talks about what Disney got right about Colombia and sheds som...

Composer of the web series/podcast, DarkTyme: Stories From The Future, and business manager of the Black Corporation, Bob Rogue, chose the soundtrack to the 1978 film, Midnight Express, with it’s Oscar winning Giorgio Moroder score. Bob became familiar with the soundtrack before even seeing the movie and he shares a fun story about hunting down “The Chase”.Ryan and Bob also chat about the legendar...

Tara Giancaspro aka Sweaty Lamarr is our guest for this Phil Collins-centric soundtrack episode on the 1999 Kevin Lima and Chris Buck directed animated film, Tarzan. She also just released her album, A Little Bit Cuntry, A Little Bit Rock and Roll. (link to her Bandcamp below) Phil Collins wrote all the original songs for this soundtrack and he recorded the songs in over 5 different languages. He...

To celebrate 2 years of Soundtrack Your Life, we present to you a very special guest: Craig Wedren, the former Shudder to Think front man, and current TV/Film composer. Craig fronted the highly influential rock band, Shudder to Think in the late 80s/early 90s before the band turned to soundtrack work. Shudder to Think soundtracked Jesse Peretz's 1997 film, First Love, Last Rites and 1998's Lisa Ch...

David Ballantyne of The Vinyl Score returns to make his 2nd appearance of the year to talk about the soundtrack to the 1999 Jem Cohen documentary, Instrument, which captures a 10 year snapshot of the band, Fugazi, between 1987 and 1996. Even though the film has live footage, and footage of the band recording, it's not a traditional rock documentary and the soundtrack also subverts those expectatio...

This week's guest is Lance Ingram of the Yesterday's Concert Podcast and he picked the soundtrack to the rock and roll film, Penelope Spheeris' Wayne's World (1992). From the iconic, "Bohemian Rhapsody" to Wayne and Garth bowing and screaming "We're not worthy!" to Alice Cooper, Ryan and Lance talk about all the classic and 80s rock references that they weave throughout the movie, as well as break...

Matt Latham from the Pick a Disc podcast, joins Ryan and Brandice, all the way from the UK to talk about the soundtrack to the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This 1999 soundtrack and TV show has had a profound impact on Matt's life, and Matt shares the Pick a Disc origin story. Ryan, Brandice and Matt discuss about the iconic Nerf Herder theme song for the show, as well as a cover of it that...

Jon Reilly from the Life's But a Song Podcast stops by to talk about the soundtrack to Richard Linklater's 2003 film, School of Rock. A movie that has since become a musical on Broadway. There was enough discussion about School of Rock to fill this episode as well as an episode on Life's But a Song, so please check that out as well, with guests Ryan and Nicole. The soundtrack for School of Rock is...

Trigger Warning: There is brief mention of sexual assault in this episode since it is central to the plot of The Crow. Colin Jackson-Brown from the podcasts, Free with This Months's Issue and We Dig Music, talks with Brandice and Ryan about the soundtrack to the 1994 Alex Proyas film, The Crow. The film was a sleeper hit, while the soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart and went on...

We’ve reached Episode 50, and to celebrate this milestone, we're covering the blockbuster 8 Mile Soundtrack with MJ from the Menage with the MariJayne Maven Podcast! This multiplatinum soundtrack is the companion piece to the 2002 Curtis Hanson film, 8 Mile, which stars Eminem. Eminem is also the star of the soundtrack with his mega hit, "Lose Yourself", a song that has won an Oscar, a Grammy, top...

The Vern from the Cinema Recall podcast joins us this week to talk about the soundtrack to 2001 Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont film, Josie and the Pussycats, a film that has slowly transformed from box office bomb to cult classic. We chat about the loaded soundtrack featuring the songwriting of Dave Gibbs (Gigolo Aunts, Rock of Ages musical director), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, That Th...